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{{Short description|French footballer (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pascal Nouma
| image = Pascal Nouma (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| full_name = Pascal Olivier Nouma<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=29656 |title=Pascal Olivier Nouma |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|6|df=y}}<ref name="Lequipe">{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur2850.html |title=Pascal Nouma |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=5 April 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Épinay-sur-Seine]], Seine-Saint-Denis, France
| height = 1.86 m<ref name="Lequipe"/>
| position = [[Midfielder]], [[striker (association football)|striker]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1989–1992
| clubs1 = [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
| caps1 = 19
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1992–1993
| clubs2 = [[Lille OSC|Lille]]
| caps2 = 22
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1993–1994
| clubs3 = [[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]]
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 1994–1996
| clubs4 = [[Paris Saint-Germain]]
| caps4 = 51
| goals4 = 10
| years5 = 1996–1998
| clubs5 = [[RC Strasbourg Alsace|Strasbourg]]
| caps5 = 57
| goals5 = 22
| years6 = 1998–2000
| clubs6 = [[RC Lens|Lens]]
| caps6 = 46
| goals6 = 16
| years7 = 2000–2001
| clubs7 = [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
| caps7 = 24
| goals7 = 18
| years8 = 2001–2002
| clubs8 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| caps8 = 11
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2002–2003
| clubs9 = [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]
| caps9 = 19
| goals9 = 4
| years10 = 2003–2004
| clubs10 = [[Al-Khor Sports Club|Al Khor]]
| caps10 = 3
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2004–2005
| clubs11 = [[Livingston F.C.|Livingston]]
| caps11 = 2
| goals11 = 0
| totalcaps = 286
| totalgoals = 80
}}
'''Pascal Olivier Nouma''' (born 6 January 1972) is a French former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]] or [[striker (association football)|striker]].

==Career==
Nouma started his career in the [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] youth team before moving around other teams in France. He played for [[Lille OSC|Lille]] and [[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]] before moving back to PSG for two seasons in 1994. He helped PSG win both the [[1995 Coupe de la Ligue Final|1994–95 Coupe de la Ligue]] and the [[1994–95 Coupe de France]], playing as a substitute in both finals, the latter against future club [[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]].<ref name=PSGcdlw>{{cite news |url=https://archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/psg-bastia-2-0-030595-coupe-de-la-ligue-94-95/ |title=PSG – Bastia 2-0, 03/05/95, Coupe de la Ligue 94-95 |publisher=archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=PSGStras>{{cite news |url=https://archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/psg-strasbourg-1-0-130595-coupe-de-france-94-95/ |title=PSG – Strasbourg 1-0, 13/05/95, Coupe de France 94-95 |publisher=archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> He also scored as PSG won the [[1995 Trophée des Champions]].<ref name=TropheedC>{{cite news |url=https://archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/psg-nantes-2-2-6-5-tab-030196-trophee-des-champions-95-96/ |title=PSG – Nantes 2-2 (6-5 tab), 03/01/96, Trophée des Champions 95-96 |publisher=archivesparisfootball.wordpress.com |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> In 1996 he left for Strasbourg, winning the [[1997 Coupe de la Ligue Final|Coupe de la Ligue]] there in 1997<ref name=StrasCdlL>{{cite news |url=https://www.ligue1.com/coupeLigue/feuille_match/73346 |title=RC Strasbourg Alsace - Girondins de Bordeaux |publisher=ligue1.com |access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> and staying for two seasons, before moving to [[RC Lens|Lens]]. While at Lens he played in the final as they won the [[1999 Coupe de la Ligue Final|1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue]],<ref name=LensCdlL>{{cite news |url=https://www.sitercl.com/Matches/1998-99/Ligue/metzfc.htm |title=Finale Coupe de la Ligue 1998/99 RC Lens - FC Metz |publisher=sitercl.com |access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> which was the third time he'd won the trophy in five seasons and with three different teams.

After two seasons at Lens, he left for Turkish club [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]], where he achieved phenomenal success and still maintains his popularity among Beşiktaş fans, who composed special songs for him. He played for them for one season before moving to play for [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] the next year. He returned for a short spell at Beşiktaş the next season, but received a seven-month suspension for celebrating a goal against arch-rivals [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]] by putting his hands down his shorts, a gesture he described as "a private moment of joy". The Beşiktaş board were forced to cancel his contract as a result. The incident did not diminish his popularity with Beşiktaş fans, who still look back fondly on his lob shot against Dynamo Kyiv in the third round of the UEFA Cup in 2003.

Following this incident he played in Qatar and went on trial at clubs in countries like the US and Scotland.

==Personal life==
Born in [[Épinay-sur-Seine]], Seine-Saint-Denis, France,<ref name="Lequipe"/> Nouma's ancestors are from Cameroon.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alon Raab, Issam Khadidi, Elif Batuman|date=2015|title=Soccer In The Middle East|location=United Kingdom and United States|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=71|isbn=9780415612449}}</ref> He is particularly famous for his eccentric behaviour both on and off the pitch. During an interview with ''[[Hürriyet]]'' he claimed to be a [[Turkish people|Turk]] and to feel that Turkey was his home country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/13626247.asp?gid=229 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202213330/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/spor/futbol/13626247.asp?gid=229 |archive-date=2 February 2010 |title=Pascal Nouma hurriyet.com.tr'de - Hurriyet}}</ref>

Nouma works as an actor, and made his film debut in a Turkish movie, ''[[Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu]]'' (''The Son of the Man Who Saved the World'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beyazperde.com/film/2873 |title=Beyazperde.com - Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu (2006) |access-date=12 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715033153/http://www.beyazperde.com/film/2873 |archive-date=15 July 2006 }}</ref>

Nouma co-hosted radio show ''"Aragaz"'' along with professional radio host {{ill|Kadir Çöpdemir |tr}} at local radio station [[Metro FM (Turkey)|Metro FM]].<ref name=Aragaz>{{cite news|title=Pascal Nouma'dan Bir Garip Açıklama | url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/gunaydin/magazin/2012/06/19/pascal-noumadan-bir-garip-aciklama |publisher=[[Sabah (newspaper)|Sabah]] | date=19 June 2012 | access-date=6 February 2016}} {{in lang|tr}}</ref>

Nouma became a member of Beşiktaş Congress in July 2012. [1] In 2017, he played with Mustafa Topaloğlu in "Didi" commercials.

==Honours==
'''Paris Saint-Germain'''
* [[Coupe de France]]: [[1994–95 Coupe de France|1994–95]]<ref name=PSGStras />
* [[Coupe de la Ligue]]: [[1995 Coupe de la Ligue final|1994–95]]<ref name=PSGcdlw />
* [[Trophée des Champions]]: [[1995 Trophée des Champions|1995]]<ref name=TropheedC />
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1995–96]]

'''Strasbourg'''
* Coupe de la Ligue: [[1997 Coupe de la Ligue final|1996–97]]<ref name=StrasCdlL />

'''Lens'''
* Coupe de la Ligue: [[1999 Coupe de la Ligue Final|1998–99]]<ref name=LensCdlL />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{FFF player}}

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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Épinay-sur-Seine]]
[[Category:Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Paris Saint-Germain FC players]]
[[Category:Lille OSC players]]
[[Category:Stade Malherbe Caen players]]
[[Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace players]]
[[Category:RC Lens players]]
[[Category:Beşiktaş J.K. footballers]]
[[Category:Olympique de Marseille players]]
[[Category:Al-Khor SC players]]
[[Category:Livingston F.C. players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:Süper Lig players]]
[[Category:Qatar Stars League players]]
[[Category:France men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in football]]
[[Category:French expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar]]
[[Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Scotland]]
[[Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey]]
[[Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar]]
[[Category:French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]

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