Axel Ngando

Ngando in the jersey of the French U-19

Axel Ngando Elessa (* 13 July 1993 in Asnières -sur -Seine ) is a French footballer of Cameroonian descent.

Club career

Ngando began playing football in the area of the French capital Paris and played for various clubs, before he was admitted to the youth department of the top clubs Paris SG 2005. A year later, he was discharged to the west of France for Stade Rennes. In Rennes, he continued playing in youth and was awarded in April 2011 as the best young player of the club. In the same month at age 17 he succeeded his debut for the reserve team in the fourth division. For this he ran into the following season more frequently and was fitted in April 2012 with a professional contract.

Accordingly Ngando counted from July 2012 to Erstligakader, but was still used mainly in the reserve. Still, he could celebrate his first league and thus his professional debut on February 2, 2013, when he came off the bench in a game against FC Lorient in the 90th minute. That same minutes, and thus in its first minute of use as a professional, he scored the goal for 2-2, which also represented the final score. For the duration of the season 2013/14 he was loaned to second division club AJ Auxerre, where he received regularly from now on match practice in the first team.

National

As A Teenager Ngando was taken into account in March 2011 for the French U-18 selection and debuted at a 2:3 against Germany. He played three more games and moved after the summer break 2011 in the U- 19. For this he was eleven times to use until he was invited to U-19 Championship 2012. There he ran in all four games for his team, which reached the semifinals on. Subsequently, he was included in the U-20 team. With this he participated in the 2013 U -20 World Cup in part, reached the final and was on the court, as to France to a 0-0 draw by winning on penalties secured the title in the final against Uruguay. In November of the same year he was appointed to the U -21.