Nicky Beloko

Nicky Beloko
Personal information
Full name Nicky Stéphane Medja Beloko
Date of birth (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Ebolowa, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Luzern
Number 18
Youth career
2012–2013 FC Aigle
2013–2014 Vevey-Sports
2014–2015 Lausanne-Sport
2015–2018 Sion
2018–2020 Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Sion II 33 (3)
2017–2018 Sion 1 (0)
2018–2021 Fiorentina 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Gent (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 16 (0)
2021–2022 Neuchâtel Xamax 24 (1)
2022– Luzern 57 (2)
International career‡
2015 Switzerland U15 1 (0)
2017–2018 Switzerland U18 4 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U19 4 (0)
2019 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ 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 Luzern. Born in Cameroon, Beloko is a youth international for Switzerland.

Club career

Beloko made his professional debut in a 5–1 loss to BSC Young Boys on 29 October 2017, in the Swiss Super League.[1] He was the first player born in the year 2000 to play in the Super League.[2]

On 18 June 2018, Beloko moved to Fiorentina.[3] He made one appearance for Fiorentina in the Serie A, having played the second half in a 1–0 loss to Sassuolo on 29 April 2019. He played a majority of the time for the reserve squad, in the Campionato Primavera 1, making 41 appearances and scoring five goals across all competitions.

On 21 August 2019 he joined Belgian club Gent on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[4] On 9 January 2020, Gent terminated the loan early after he made no appearances for the club up to that point.[5]

On 16 February 2021, he joined Neuchâtel Xamax on loan for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[6] On 30 June 2021, he joined Neuchâtel Xamax permanently.[7]

On 6 July 2022, he transferred to Luzern with a contract through 2025, thus making his return to the Swiss Super League.[8]

International career

Beloko was born in Cameroon but moved to Switzerland at a young age, deciding to represent Switzerland internationally at youth levels.[9]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Young Boys vs. Sion - 29 October 2017". Soccerway.
  2. ^ "Nicky Beloko, auf ewig der Erste" (in German). Swiss Football League. 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Le jeune Nicky Medja Beloko quitte le FC Sion pour la Fiorentina". www.rhonefm.ch.
  4. ^ "WELCOME NICKY!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Gent. 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "NICKY BELOKO KEERT TERUG NAAR FIORENTINA" (Press release) (in Dutch). Gent. 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "BELOKO REJOINT XAMAX" (in French). Neuchâtel Xamax. 16 February 2021.
  7. ^ "BELOKO RISCATTATO DALLO XAMAX" (in Italian). Fiorentina. 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Nicky Beloko per sofort zum FC Luzern". regiofussball.ch. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  9. ^ RedazioneSB (30 April 2019). "Fiorentina, chi è Nicky Beloko: biografia, caratteristiche tecniche e social".
  10. ^ "Nicky Beloko, auf ewig der Erste" (in German). Swiss Football League. 10 August 2022.