Nicky Beloko

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Nicky Beloko
Personal information
Full name Nicky Stéphane Medja Beloko
Date of birth (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Ebolowa, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Neuchâtel Xamax
Number 16
Youth career
2012–2013 FC Aigle
2013–2014 Vevey-Sports
2014–2015 Lausanne
2015–2018 Sion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sion 1 (0)
2018– Fiorentina 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Gent (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 12 (0)
2021– Neuchâtel Xamax 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Switzerland U15 1 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U18 4 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U19 4 (0)
2019 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Nicky Stéphane Medja Beloko (born 16 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Neuchâtel Xamax. Born in Cameroon, Beloko is a youth international for Switzerland.

Club career[]

Beloko made his professional debut in a 5-1 Swiss Super League loss to BSC Young Boys on 29 October 2017.[1] On 18 June 2018, Beloko moved to ACF Fiorentina.[2]

On 21 August 2019 he joined Belgian club Gent on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[3] On 9 January 2020, Gent terminated the loan early after he made no appearances for the club up to that point.[4]

On 16 February 2021, he joined Neuchâtel Xamax on loan for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[5]

On 30 June 2021 he joined Neuchâtel Xamax permanently.[6]

International career[]

Beloko was born in Cameroon but moved to Switzerland at a young age, deciding to represent Switzerland internationally at youth levels.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Young Boys vs. Sion - 29 October 2017 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "Le jeune Nicky Medja Beloko quitte le FC Sion pour la Fiorentina". www.rhonefm.ch.
  3. ^ "WELCOME NICKY!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Gent. 21 August 2019.
  4. ^ "NICKY BELOKO KEERT TERUG NAAR FIORENTINA" (Press release) (in Dutch). Gent. 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "BELOKO REJOINT XAMAX" (in French). Neuchâtel Xamax. 16 February 2021.
  6. ^ "BELOKO RISCATTATO DALLO XAMAX" (in Italian). Fiorentina. 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ RedazioneSB (30 April 2019). "Fiorentina, chi è Nicky Beloko: biografia, caratteristiche tecniche e social".

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