Japhet N'Doram

Japhet N'Doram (born 27 February 1966) is a Chadian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Japhet N'Doram
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-02-27) 27 February 1966
Place of birth N'Djamena, Chad
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Tourbillon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Tourbillon
1988–1990 Tonnerre Yaoundé ? (33)
1990–1997 Nantes 192 (72)
1997–1998 Monaco 13 (1)
National team
1989–1997 Chad 36 (13)
Teams managed
2007 Nantes
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His 14-year senior career was mainly spent with Nantes, which he represented in several capacities. He was nicknamed The Wizard.[1]

Club career

Born in N'Djamena, N'Doram begun his career with local Tourbillon FC, then spent three seasons in Cameroon with Tonnerre Yaoundé, one of the biggest clubs in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 1990 the 24-year-old signed for FC Nantes in France, scoring two goals in 19 games in his first season in Ligue 1; his first professional contract arrived as Argentine Jorge Burruchaga was recovering from injury and accepted to be given an amateur licence on behalf of his teammate.[2]

N'Doram became something of a cult hero at Stade de la Beaujoire, scoring important goals as the club's 2000th in the top division, through a penalty against Lille OSC (1–0 win) or the second in a 3–2 home triumph against Juventus F.C. in the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League semi-finals (3–4 aggregate loss).[3] In 1994–95, he netted 12 goals as Les Canaris won their seventh national championship – the first in 12 years – bettering to a career-best 21 in the 1996–97 campaign (second-best in the competition).

Aged 31, N'Doram left Nantes and signed for fellow league side AS Monaco FC, winning the 1997 Trophée des Champions,[4] but retired at the end of the season following a persistent injury sustained during a match against his former team.[3] He then joined his last club's technical staff, working as a scout.[2]

N'Doram returned to Nantes on 28 June 2005, replacing Robert Budzynski as director of football. In February 2007 he was appointed team manager, leaving his post in July as the season ended in relegation.[5][6]

Personal life

N'Doram's son, Kévin, is also a footballer. He too represented Monaco.[7]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [8][9]
. Club Season League Cup[nb 1] International[nb 2]
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tourbillon1984 ??????
1985 ??????
1986 ??????
1987 ??????
1988 ??????
Tonnerre1988 ??????
1989 ?15????
1990 3218????
Nantes1990–91 1923100
1991–92 2541000
1992–93 31105000
1993–94 2684010
1994–95 32121183
1995–96 24152173
1996–97 35210000
Total 19272173166
Monaco1997–98 1311220
  1. Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions
  2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup

References
  1. Japhet N’Doram, le sorcier tchadien (Japhet N’Doram, the Chadian wizard); Afrik Foot, 10 October 2010 (in French)
  2. Japhet N'Doram, le buteur sensible (Japhet N'Doram, the sensible scorer); at Foot Nostalgie (in French)
  3. Japhet N’Doram: le sorcier de La Beaujoire (Japhet N’Doram: the wizard of La Beaujoire) Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at Tchachadi (in French)
  4. "Béziers, 17 ans plus tard". ogcnice.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. Japhet N’Doram, l’ancien international tchadien de Nantes et Monaco (Japhet N’Doram, former Chad international of Nantes and Monaco); Journal du Tchad, 5 November 2010 (in French)
  6. N'Doram, la voix des champs (N'Doram, the voice of champs); Ouest-France, 26 August 2016 (in French)
  7. Germain et N’Doram, tels pères, tels fils (Germain and N’Doram, like fathers, like sons); Le Figaro, 18 May 2017 (in French)
  8. "Japhet N'Doram" (in French). Pari et Gagne. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  9. "Japhet N'Doram". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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