Personal information | |||
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Full name | Blondy Rudolph Nna Noukeu[1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 September 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sunderland | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | Royal Excel Mouscron | ||
2019–2021 | Stoke City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | Stoke City | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Southend United (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2024– | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 7 March 2023 (UTC) |
Blondy Rudolph Nna Noukeu (born 17 September 2001) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Sunderland.
Noukeu was born in Douala, Cameroon, and grew up in Belgium.[3][4] He is the son of former professional footballer Patrice Noukeu and his mother was a handball player.[5][6]
Noukeu played youth football for Royal Excel Mouscron from under-8 to under-10 level and returned to their academy aged 13.[6] In July 2019, he signed for English side Stoke City, initially joining their under-23 team.[7] In February 2021, he signed a longer-term contract with the club.[8] He joined Crawley Town on a season-long loan on 16 July 2021.[9] He made his professional debut on 10 August 2021 in a EFL Cup match against Gillingham.[10] He was recalled by Stoke on 1 January 2022 after making three cup appearances for Crawley.[11]
On 24 September 2022, Noukeu joined Southend United on loan until January 2023,[12] later extended by a further month to the end of February 2023.[13] He was recalled by Stoke in March 2023.[14] He was released by Stoke at the end of the 2023–24 season.[15]
Following a successful trial, Noukeu signed a two-year contract with Sunderland on 2 August 2024.[16]
Having previously been called-up to the Cameroon under-23 team, he was called up to the senior Cameroon squad for the first time in September 2020.[4][17]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stoke City | 2021–22[18] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2022–23[19] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24[20] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Crawley Town (loan) | 2021–22[18] | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Southend United (loan) | 2022–23[19] | National League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Sunderland | 2024–25[21] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |