Mathieu Nguefack
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 May 2008 | ||
| Place of birth | Mönchengladbach, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Alemannia Aachen | ||
| 2016–2026 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025–2026 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 3 | (1) |
| 2026– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Germany U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024 | Germany U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Germany U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2026– | Germany U18 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 October 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 October 2026 | |||
Mathieu Nguefack (born 14 May 2008) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Club career
[edit]Born in Mönchengladbach, Nguefack is a youth product of Alemannia Aachen (until 2016) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (2016–2026), where he played in all age categories, most notably winning the U17 Bundesliga as a captain.[1][2]
He was reported to have signed a 4-years[3][4] contract with Borussia in May 2025,[5][6] as he started playing with the reserve team during the following season.[3][4]
On the summer 2026, he was added to Borussia Mönchengladbach's first team along other academy products like Fritz Fleck or Iaia Manco Danfa.[7]
Nguefack made his professional debut with Borussia Mönchengladbach in a 3–0 Bundesliga away defeat to RB Leipzig on 29 August 2026.[8][9]
He made his first start during the following league game, a 3–4 home loss to Felix Keidel and Lukas Petkov's SV Elversberg,[10][11] and despite his club going through a difficult period result-wise, Nguefack managed to become a regular presence with the first team, confirming his status as the club most promising youngster.[3][12][13]
International career
[edit]Born in Germany, Nguefack also has Cameroonian origins.[2] He is a youth international for Germany, having played for the under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-18.[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ Gobrecht, Hannah (17 August 2026). "Raumscanner mit Potenzial: Was Gladbachs Talent Nguefack für die Bundesliga mitbringt". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- 1 2 "Le Borussia Mönchengladbach veut blinder Mathieu Nguefack". AfricaFoot (in French). 31 August 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- 1 2 3 Friess, Matthias (4 September 2026). "Zwei Jahre länger als gedacht – Gladbach-Talent offenbar bis 2029 gebunden". fussballdaten (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- 1 2 Busch, Jan David (4 September 2026). "Nguefack mit Vertrag bis 2029 bei Gladbach". Aktuelle Borussia Mönchengladbach News (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Gobrecht, Hannah (9 May 2025). "Verträge, Abgänge, Verletzungen: Was sich bei Borussias größten Talenten getan hat". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "Borussia bindet Nguefack langfristig". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "Danfa, Fleck und Nguefack rücken in den Profikader auf". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Hornung, Christian; Krümpelmann, Dirk (30 August 2026). "Borussia Mönchengladbach: Matthieu Nguefack feiert Bundesliga-Premiere". Bild (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Jasch, Julian (4 September 2026). "M'gladbach: Tolle Nachrichten wegen Nguefack". Fussball Transfers (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Krümpelmann, Dirk; Hochrainer, Sebastian (6 September 2026). "Borussia Mönchengladbach: Mathieu Nguefack muss Lehrgeld bezahlen". Bild (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Gobrecht, Hannah; Grulke, Thomas (11 September 2026). "„Entscheidung wurde uns abgenommen": Polanski erklärt, warum Nguefack gegen Elversberg durchspielen musste". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Gobrecht, Hannah (17 August 2026). "Raumscanner mit Potenzial: Was Gladbachs Talent Nguefack für die Bundesliga mitbringt". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Hornung, Christian; Krümpelmann, Dirk (5 October 2026). "Borussia Mönchengladbach: Youngster-Trio lässt Gladbach hoffen". Bild (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ "Mathieu Nguefack - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2026.
External links
[edit]- Mathieu Nguefack at L'Équipe (in French)
- 2008 births
- Living people
- German men's footballers
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- German people of Cameroonian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Mönchengladbach
- Borussia Mönchengladbach II players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Regionalliga players
- Bundesliga players
- 21st-century German sportsmen