| Blondy Nna Noukeu | |
| Fullname: | Blondy Rudolph Nna Noukeu[1] |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Douala, Cameroon |
| Height: | 1.84m[2] |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Sunderland |
| Clubnumber: | 16 |
| Youthyears1: | –2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Royal Excel Mouscron |
| Youthyears2: | 2019–2021 |
| Youthclubs2: | Stoke City |
| Years1: | 2021–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Stoke City |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | → Crawley Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs3: | → Southend United (loan) |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Clubs4: | Sunderland |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 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 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. 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.[17]
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Stoke City | 2021–22 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 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 | EFL League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Southend United (loan) | 2022–23 | National League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Sunderland | 2024–25 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||