Steve Ngoura
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| Date of birth | 22 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ivry-sur-Seine, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cercle Brugge | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | ES Vitry | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Choisy-le-Roi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Le Havre | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Le Havre B | 33 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Le Havre | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Cercle Brugge | 32 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | France U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | 11 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | France U20 | 14 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | France U21 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Steve Ngoura (born 22 February 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge.[1]
Born in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne,[2] Ngoura grew up in Vitry, where he first played football, before joining the Le Havre Academy, after a two-year spell at Choisy-le-Roi.[3]
Club career
Steve Ngoura quickly rose as a great prospect of the Normand academy,[2][3] starting to play with the National 3 reserve during the 2021–22 season, after being a standout player in the Coupe Gambardella. His team reached the round of 16 in the youth competition, as Ngoura scored the only goal of the game against PSG, that knocked out a team including the likes of Warren Zaïre-Emery and Ismaël Gharbi.[4][5][6]
Ngoura made his professional debut as a 17-year-old for Le Havre in a Ligue 2 match againstValenciennes on 6 August 2022, coming on as substitute in the final five minutes of a 1–0 away defeat.[7] It was his only appearance during Le Havre's Ligue 2 title winning season. His next first-team appearance came almost 18 months later on 7 January 2024, replacing Daler Kuzyayev during a 2–1 at home in Coupe de France win to Caen.[8]
On 3 January 2025, Ngoura signed for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge for a fee of €3 million.[9]
International career
Ngoura was selected for the France squad for the 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship played in Northern Ireland. He came on in the second half of a 2–0 defeat to Spain in the final.[10]
Personal life
Born in France, Ngoura is of Cameroonian descent.[11]
Career statistics
- As of match played 15 December 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Le Havre B | 2021–22 | National 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | National 3 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 | National 3 | 12 | 4 | — | — | 12 | 4 | |||
| Total | 33 | 8 | — | — | 33 | 8 | ||||
| Le Havre | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| Cercle Brugge | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 54 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 9 | ||