Geremi Njitap

**Geremi Njitap** (born 20 December 1978) is a Cameroonian former football player.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Racing Bafoussam|1995|rowspan="2"|Cameroonian Premier League|5|0|||–|–|–|5|0|||
|1996|23|5|||–|||–|23|5||||||
|Cerro Porteño|1997|Paraguayan Primera División|6|0|–|–|4|0|–|10|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Gençlerbirliği|1997–98|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig|28|4|3|1|–|–|–|31|5|||
|1998–99|29|5|3|1|–|–|–|32|6|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Real Madrid|1999–2000|rowspan="3"|La Liga|20|0|2|0|–|8|0|4|1|34|1|
|2000–01|16|0|0|0|–|8|0|2|0|26|0|||||
|2001–02|9|0|2|0|–|5|1|0|0|16|1|||||
|Middlesbrough (loan)|2002–03|Premier League|33|7|1|0|0|0|–|–|34|7||||
|rowspan="5"|Chelsea|2003–04|rowspan="4"|Premier League|25|1|1|0|3|0|10|0|–|39|1|
|2004–05|13|0|2|0|1|0|4|0|–|20|0|||||
|2005–06|15|2|3|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|22|2||||
|2006–07|19|1|3|0|3|0|2|0|1|0|28|1||||
|rowspan="4"|Newcastle United|2007–08|rowspan="2"|Premier League|27|2|0|0|1|0|–|–|28|2||
|2008–09|15|0|0|0|2|0|–|–|17|0||||||
|2009–10|Championship|7|0|0|0|2|1|–|–|9|1|||||
|Ankaragücü|2009–10|Süper Lig|12|2|0|0|–|–|–|12|2|||||
|AEL|2010–11|Super League Greece|10|0|1|0|–|–|–|11|0|||||

### International

|National team||Year||Apps||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="16|Cameroon|1996|3|0|||
|1997|9|0|||||
|1998|4|0|||||
|1999|4|0|||||
|2000|9|0|||||
|2001|8|0|||||
|2002|14|1|||||
|2003|9|1|||||
|2004|10|0|||||
|2005|6|3|||||
|2006|7|2|||||
|2007|5|1|||||
|2008|11|2|||||
|2009|9|2|||||
|2010|10|1|||||

### International goals

|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|26 May 2002|Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan||2–2|Draw|International friendly|
|2.|21 June 2003|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||1–0|Win|2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|
|3.|9 February 2005|Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Creteil, France||1–0|Win|Friendly|
|4.|27 March 2005|Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon||2–1|Win|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|5.|4 June 2005|Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin||1–4|Win|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|6.|29 January 2006|Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt||2–0|Win|2006 Africa Cup of Nations|
|7.|3 September 2006|Stade Amahoro, Kigali, Rwanda||0–3|Win|2008 Africa Nations Cup qualification|
|8.|17 June 2007|Stade Omnisports Roumdé Adjia, Garoua, Cameroon||2–1|Win|2008 Africa Nations Cup qualification|
|9.|26 January 2008|Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana||5–1|Win|2008 Africa Cup of Nations|
|10.|4 February 2008|Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana||2–3|Win|2008 Africa Cup of Nations|
|11.|11 February 2009|Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle, France||3–1|Win|Friendly|
|12.|10 October 2009|Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon||3–0|Win|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|13.|17 January 2010|Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, Angola||3–2|Win|2010 Africa Cup of Nations|

### Club

**Racing Bafoussam**
- Cameroonian Cup: 1996

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 2000–01
- UEFA Champions League: 1999–2000, 2001–02

**Chelsea**
- Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06
- FA Community Shield: 2005

**Newcastle United**
- Football League Championship: 2009–10

### International

**Cameroon**
- Olympic Gold Medal: 2000
- African Cup of Nations: 2000, 2002

### Individual

- Africa Cup of Nations: Team of All Tournaments

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Geremi Njitap
- **image**: Geremi Njitap Hull City v. Newcastle United 1 (cropped).png
- **image size**: 220
- **caption**: Geremi with Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United in 2009
- **fullname**: Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso
- **birth place**: Bafoussam, Cameroon
- **height**: 1.77 m
- **position**: Right back, midfielder
- **years1**: 1995–1996
- **clubs1**: Racing FC Bafoussam, Racing Bafoussam
- **caps1**: 28
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 1996–1997
- **clubs2**: Cerro Porteño
- **caps2**: 6
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1997–1999
- **clubs3**: Gençlerbirliği S.K., Gençlerbirliği
- **caps3**: 57
- **goals3**: 9
- **years4**: 1999–2003
- **clubs4**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **caps4**: 45
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2002–2003
- **clubs5**: → Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough (loan)
- **caps5**: 33
- **goals5**: 7
- **years6**: 2003–2007
- **clubs6**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps6**: 72
- **goals6**: 4
- **years7**: 2007–2009
- **clubs7**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps7**: 49
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2010
- **clubs8**: MKE Ankaragücü, Ankaragücü
- **caps8**: 12
- **goals8**: 2
- **years9**: 2010–2011
- **clubs9**: Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C., AEL
- **caps9**: 10
- **goals9**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 312
- **totalgoals**: 29
- **nationalyears1**: 1996–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Cameroon national football team, Cameroon
- **nationalcaps1**: 118
- **nationalgoals1**: 13