Georges-Kévin Nkoudou

Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Mbida (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɔʁʒ kevin kudu]; born 13 February 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Beşiktaş.

Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
Personal information
Full name Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Mbida[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995[2]
Place of birth Versailles, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 7
Youth career
2006–2007 Petits Anges
2007–2008 EST Solitaire Paris
2008–2010 Paris Saint-Germain
2010–2011 AC Boulogne Billancourt
2011–2013 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Nantes 34 (2)
2015–2016 Marseille 28 (5)
2016–2019 Tottenham Hotspur 11 (0)
2018 → Burnley (loan) 8 (0)
2019 → Monaco (loan) 3 (0)
2019– Beşiktaş 41 (6)
National team‡
2012 France U17 3 (0)
2013 France U19 2 (0)
2014 France U20 1 (1)
2015–2016 France U21 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:03, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2016

Club career

France

He made his Ligue 1 debut on the opening game of the 2013–14 season on 11 August 2013 against SC Bastia. He replaced Serge Gakpé in the last minute of the game.

In June 2015, Nkoudou completed a move to Marseille for £1 million.[3] His performances during the 2015–16 season led to him finishing 30th in UEFA's Best Player in Europe poll.[4]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 31 August 2016, Nkoudou was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur for a reported fee of £11 million, signing a five-year deal with the club.[5] He made his Spurs debut against Gillingham in the League Cup when he came on in the 60th minute for Christian Eriksen, this was followed by a very short debut in the league when he came on in the 90th minute against Middlesbrough.[6][7] He made 17 appearances for the club in the 2016–17 season, mostly as substitutes and starting only in two games – an EFL Cup game against Liverpool on 25 October 2016 and an FA Cup tie against Wycombe Wanderers on 28 January 2017.[8]

In his first start of the 2017–18 season, Nkoudou scored his first goal for Tottenham in the Champions League group match against APOEL on 6 December 2017 that ended in a 3–0 win.[9][10]

On 8 January 2018, Nkoudou completed a loan move to Premier League club Burnley until the end of the 2017–18 season.[11][12] He failed to break into the first team regularly and was mainly a back-up to Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, going on to make eight appearances.[13]

Nkoudou returned to Tottenham for the 2018–19 season, but found it difficult to break into the first team.[14] He made his first appearance of the season coming off the bench in the fourth round League Cup match against West Ham.[15] He again came on as a substitute in the League match against Fulham, and provided a crucial cross for the winning goal by Harry Winks.[16]

On 31 January 2019, Nkoudou joined Monaco on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[17]

Besiktas

Nkoudou signed to Besiktas on 22 August 2019 in a £4.6 million deal.[18][19]

International career

Born in France, Nkoudou is of Cameroonian descent.[20] Nkoudou is a youth international for France at various levels.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionApps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nantes 2013–14[13] Ligue 1 600021—81
2014–15[13] Ligue 1 2823010—322
Total 342303100403
Marseille 2015–16[13] Ligue 1 28550117[lower-alpha 1]44110
Tottenham Hotspur 2016–17[13] Premier League 8030204[lower-alpha 2]0170
2017–18[13] Premier League 1010202[lower-alpha 3]161
2018–19[13] Premier League 1010100030
2019–20[13] Premier League 1000000010
Total 110505061271
Burnley (loan) 2017–18[13] Premier League 80———80
Monaco (loan) 2018–19[13] Ligue 1 30———30
Beşiktaş 2019–20[13] Süper Lig 26331—2[lower-alpha 1]0314
2020–21[13] Süper Lig 14320—1[lower-alpha 3]0173
Total 406510030487
Career total 204131819216524721
  1. Appearances in the Europa League
  2. Three appearances in the Champions League and one in the Europa League
  3. Appearances in the Champions League

References
  1. "Georges-Kevin Nkoudou". L'Équipe. Paris. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. "Georges-Kévin Nkoudou: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. "Georges-Kévin Nkoudou est Olympien" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. "UEFA Champions League – News". UEFA. 18 July 2016.
  5. "Georges-Kevin Nkoudou completes move to Tottenham from Marseille". ESPNFC. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. "Tottenham Hotspur 5 – 0 Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  7. Saj Chowdhury (24 September 2016). "Middlesbrough 1 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  8. BrianA (14 June 2017). "Georges-Kévin N'Koudou never could get going for Spurs and now he might be gone". Cartilage Free Captain.
  9. Hytner, David (6 December 2017). "Fernando Llorente off the mark for Tottenham in stroll against Apoel". The Guardian.
  10. Thomas, Lyall (6 November 2017). "N'Koudou has future at Tottenham, says Pochettino". West London Sport.
  11. "Nkoudou wings in to Turf Moor". Burnley Football Club. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  12. Ed Aarons (8 January 2018). "Transfer roundup: Tottenham's Georges-Kévin Nkoudou joins Burnley on loan". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  13. "Georges-Kévin N'Koudou Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  14. Gold, Alasdair (7 October 2018). "Revealed: Why Georges-Kevin Nkoudou hasn't made a single Tottenham matchday squad this season". football.london.
  15. Pearce, Ben (1 November 2018). "Juan Foyth, Davinson Sanchez star as Tottenham knock West Ham out of Carabao Cup". ESPN.
  16. Burt, Jason; Bull, JJ (20 January 2019). "Harry Winks breaks Fulham hearts with last minute winner but Dele Alli adds to Spurs' injury concerns".
  17. "Georges-Kévin N'Koudou joins AS Monaco". AS Monaco FC. 31 January 2019.
  18. "Besiktas move for Nkoudou". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  19. Flood, George (22 August 2019). "Tottenham flop Georges-Kevin Nkoudou completes £4.6m Besiktas transfer". Evening Standard.
  20. "Nkoudou s'inspire d'un Diable Rouge". 24 January 2016.
  21. "Football: Nkoudou marque et dédie son but à une amie à lui victime des attentats à Paris". www.20minutes.fr.
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