Pascal Nouma

Pascal Nouma — Biography

Pascal Nouma was born in 1972 in France.

Of Cameroonian descent, Pascal began his football career playing for the youth team of Paris Saint-Germain and scored 28 goals in 24 matches.

After playing for Lille and Caen, he was selected for the French national team.

During his career he played in 286 matches and scored 80 goals.

In the 1997–1998 season he was named the top scorer of the RC Strasbourg team he played for.

He later transferred to RC Lens and was among the footballers who took his team to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

In 2000 he came to Turkey and continued playing for Beşiktaş. He attracted great interest in Turkey and was greatly admired by the fans.

In 2001 he returned to France and transferred to Olympique Marseille.

In the 2002 season he decided to return to Beşiktaş once again.

In 2003, after scoring a goal in a Fenerbahçe–Beşiktaş derby, Pascal Nouma's "Tombala" celebration led to the termination of his contract one week before the end of the league season and a 7-month ban imposed by the Turkish Football Federation.

In 2004, after playing one season for the Al Khor team, he signed a contract with the Scottish team Livingston FC, but he retired from football after playing just two matches.

Having settled in Turkey, Pascal Nouma appeared in a film for the first time with the movie Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu.

He took part in the Yok Böyle Dans competition and finished second.

He participated in the Survivor competition produced and hosted by Acun Ilıcalı, but he was disqualified for displaying his aggressive behaviour by getting into a fight with Nihat Doğan during the competition.

Pascal Nouma hosts the program Aragaz on Metro Fm together with Kadir Çöpdemir.