Full name Jules Alex Nyom Years Team Position Goalkeeper Place of birth Mfou, Cameroon Name Jules Nyom Current team RoPS | Playing position Role Soccer player Date joined August 1, 2010 Number Height 1.85 m | |
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Date of birth (1984-01-03) 3 January 1984 (age 31) | ||
Jules Alex Nyom, (born 3 January 1984), is a Cameroonian soccer goalkeeper, and plays for the Finnish football club, Rovaniemen Palloseura.
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Early career
Nyom played for the Etoile of Essazock and Canon de Yaounde in Cameroon, ES Sétif in Algeria.
Minnesota Twin Stars
In 2007, he signed with Minnesota Twin Stars. During the 2008 season, he helped the team win their first Midwest Regional title with a goal differential of +7 and 2 clean sheets in 6 games, but his absence at the Final Four National Championship in New York had shows gaps in the Minnesota Twin Stars productivity without him, and they lost in the final 2–1 to the Pennsylvania Stoners. 2009 was his most successful season, being named the team captain for the NPSL Final Four Tournament (as Juan Fiz was injured), winning another Midwest Region title, earning a name on the Midwest All-Star team, and making many key saves in the Final Four Semi-Final, but eventually losing to Sonoma County Sol 4–1.
RoPS
It was announced in mid-2010 that Nyom was signed on a professional contract for RoPS of Finland. His first season was rather successful, and in his second match for RoPS he received a Man of the Match award. Nyom played a total of 11 games in the 2010 season, shutting out the opposition in 7 matches. These performances during the regular season led to the team finishing as champions of the Ykkönen, and a secured promotion to the Veikkausliiga for the 2011 season.
Nyom made 35 appearances for RoPs; 32 in the league, and 3 in the cup.
Spoken languages
Alex fluently speaks French and English due to playing in Cameroon, Algeria, and the United States.