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{{short description|Cameroonian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
 | name = Daniel Kome
 | image = 
 | full_name = Daniel Armand N'Gom Kome
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|19|df=yes}}
 | birth_place = [[Bangou, Cameroon]]
 | height = 1.75 m
 | position = [[Midfielder]]
 | currentclub = 
 | youthyears1 = 1995 | youthclubs1 = Lycée Bandjoun
 | youthyears2 = 1996 | youthclubs2 = Stade Bandjoun
 | youthyears3 = 1997–1999 | youthclubs3 = [[Coton Sport FC de Garoua|Cotonsport Garoua]]
 | years1 = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = [[Atlético Madrid B]] | caps1 = 33 | goals1 = 3
 | years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = [[Levante UD|Levante]] | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0
 | years3 = 2001–2004 | clubs3 = [[CD Numancia|Numancia]] | caps3 = 89 | goals3 = 12
 | years4 = 2004–2005 | clubs4 = [[Getafe CF|Getafe]] | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 2
 | years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = [[Ciudad de Murcia|Ciudad Murcia]] | caps5 = 32 | goals5 = 3
 | years6 = 2006 | clubs6 = [[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]] | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 0
 | years7 = 2007–2008 | clubs7 = [[Real Valladolid|Valladolid]] | caps7 = 17 | goals7 = 1
 | years8 = 2008–2011 | clubs8 = [[CD Tenerife|Tenerife]] | caps8 = 90 | goals8 = 6
 | totalcaps = 293 | totalgoals = 27
 | nationalyears1 = 2000–2009 | nationalteam1 = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] | nationalcaps1 = 35 | nationalgoals1 = 2
 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CMR}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
}}
'''Daniel Armand N'Gom Kome''' (born 19 May 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].

Playing in Spain since 1999 and representing nearly ten clubs during his professional career, he received a [[Spanish nationality law|passport from that country]] in August 2006.<ref>[http://www.elmundo-eldia.com/2006/08/17/deporte/1155765608.html Kome ya es español y Delibasic se va al AEK de Serra (Kome already Spanish and Delibašić goes to Serra's AEK)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927091911/http://www.elmundo-eldia.com/2006/08/17/deporte/1155765608.html|date=27 September 2007}}; [[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]], 17 August 2006 {{in lang|es}}</ref>

Kome played mainly for [[CD Numancia|Numancia]] and [[CD Tenerife|Tenerife]], amassing [[Segunda División]] totals of 224 matches and 24 goals over nine seasons. He appeared for [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] and three [[Africa Cup of Nations]] tournaments.

==Club career==
Born in [[Bangou, Cameroon|Bangou]], [[West Region (Cameroon)|West Region]], Kome moved to Spain in 1999 at the age of 19 and played there for over a decade. His first team was [[Atlético Madrid B]], and he joined [[Levante UD]] in the [[Segunda División B|third division]] after one season.

After representing [[CD Numancia]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.desdesoria.es/2013/05/29/breve-enciclopedia-numantina/|title=Breve enciclopedia numantina|trans-title=Brief ''numantina'' encyclopedia|publisher=Desde Soria|language=es|date=29 May 2013|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> Kome made his [[La Liga]] debut with another [[Madrid]] club, [[Getafe CF]], first appearing 15 minutes in a 3–1 home win against [[Athletic Bilbao]]. On 6 February 2005 he scored the game's only goal in a home victory former side Numancia and, after relative playing time, he dropped down to the [[Segunda División|second level]] and signed with [[Ciudad de Murcia]].

Kome started the [[2006–07 La Liga|2006–07 campaign]] with [[RCD Mallorca]] but, after being overlooked, left for [[Real Valladolid]] during the January [[transfer window]], on a two-and-a-half-year deal.<ref>[http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/valladolid/es/desarrollo/738849.html El Valladolid ficha al camerunés Kome (Valladolid sign Cameroonian Kome)]; [[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]], 12 February 2007 {{in lang|es}}</ref> However, after being sparingly played and although still under contract, he managed to reach a buyout and moved to [[CD Tenerife]] on 21 July 2008, on a [[Bosman ruling|Bosman transfer]].<ref>[http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/tenerife/es/desarrollo/1148617.html El Tenerife presenta a Kome (Tenerife present Kome)]; Marca, 21 July 2008 {{in lang|es}}</ref> 

On 13 June 2009, Kome scored the game's only goal at [[Girona FC]] as his team confirmed their [[2008–09 Segunda División|return to the top tier]] after seven years.<ref>[http://www.marca.com/2009/06/13/futbol/2adivision/1244921658.html El Tenerife no dio opción a la sorpresa y selló su ascenso en Girona (Tenerife did not wait on a surprise and sealed promotion in Girona)]; Marca, 13 June 2009 {{in lang|es}}</ref> He featured regularly for the [[Canary Islands|Canarians]] in the following two years, but they suffered consecutive relegations.

==International career==
A [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon international]] since 2000, Kome was also part of the nation's [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|winning team]] at [[2000 Summer Olympics|that year]]'s [[Summer Olympic Games]]. At full level, he appeared twice at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] and played four matches for the [[2002 Africa Cup of Nations]] winners in [[Egypt]].

Kome was also selected for the [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations|2004]] and [[2006 Africa Cup of Nations|2006]] editions: in the latter, he scored in the epic 11–12 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shootout]] quarter-final loss against [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4675316.stm|title=Cameroon 1–1 Ivory Coast|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=4 February 2006|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{BDFutbol|498|name=Daniel N'Gom Kome|accessdate=4 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-x
|[[Atlético Madrid B]]
|[[1999–2000 Segunda División|1999-2000]]
|[[Segunda División]]
|33||3||colspan="2"|—||33||3
|-
|[[Levante UD|Levante]]
|[[2000-01 Segunda División|2000-01]]
|Segunda División	
|7||0||1||0||8||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[CD Numancia|Numancia]]
|[[2001-02 Segunda División|2001-02]]
|rowspan="3"|Segunda División
|27||1||1||0||28||1
|-
|[[2002-03 Segunda División|2002-03]]
|32||5||2||0||34||5
|-
|[[2003-04 Segunda División|2003-04]]
|30||6||1||0||31||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!89!!12!!4!!0!!93!!12
|-
|[[Getafe CF|Getafe]]
|[[2004-05 La Liga|2004-05]]
|[[La Liga]]
|20||2||3||1||23||3
|-
|[[Ciudad de Murcia|Ciudad Murcia]]
|[[2005-06 Segunda División|2005-06]]
|Segunda División
|32||3||colspan="2"|—||32||3
|-
|[[RCD Mallorca|Mallorca]]
|[[2006-07 La Liga|2006-07]]
|La Liga
|5||0||2||0||7||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Real Valladolid|Valladolid]]
|[[2006-07 Segunda División|2006-07]]
|Segunda División
|2||0||1||0||3||0
|-
|[[2007-08 La Liga|2007-08]]
|La Liga
|15||1||4||0||19||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!17!!1!!5!!0!!22!!1
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[CD Tenerife|Tenerife]]
|[[2008-09 Segunda División|2008-09]]
|Segunda División
|36||6||colspan="2"|—||36||6
|-
|[[2009-10 La Liga|2009-10]]
|La Liga
|29||0||colspan="2"|—||29||0
|-
|[[2010-11 Segunda División|2010-11]]
|Segunda División
|25||0||1||0||26||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!90!!6!!1!!0!!91!!6
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!293!!27!!16!!1!!309!!28
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|1247|access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]
|2000||1||0
|-
|2001||3||0
|-
|2002||10||0
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
|2004||2||0
|-
|2005||4||0
|-
|2006||4||0
|-
|2007||3||1
|-
|2008||2||1
|-
|2009||5||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!35!!2
|}

:''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kome goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by  Daniel N'Gom Kome
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|7 February 2007}}
|[[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]], Togo
|{{fb|Togo}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–2
|style="text-align:center"|2–2
|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Togo vs. Cameroon|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/6329/Togo_Cameroon.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|{{dts|19 November 2008}}
|[[Olympia Park]], [[Rustenburg]], South Africa
|{{fb|South Africa}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–2
|style="text-align:center"|2–3
|Friendly
|<ref>{{cite web|title=South Africa vs. Cameroon|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/12216/South_Africa_Cameroon.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=4 September 2024}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==
'''Valladolid'''
*[[Segunda División]]: [[2006–07 Segunda División|2006–07]]

'''Cameroon'''
*[[African Cup of Nations]]: [[2002 African Cup of Nations|2002]]
*[[Summer Olympic Games]]: [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
* African Games gold medal: 1999

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{BDFutbol|498|Daniel Kome}}
*{{NFT|1247|name=Daniel Kome}}
*{{FIFA player|178257|Daniel Kome}}
*{{Soccerway|daniel-armand-kome/58580|Daniel Kome}}

{{Cameroon Squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Cameroon Squad Confederations Cup 2001}}
{{Cameroon Squad 2002 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Cameroon Squad 2002 World Cup}}
{{Cameroon Squad 2004 African Nations Cup}}
{{Cameroon Squad 2006 Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kome, Daniel Ngom}}
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