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Quentin N'Gakoutou
Personal information
Full name	Quentin N'Gakoutou Yapéndé
Date of birth	10 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Bangui, Central African Republic
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	JA Drancy
Youth career
2006–2009	Red Star
2009–2013	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2018	Monaco B
2014	→ Arles-Avignon (loan)
2015	→ Lausanne-Sport (loan)
2015–2016	→ Evian (loan)
2017	→ Union Saint-Gilloise (loan)
2019–2020	Bourges 18
2021	FC 93
2022	Romorantin
2023–	Drancy
International career‡
2009	France U16
2010	France U17
2018–2019	Central African Republic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:58, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Quentin N'Gakoutou Yapéndé (born 10 May 1994) is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 3 club Drancy.^[1]

Club career

A youth player of Monaco, Ngakoutou gained first-team playing time on loan at Arles-Avignon in 2014, where he made his professional debut in a 0–0 Ligue 2 draw against Ajaccio.^[2] After a short experience in Switzerland with Lausanne, Ngakoutou was loaned again in Ligue 2 to Evian in July 2015.^[3] After a relatively good season with Evian, in July 2016, he went on trial with Ligue 1 side Bastia but did not convince the club.^{[citation needed]} In January 2017, he went on trial at EFL League One side Bolton Wanderers but did not convince the club and on 31 January 2017, he was loaned for six months to Belgian second division side Union Saint-Gilloise.^{[citation needed]} In July 2017, he went on trial at Belgian second division side Cercle Brugge but failed to convince the club and stayed at Monaco for one more season.^{[citation needed]} On 1 July 2018, his contract with Monaco expired and he was released after seven years with the club.^{[citation needed]}

After nearly two years without playing professional football, in July 2019, N'Gakoutou was tested in two clubs, he first went on trial at EFL League Two side Swindon Town and after with the French fourth division team Annecy but did not convince either of the two clubs and ended up signing a one-year contract with the French fifth division club Bourges 18, where he scored 5 goals in 10 matches before the COVID-19 pandemic permanently interrupted competition in France.^[4]

In January 2022, N'Gakoutou signed for French club Romorantin.^[5]

International career

N'Gakoutou was born in the Central African Republic to a Central African father and Gabonese mother, and moved to France at a young age.^[6] He is a former youth international of France, but in September 2018, the 24-year-old made his international debut for his country of birth, the Central African Republic in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Guinea on 9 September 2018.^[7]

Personal life

N'Gakoutou is the brother of Gabon international footballer Yannis N'Gakoutou.^[8]

Career statistics

As of 9 January 2022^[9]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Monaco B	2011–12	Championnat de France Amateur	11	3	—		—		—		11	3
	2012–13	Championnat de France Amateur	13	3	—		—		—		13	3
	2013–14	Championnat de France Amateur	28	14	—		—		—		28	14
	Monaco II		52	20	—		—		—		52	20
AC Arles-Avignon (loan)	2014–15	Ligue 2	13	1	0	0	1	3	—		14	4
Lausanne-Sport (loan)	2014–15	Swiss Challenge League	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Evian B (loan)	2015–16	Championnat de France Amateur 2	5	4	—		—		—		5	4
Evian (loan)	2015–16	Ligue 2	19	3	2	0	1	0	—		22	3
Saint-Gilloise (loan)	2016–17	Belgian First Division B	0	0	0	0	—		1^[a]	0	1	0
Bourges 18	2019–20	Championnat National 3	10	5	0	0	—		—		10	5
FC 93	2021–22	Championnat National 2	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Romorantin	2021–22	Championnat National 2	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			108	33	2	0	2	3	1	0	113	36