Jean-Pierre Nsame

Jean-Pierre Junior Nsame (born 1 May 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen, on loan from Serie A club Como.

Jean-Pierre Nsame

Jean-Pierre Nsame playing for BSC Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Pierre Junior Nsame[1]
Date of birth	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	St. Gallen (on loan from Como)
Number	33
Youth career
2008–2012	Angers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2016	Angers II	38	(22)
2012–2016	Angers	23	(1)
2013–2014	→ Carquefou (loan)	22	(0)
2014–2015	→ Amiens (loan)	34	(7)
2016–2017	Servette	31	(23)
2017–2024	Young Boys	175	(109)
2022	→ Venezia (loan)	11	(0)
2024–	Como	8	(0)
2024–2025	→ Legia Warsaw (loan)	6	(1)
2025–	→ St. Gallen (loan)	0	(0)
International career‡
2017–	Cameroon	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:50, 19 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:40, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Nsame made his professional debut in April 2012 for Angers in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Metz.^[2] He made 23 appearances for Angers over four seasons with the club and also enjoyed loan spells with Carquefou and Amiens in the Championnat National.

At the end of the 2015–16 season, having failed to break into the first team on a regular basis, Nsame was released by the club. In July 2016, Nsame went on trial at English League One side Walsall and played in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Norwich City. However, after negative details emerged about his past, he was released by the club.^[3][4]

Servette

On 23 August 2016, Nsame signed for Swiss Challenge League side Servette. He finished as the league's top goalscorer with 23 goals, helping the club to an impressive third place finish after their promotion the previous season.

Young Boys

His goals attracted interest from other clubs and in July 2017, after only one year in Geneva, he joined Young Boys of the Swiss Super League. In his first season, he was part of the Young Boys squad that won the Super League title for the first time in 32 years.^[5] They clinched the title with a 2–1 win over Luzern on 28 April 2018, with Nsame scoring an 89th minute winner.^[6] He helped the club retain their title the following campaign, scoring 15 goals in 31 league appearances.

On 14 September 2019, Nsame netted his first hat-trick for the club in an 11–2 victory over fifth division side FC Freienbach in the second round of the Swiss Cup. Five days later, he scored his first goal in European competition in a 2–1 defeat to Portuguese side FC Porto in the group stage of the Europa League.^[7] On 24 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–3 win over FC Sion in the Swiss Super League; the match also saw Pajtim Kasami score a hat-trick for Sion.^[8]

In the 2019–20 Swiss Super league season Nsame finished the season as the league's top goalscorer with 32 goals in 32 matches^[9] and powered the Young Boys to winning the Swiss double, by winning the Swiss League for the 3rd straight time^[10] and the Swiss Cup.^[11]

Loan to Venezia

On 31 January 2022, Nsame joined Italian club Venezia on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season, with an option to buy.^[12]

Como

On 25 January 2024, Nsame signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Como in Serie B.^[13]

Loan to Legia Warsaw

On 18 June 2024, Nsame was sent on loan to Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw, with an option to buy at the end of the season.^[14]

Loan to St. Gallen

On 30 January 2025, he returned to Switzerland to join St. Gallen on loan for the remainder of the season.^[15]

International career

Nsame was called up to the Cameroon squad for the 2017 Confederations Cup.^[16]

He earned his first cap for Cameroon when he started their match against Nigeria on 4 September 2017 in a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup.^[17]

On 9 November 2022, he was named in the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.^[18]

Personal life

His family name is correctly spelled Nsame, not Nsamé.^[19][20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 November 2024^[21]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Angers	2011–12	Ligue 2	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2012–13	Ligue 2	17	1	1	0	1	0	—		19	1
	2015–16	Ligue 1	5	0	1	0	1	0	—		7	0
	Total		23	1	2	0	2	0	—		27	1
Carquefou (loan)	2013–14	Championnat National	22	0	6	0	—		—		28	0
Amiens (loan)	2014–15	Championnat National	34	7	2	3	—		—		36	10
Servette	2016–17	Swiss Challenge League	31	23	0	0	—		—		31	23
Young Boys	2017–18	Swiss Super League	31	13	5	2	—		9[c]	0	45	15
	2018–19	Swiss Super League	31	15	4	1	—		5[d]	0	40	16
	2019–20	Swiss Super League	32	32	6	7	—		8[e]	2	46	41
	2020–21	Swiss Super League	30	19	1	0	—		11[f]	7	42	26
	2022–23	Swiss Super League	33	21	4	5	—		6[g]	4	43	30
	2023–24	Swiss Super League	18	9	3	3	—		4[d]	0	25	12
	Total		175	109	23	18	—		43	13	241	140
Venezia (loan)	2021–22	Serie A	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Como	2023–24	Serie B	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
Legia Warsaw (loan)	2024–25	Ekstraklasa	6	1	1	0	—		3[g]	1	10	2
St. Gallen (loan)	2024–25	Swiss Super League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			310	141	34	21	2	0	46	14	392	176

1. Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup, Polish Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
6. Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and six goals in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played on 27 September 2022

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2017	1	0
	2019	1	0
	2022	2	0
Total		4	0

Honours

Young Boys

• Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,^[22] 2020–21,^[23] 2022–23
• Swiss Cup: 2019–20, 2022–23^[21][11]

Individual

• Swiss Super League Player of the Year: 2019–20,^[24] 2020–21
• Swiss Super League top scorer: 2019–20,^[25] 2020–21, 2022–23^[26]
• Swiss Super League Goal of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18,^[27]
• Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2019–20,^[28] 2020–21^[29]
• Swiss Cup top scorer: 2019–20,^[30] 2022–23
• Swiss Challenge League top scorer: 2016–17