Jean-Pierre Nsame

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Jean-Pierre Nsame
File:Jean-Pierre Nsame 2017 (cropped).jpg
Jean-Pierre Nsame playing for BSC Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name Jean-Pierre Junior Nsame[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Legia Warsaw
Number 18
Youth career
2008–2012 Angers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Angers II 38 (22)
2012–2016 Angers 23 (1)
2013–2014 → Carquefou (loan) 22 (0)
2014–2015 → Amiens (loan) 34 (7)
2016–2017 Servette 31 (23)
2017–2024 Young Boys 175 (109)
2022 → Venezia (loan) 11 (0)
2024–2025 Como 8 (0)
2024–2025 → Legia Warsaw (loan) 6 (1)
2025– Legia Warsaw 4 (1)
2025 → St. Gallen (loan) 13 (2)
International career‡
2017– Cameroon 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:56, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:40, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Jean-Pierre Junior Nsame (born 1 May 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.

Club career

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Early career

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Nsame made his professional debut in April 2012 for Angers in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Metz.[2] He made 23 appearances for Angers over four seasons with the club and also enjoyed loan spells with Carquefou and Amiens in the Championnat National.

At the end of the 2015–16 season, having failed to break into the first team on a regular basis, Nsame was released by the club. In July 2016, Nsame went on trial at English League One side Walsall and played in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Norwich City. However, after negative details emerged about his past, he was released by the club.[3][4]

Servette

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On 23 August 2016, Nsame signed for Swiss Challenge League side Servette. He finished as the league's top goalscorer with 23 goals, helping the club to an impressive third place finish after their promotion the previous season.

Young Boys

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His goals attracted interest from other clubs and in July 2017, after only one year in Geneva, he joined Young Boys of the Swiss Super League. In his first season, he was part of the Young Boys squad that won the Super League title for the first time in 32 years.[5] They clinched the title with a 2–1 win over Luzern on 28 April 2018, with Nsame scoring an 89th minute winner.[6] He helped the club retain their title the following campaign, scoring 15 goals in 31 league appearances.

On 14 September 2019, Nsame netted his first hat-trick for the club in an 11–2 victory over fifth division side FC Freienbach in the second round of the Swiss Cup. Five days later, he scored his first goal in European competition in a 2–1 defeat to Portuguese side FC Porto in the group stage of the Europa League.[7] On 24 November, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–3 win over FC Sion in the Swiss Super League; the match also saw Pajtim Kasami score a hat-trick for Sion.[8]

In the 2019–20 Swiss Super league season Nsame finished the season as the league's top goalscorer with 32 goals in 32 matches[9] and powered the Young Boys to winning the Swiss double, by winning the Swiss League for the 3rd straight time[10] and the Swiss Cup.[11]

Loan to Venezia

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On 31 January 2022, Nsame joined Italian club Venezia on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season, with an option to buy.[12]

Como

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On 25 January 2024, Nsame signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Como in Serie B.[13]

Legia Warsaw

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On 18 June 2024, Nsame was sent on loan to Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw, with an option to buy at the end of the season.[14]

Loan to St. Gallen

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On 30 January 2025, Legia activated his buy option and immediately sent him on loan, returning him to Switzerland to join St. Gallen for the remainder of the season.[15] In 13 games at the Kybunpark, he scored two goals, which brought his Swiss Super League tally to 111, equaling Marco Streller's record.[16] On 9 June 2025, St. Gallen announced that they would not be making use of the option to sign him permanently and he returned to Poland.

International career

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Nsame was called up to the Cameroon squad for the 2017 Confederations Cup.[17]

He earned his first cap for Cameroon when he started their match against Nigeria on 4 September 2017 in a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup.[18]

On 9 November 2022, he was named in the final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[19]

Personal life

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His family name is correctly spelled Nsame, not Nsamé.[20][21]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 31 August 2025[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Angers 2011–12 Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
2012–13 Ligue 2 17 1 1 0 1 0 — — 19 1
2015–16 Ligue 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 — — 7 0
Total 23 1 2 0 2 0 — — 27 1
Carquefou (loan) 2013–14 Championnat National 22 0 6 0 — — — 28 0
Amiens (loan) 2014–15 Championnat National 34 7 2 3 — — — 36 10
Servette 2016–17 Swiss Challenge League 31 23 0 0 — — — 31 23
Young Boys 2017–18 Swiss Super League 31 13 5 2 — 9[c] 0 — 45 15
2018–19 Swiss Super League 31 15 4 1 — 5[d] 0 — 40 16
2019–20 Swiss Super League 32 32 6 7 — 8[e] 2 — 46 41
2020–21 Swiss Super League 30 19 1 0 — 11[f] 7 — 42 26
2022–23 Swiss Super League 33 21 4 5 — 6[g] 4 — 43 30
2023–24 Swiss Super League 18 9 3 3 — 4[d] 0 — 25 12
Total 175 109 23 18 — 43 13 — 241 140
Venezia (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 11 0 — — — — 11 0
Como 2023–24 Serie B 8 0 — — — — 8 0
Legia Warsaw (loan) 2024–25 Ekstraklasa 6 1 1 0 — 3[g] 1 — 10 2
St. Gallen (loan) 2024–25 Swiss Super League 13 2 0 0 — — — 13 2
Legia Warsaw 2025–26 Ekstraklasa 4 1 0 0 — 7[h] 5 1[i] 0 12 6
Career total 327 144 34 21 2 0 53 19 1 0 417 184
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup, Polish Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and six goals in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  8. ^ Five appearances and four goals in UEFA Europa League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League
  9. ^ Appearance in Polish Super Cup

International

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As of match played on 27 September 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2017 1 0
2019 1 0
2022 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

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Young Boys

Legia Warsaw

Individual

References

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