Landry Nguémo

Early career

Nguémo was a native of Dschang, a town in western Cameroon, he played for various local teams in Dschang before moving to Yaounde aged 13. He spent a short time in EMC.

Nancy

Nguémo was spotted by scouts of Nancy in Yaoundé and was promptly invited to France where he had trials before signing for the club aged 15. He made his debut aged 19 in August 2005 as a substitute against Lyon in a league match. He made his first start one month later against Troyes. In January 2009, Nguémo said he would welcome a move away from the club after being linked by French and English media with moves to Arsenal, Sunderland and Everton. On 31 January 2009, Nguémo scored his first goal for Nancy, a dramatic 90th-minute winner in a match against Le Havre. His second goal for the club also came in dramatic circumstances when he again netted in the 90th minute on 23 May 2009 against Marseille but Nancy were beaten 2–1.

Loan to Celtic

After days of speculation, on 16 July 2009, Nguémo completed a one-year loan move to Celtic with an option to make it permanent. He wore the number 6 shirt the squad number previously allotted to Bobo Baldé. Nguémo's debut came in the 0–0 draw against Cardiff City where he was picked as Celtic's man of the match. He made his competitive debut in the first leg of a Champions League qualifying tie against Dynamo Moscow in Glasgow, losing 1–0. He was also part of the team that won 2–0 in the return leg in Moscow, sending Celtic…

Nguémo made 42 appearances for the Cameroon national team, scoring three goals and being part of the squad that finished runners-up at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

In May 2020, Nguémo was named U18 manager of French club COS Villers-les-Nancy. In June 2021, Nguémo was hired as a youth coach at his former club, AS Nancy.

Nguémo was a keen falconer and kept a modest collection of bird of prey, with his favourite, a white-tailed eagle named Mr George after George Weah. He obtained French citizenship by naturalization in December 2007. Nguémo died in a traffic collision near the town of Obala in the night between 26 and 27 June 2024. He was 38.