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David N'Gog 
N'Gog playing for LiverpoolPersonal information Full name David N'Gog Date of birth 1 April 1989 Place of birth Gennevilliers, France Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] Playing position Striker Club information Current club Bolton Wanderers Number 24 Youth career 2001–2006 Paris Saint-Germain Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2008 Paris Saint-Germain 18 (1) 2008–2011 Liverpool 63 (9) 2011– Bolton Wanderers 8 (1) National team‡ 2004–2005 France U16 13 (11) 2005–2006 France U17 6 (2) 2006–2007 France U18 4 (2) 2007 France U19 6 (6) 2008–2010 France U21 17 (3) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:00, 29 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 January 2011David N'Gog (born 1 April 1989) is a French footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is the cousin of the Panathinaikos and French international player Jean-Alain Boumsong.[2]
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Club career
Paris Saint-Germain
N'Gog was born in Gennevilliers and started his career with Paris Saint-Germain. He signed his first professional contract in June 2006.
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".[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] N'Gog scored his second league goal for the club on 11 April 2009 against Blackburn Rovers in an emphatic 4–0 win.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8] 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." 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
N'Gog playing for Liverpool in 2011
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 24 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 31 October. 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. He continued to be an impact sub from the bench, following the departure of Fernando Torres, and the signings of Luis Suárez and Andy Carroll and often finding himself in the starting line-up. He ended the 2010-11 season with a record of 19 goals in 94 games.
Bolton Wanderers
On 31 August 2011, Liverpool announced that N'Gog had completed a move to Bolton Wanderers.[14] N'Gog made his first appearance for Bolton as a substitute for Kevin Davies in Bolton's 5-0 defeat to Manchester United on 10 September. His first goal for Bolton Wanderers came in Bolton's 3-1 win against Wigan Athletic[15] at the DW Stadium on 15 October.
International career
N'Gog has played for France at many youth levels. He scored one goal in a 2–0 victory over England U19s in 2007.[citation needed]
In November 2009, David Ngog was approached to play for Cameroon, despite having already represented France at youth levels. The then Liverpool striker said: "I have had contact with the Cameroonian federation. Now I need some time to think about things. I'm very flattered."[16]
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 25 2 1 0 1 1 11 5 38 8 Total 63 9 3 0 5 2 23 8 94 19 Bolton Wanderers 2011–12 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Career totals 84 10 8 0 6 4 24 8 119 22 Last updated 15 October 2011 Honours
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Liverpool
- Standard Chartered Liverpool player of the month: August 2010
References
- ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~39329,00.html. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "David N'Gog profile". Liverpool FC. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/ngog/. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Gerrard Worry For Liverpool". Sporting Life. 5 August 2008. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/08/05/SOCCER_Liverpool_Quotes.html. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ Champions League round-up Sky Sports, 9 December 2008
- ^ Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland BBC Sport, 3 March 2009
- ^ "Liverpool 4–0 Blackburn". BBC Sport. 11 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7978841.stm. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
- ^ "Liverpool 4 – 0 Stoke". BBC Sport. 19 August 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8202421.stm. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Reds stun rivals to end losing run". TEAMtalk. 25 October 2009. http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_5651853,00.html. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ "Liverpool 2 - 2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 9 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8344841.stm.
- ^ "Birmingham angry at 'cheat' N'Gog". BBC Sport. 10 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/8351713.stm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ^ Liverpool 1 - 0 Unirea Urziceni ESPN Soccernet, 18 February 2010
- ^ "Rabotnicki Skopje 0 - 2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 29 July 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8856381.stm. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ Smith, Rory (22 September 2010). "Liverpool 2 Northampton Town 2; 2-4 pens: match report". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/league-cup/8018663/Liverpool-2-Northampton-Town-2-aet-2-4-pens-match-report.html. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
- ^ Ngog completes Bolton move
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External links
- David N'Gog career stats at Soccerbase
- Player Bio ESPN Soccernet
- Player Bio (French) Paris Saint-Germain FC
- Profile LFC History
- Premier League profile
Bolton Wanderers F.C. – current squad 1 Bogdán · 2 Steinsson · 3 Marcos Alonso · 4 Robinson · 5 Cahill · 6 Muamba · 7 Eagles · 8 Holden · 9 Tuncay · 10 Petrov · 11 Gardner · 12 Knight · 14 K. Davies (c) · 15 Mears · 16 M. Davies · 17 Klasnić · 18 Ricketts · 19 Reo-Coker · 20 Blake · 21 Pratley · 22 Jääskeläinen · 23 Davis · 24 N'Gog · 25 Boyata · 26 Lainton · 27 C.Y. Lee · 28 Kakuta · 31 Wheater · 33 Connolly · 34 Eaves · 36 O'Halloran · 37 Vela · 38 Blakeman · 39 Riley · Manager: Coyle
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Gennevilliers
- French people of Black African descent
- Association football forwards
- French footballers
- French people of Cameroonian descent
- French expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Premier League players
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