Ariel Ngueukam

Ariel Ngueukam

Personal information
Full name	Ariel Thierry Ngueukam
Date of birth	(1988-11-15) 15 November 1988
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	SJK
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	JIPPO	34	(17)
2012	FC Lahti	9	(7)
2012-2013	Denizlispor	10	(1)
2013–2014	FC Lahti	37	(12)
2015–	SJK	32	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Ariel Thierry Ngueukam (born 15 November 1988) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in Finland.

Career

Born in Yaoundé, Ngueukam began playing football as a striker with local sides FC Achille de Sa'a and FC Lotus-Terek. After unsuccessful trials with clubs in Hungary and Bulgaria, he signed with Finnish second division club JIPPO where he would score 13 goals in his first 11 matches.

His performances with JIPPO led to a contract in the first division with FC Lahti. Ngueukam scored two goals on his debut for FC Lahti on 31 August 2012. Ngueukam signed for Turkish club Denizlispor in January 2013, but returned to Lahti at the end of the 2012–13 season.