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Ariel Ngueukam
Cameroonian footballer (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ariel Thierry Ngueukam (born 15 November 1988), nicknamed "Tuco",[2] is a Cameroonian professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Filipino club United City.
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Born in Yaoundé,[1] Ngueukam began playing football as a striker with local sides FC Achille de Sa'a and FC Lotus-Terek. After unsuccessful trials with clubs in Hungary and Bulgaria, he signed with Finnish second division club JIPPO in 2011, where he scored 13 goals in his first 11 matches.[3]
In 2012, he moved to FC Lahti in the Finnish first division. Ngueukam scored two goals on his debut for FC Lahti on 31 August 2012.[4] Ngueukam signed for Turkish club Denizlispor in January 2013,[5][6] but returned FC Lahti, playing with them in the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[1] He moved to SJK for the 2015 season, and Ilves for the 2017 season.[1]
On 6 November 2017, Ngueukam signed a two-year contract with HJK Helsinki for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.[7] In January 2018 Ngueukam joined Al-Khor in Qatar, without having played for HJK.[8]
On 11 July 2018, Ngueukam signed to the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Ra'anana.[9]
In June 2019 he returned to Finland to sign for KuPS.[10]
In November 2019, it was announced that Tuco would return to SJK for the 2020 season.[11] In the 2021 season he scored 14 goals for SJK in Veikkausliiga, making him the joint top scorer of the season alongside Benjamin Källman.[12]
On 17 March 2022, Ngueukam returned to Ilves for the 2022 season, with an option to extend for 2023.[13] Following a season with the club, he joined IFK Mariehamn for the 2023 season.[14]
In March 2024 he signed for Filipino club United City.[15][16]
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