Cyril Ngonge (born 26 May 2000) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as an

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, winger, or

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for Italian club

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on loan from

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, and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Club Brugge

Ngonge is a youth exponent from

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...

. He made his senior debut on 2 December 2018 in the

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against

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège ( ; ; ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won t ...

. He replaced Emmanuel Dennis after 20 minutes.

Jong PSV

On 1 September 2019, Ngonge was loaned out to

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively fo ...

for the 2019–20 season. He made his debut for the club on 13 September 2019 in a 3-2 home victory against

Jong AZ Jong AZ is a Dutch association football team, based in Wijdewormer in the Zaanstreek. It is the reserve team of AZ, based in Alkmaar, and plays in the Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Net ...

in the

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RKC Waalwijk

After his return, he was directly sold to Dutch

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club

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

. There, he developed into a starter in his first season and scored his first goal for the club in his fourth game, a 2–2 draw against

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

Groningen

After a single season with

Waalwijk Waalwijk () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in and is located near the A59 and N261 motorways. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former mun ...

Ngonge, joined fellow

club

FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first t ...

where he quickly established himself as a regular starter.

Hellas Verona

On 19 January 2023, Ngonge joined Italian

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club

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Hellas Verona (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Verona, Veneto, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won ...

. He made his debut for the club that month in Serie A in a 1-1 draw against

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

on 30 January 2023. He scored his first goal for the club in the following week, scoring a second-half equaliser in a 1-1 home draw against

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Napoli

Ngonge signed for fellow Italian club

on 19 January 2024. He made his debut for Napoli in Serie A on 28 January 2024, in a 0-0 away draw against Lazio.

Loan to Torino

On 24 July 2025, Ngonge joined fellow

club

on a season long loan which includes the option of a permanent transfer.

International career

Ngonge made his debut for the Belgium national team on 10 October 2024 in a

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game against Italy at

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. He substituted

Loïs Openda Ikoma-Loïs Openda (born 16 February 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Belgium national team. Club career Early career Openda played as a youth for Patro Othee FC and RFC L ...

in the 87th minute of a 2–2 draw.

Personal life

Ngonge's father,

Michel Ngonge Félix-Michel Ngonge (born 17 August 1967) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker. Besides in Belgium, he has played in Turkey, England, and Scotland. Ngonge played international football for Zaire, and later ...

, was also a professional footballer and represented the DR Congo national team.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Napoli *

: 2024–25 Individual *

Goal of the Season: 2021–22 * Serie A Goal of the Month: December 2023

References

External links

Profile
at the SSC Napoli website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngonge, Cyril 2000 births Living people Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Belgian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Club Brugge KV players Jong PSV players RKC Waalwijk players FC Groningen players Hellas Verona FC players SSC Napoli players Torino FC players Belgian Pro League players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Serie A players Belgium men's youth international footballers Belgium men's international footballers Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century Belgian sportsmen