Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (born 23 November 1990) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and

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the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Ngadeu trained as a youth with

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. After graduating in Cameroon, he spent six months learning German in order to study Civil Engineering in Germany. Whilst in Germany, he played for SV Sandhausen II and 1. FC Nürnberg II, before transferring to Romanian club

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in 2014, where he eventually wore the captain's armband.

Slavia Prague

Despite rumours linking him with a move to Steaua Bucharest, in the summer of 2016 he completed a €500k transfer to

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. Upon his return from the

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, he scored the only hat-trick of his senior career for

in his first game back on 25 February 2017 in their 8–1 away win at

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. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the

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final against Jablonec. In January 2019, a €4.5 million transfer to

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side

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fell through at the last minute, after Ngadeu had flown to London and passed a medical. He again featured heavily in the 2018–19 season, both in Slavia's

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campaign that ended in the quarter finals, and domestically, where the team secured their first

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since 1942. At the end of the

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season, he was voted the league's best defender.

Gent

In July 2019, Ngadeu moved to Belgian club

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Beijing Guoan

On 30 March 2023, Ngadeu joined

club

. On 15 April 2024, Ngadeu made his debut for Guoan in a 1–1 home draw against Meizhou Hakka. On 13 August 2023, he scored his first goal for Guoan in a 1–0 away win against

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. He was selected in

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Team of the Season. Throughout the 2024 season, he was selected in the league's team of the month 4 times. Guoan extended his contract to the end of the 2025 season on 4 May 2025.

International career

Ngadeu made his senior debut for the Cameroon national team in a 2–0 win over

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for

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. He went on to play every minute of Cameroon's victorious

campaign, scoring two goals, including a clearance off the line followed by the winning goal in the group stage match against Guinea-Bissau. He was ultimately named one of three defenders in the

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's Team of the Tournament. He played in all 3 group games for Cameroon in the

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. In September 2018, he was named as captain for new manager

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's first

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qualifying game against

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. He participated the

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and

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editions of

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, playing every single minute in both tournaments except the third place play-off of the latter. However, he was not included in Cameroon's squad for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ngadeu-Ngadjui goal''.

Honours

Slavia Prague *

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: 2016–17, 2018–19 *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19 Gent *

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: 2021–22 Cameroon *

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Individual * Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament:

Best Defender of the Season: 2018–19

References

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