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David Ngog
Personal information
Full name David N'Gog
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 24
Youth career
1995–2001 FC Franconville
2001–2006 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Paris Saint-Germain 18 (1)
2008– Liverpool 51 (9)
International career‡
2004–2005 France U16 13 (11)
2005–2006 France U17 6 (2)
2006–2007 France U18 4 (2)
2007 France U19 6 (5)
2008–2010 France U21 17 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 November 2010

David N'Gog (born 1 April 1989 in Gennevilliers) is a French footballer of Cameroonian descent,[citation needed] who plays as a striker for Liverpool. He started his career with Paris Saint-Germain, after signing his first professional contract in June 2006, aged 17. He is the cousin of Panathinaikos and French international player Jean-Alain Boumsong.[1]

Club career

Liverpool

2008-09 season

Manager Rafael Benítez hailed his scouting network after his signing, saying that "They are finding players like N'Gog, players with quality who are not a high price".[2] N'Gog played his first game for Liverpool in a friendly game against Villarreal on 30 July 2008 and scored his first goal one game later against Rangers in another pre-season friendly. He then followed this up by scoring Liverpool's final goal in their next pre-season friendly, a 4–1 win over Norwegian side Vålerenga IF. He made his Premier League debut against Aston Villa, coming on as a substitute for Fernando Torres. N'Gog scored his first goal for Liverpool in their 3–1 victory over PSV Eindhoven in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.[3] N'Gog made his first start for Liverpool on 7 February 2009 against Portsmouth, and scored his first league goal on 3 March 2009 against Sunderland in a 2–0 win at Anfield.[4] N'Gog scored his second league goal for the club on 11 April 2009 against Blackburn Rovers in an emphatic 4–0 win.[5]

2009–10 season

N'Gog scored his first goal of the new season with the final goal in a 4–0 home win against Stoke City.[6] This was his fourth career goal for Liverpool, three of which came in league matches. The following month, he then went on to score the winning goal in a third-round League Cup game, to win 1–0 away against Leeds United. On 25 October, in a crucial game against Manchester United, he came on for goalscorer Fernando Torres at Anfield, scoring a goal in the 96th minute in the 2–0 win to seal an important victory for Liverpool.[7]. After the crunch tie, N'Gog said scoring the goal was "a fantastic moment for me and the team and I would say it's my best moment in football."[8] He scored his fourth goal of the season on 9 November against Birmingham City before winning a controversial penalty[9] that gave Liverpool a draw after Steven Gerrard converted from the spot.[10] N'Gog then scored Liverpool's only goal in their next match away to Debrecen in the Champions League.[citation needed] Rafa Benitez showed his faith in N'Gog by handing him a start against Everton in the Merseyside derby;[citation needed] this match finished 2–0 to Liverpool. He scored his fourth league goal (six in total of the 2009-10 season) in a 2–1 victory over Wigan Athletic.[citation needed] N'Gog's goal nine minutes from time eventually broke the resistance of a determined Unirea Urziceni at Anfield in the Europa League.[11]

2010–11 season

On 29 July, N'Gog scored twice in Roy Hodgson's first competitive match as manager in Liverpool's UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg 2–0 win over Macedonian side FK Rabotnički.[12] In the second leg of the tie played at Anfield, N'Gog scored the opening goal via a header and also won a penalty which Steven Gerrard scored, as Liverpool ran out 4-0 aggregate winners.[citation needed]

N'Gog then scored again in Liverpool's opening match of the season at home to Arsenal in a 1-1 draw by turning past Thomas Vermaelen and rifling the ball into the top corner of the net past Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia. He was enjoying the best start to a Liverpool season before he was taken out of the squad that played West Brom for Fernando Torres. After being left out of the game against Birmingham City N'Gog shot to fire again in the Europa League, scoring two in Liverpool's 4-1 victory over Steaua Bucharest.[citation needed] He scored an extra-time equaliser in the League Cup defeat to Northampton Town to take the tie to penalties, but missed his penalty in the shootout,[13] and played the remaining 35 minutes in the Reds' frustrating 2-2 draw against Sunderland at Anfield.[citation needed] On 3 October, he replaced the injured Fernando Torres after just 10 minutes in their 2-1 home loss to Blackpool.[citation needed] On 24th October, he replaced Joe Cole in the 80th minute in Liverpool's 2-1 Premier League win at Anfield against Blackburn Rovers. He replaced Cole for the second time, in Liverpool's 1-0 Premier League win against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium on Halloween. N'gog was praised by Sam Allardyce for the way in which his introduction changed the game for Liverpool, indirectly leading to their late winner.

International career

N'Gog has been prolific for the French national side at many youth levels. He scored one goal in a 2–0 victory over England U19s in 2007.[citation needed]

Career statistics

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Paris Saint-Germain 2006–07 4 0 1 0 - - 1 0 6 0
2007–08 14 1 4 0 1 2 - - 19 3
Total 18 1 5 0 1 2 1 0 25 3
Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Liverpool 2008–09 14 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 19 3
2009–10 24 5 2 0 2 1 9 2 37 8
2010–11 16 2 0 0 1 1 5 5 22 8
Total 51 9 2 0 5 2 17 8 67 19
Career totals 61 9 7 0 6 4 18 8 92 21
Last updated 17 October 2010

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

References

  1. ^ "David N'Gog profile". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Gerrard Worry For Liverpool". Sporting Life. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  3. ^ Champions League round-up Sky Sports, 9 December 2008
  4. ^ Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland BBC Sport, 3 March 2009
  5. ^ "Liverpool 4–0 Blackburn". BBC Sport. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Liverpool 4 – 0 Stoke". BBC Sport. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Reds stun rivals to end losing run". TEAMtalk. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  8. ^ Liverpool FC[dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Liverpool 2 - 2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 9 November 2009.
  10. ^ "Birmingham angry at 'cheat' N'Gog". BBC Sport. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  11. ^ Liverpool 1 - 0 Unirea Urziceni ESPN Soccernet, 18 February 2010
  12. ^ "Rabotnicki Skopje 0 - 2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  13. ^ Smith, Rory (22 September 2010). "Liverpool 2 Northampton Town 2; 2-4 pens: match report". Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2010.

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