“The disease does not matter, I take it!” “

Article by Eduard Apostol, Justin Gafiuc – published Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 00:59 / Updated on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 00:59
Pascal Nouma, now 53 years old, has overcome sensitive memories of Mircea Lucescu, the coach who turns 80 today. He calls the celebration of the day “my father”. Why? “Because it was and is a paternal figure for me, more than my biological father.”
Pascal nouma. Probably the head of “bad boys” that Mircea Lucescu met in his career. With which he intersected and which most of them model. Once upon a time a great hope of French football, raised at PSG, the noume was wanted by Il Luce and International. But he couldn't do the business anymore.
Thus, in Beșiktaș in the summer of 2002, the Romanian insisted for (re) the bringing of Pascal to the “Vultures” shirt. He had had an experience with BJK, but then left for Marseille. And it was in a moment of life.
95Of matches, 14 goals and an assist had Pascal Nouma at PSG. Won the Cup Cup, France Cup, Super Cup and League Cup with the Parisian band
2% chance of living longer than 98% chance of dying
When he talks about Mircea Lucescu, the hard figure of the Frenchman is metamorphosed. They are excited. And when GSP reporters intermediated a video dialog via WhatsApp with the coach … was happier than a child who met Santa! A joy out of the ordinary.
“Mister Lucescu was and is still a paternal figure for me. Even more than my biological father, Yannick. I was about to die, very, very bad, because I had a swelling in the head area. Diagnosed with muscle cancer … I had only 2% chance of survival and 98% chance of dying.”
“At that time, when I was in France, in treatment, I was playing in Marseille. And Mircea Lucescu said so much:” I want Pascal Nouma! “, Even though I was in a very serious state of health. And he brought me back to Turkey,” the Nouma said.
27of goals in 62 matches gathered Nouma at BJK, plus 9 assists, conquering the title with Beşiktaș and Mircea Lucescu in the year of the Centenary of the Club
Why Pascal kissed the hand of Mircea Lucescu: “You're everything to me”
The gesture of Pascal's gesture to kiss Lucescu's hand, as a benefactor, is “viral”, after scoring a goal in the European Cups against Dinamo Kiev. The gesture was commented for days in the media in Turkey and international in 2002.
“I kissed his hand to tell him,” You are everything to me. “He brought me even when I was sick. The world had begun to talk about me that I would die, that I am not good. But he thought permanently in me.
Check me, he was talking to me. I lived almost each other, about 100 meters away. And at night he called me and descended to drink a coffee. Just a coffee. A dark place, no one there.
I don't know how many hours I was staying every night and talking, but not about football. I was talking about life, my family, about children. My father has never been like that. It was a connection between us, “said the former French striker, now 53 years old.
Mircea … Mr. Mircea … I'm sorry … He offered me attention. And I'm sure he didn't pay attention just because I was sick. It wasn't just about my health problems. It was about energy, something deeper
Pascal nouma
It was a derby with Fener, I was a reserve, I was suffering, I was burning on the bench, I was angry. Mr. Mircea came to me and only said to me: “rain.” It was his way of saying that I am not ready for the match. And I didn't play any minute
Pascal nouma
When Pascal Nouma put his hand in his pants after the goal with Fener: “Then some, jealous of me, voted against me”
The Frenchman has always stood out. His gestures were analyzed and re-analyzed. He remained an emblematic player for Beșiktaș, shares his life between Istanbul and the Azure Coast, is invited to all kinds of “vultures”, and fans love him and recognize him after more than two decades. He participates in TV shows in Istanbul and has played in Turkish films.
But the football end of Inonu spent when he scandalized a goal in the derby with Fenerbache. He marked and put his hand in his pants, touching his genital organs! The explanations of the today's striker are in his characteristic style.

The gesture after the goal with Fener
“I took my shirt after the empty and put my hand in … (laughs) things like” it was on the right, I had to the other side “. I paid a huge price for it,” the noume recalled.
Many political personalities of Turkey were on the stadium – or they saw the TV phase – it was the beginning of the End for Pascal as a footballer at BJK. He was mazilit.
“Mircea Lucescu told me two things:” 1. I can't do anything because it is a matter of the country's highest level. 2. The friend is not your friend. “This was. Later, I learned that it was a meeting of the whole team in the locker room. The leaders dug me! Who wants it, who does not want Pascal, that voted.
I know your name, boys, I know how you decided! Some said they didn't want me anymore. I was up everything, they were jealous. Only two people who did not give two money on nothing were on my side, Sergen and Tayfur, which is why I will always pray for them.
When it was to leave, I am sure that Mircea Lucescu was screaming inside him, he was extremely affected, but he could do nothing for me, “said the Frenchman.
Some from Beșiktaș's locker room wanted to be famous as me, but it was impossible for them to have the same impact on the supporters. They were jealous. I would not change for anyone and nothing
Pascal nouma
Pascal Nouma grew “after blocks” in the “93” neighborhood in Paris: “The others started the fire, I just gave them the answer”
Pascal was formed in the infamous area “93” in the Seine-Saint-Denis neighborhood, located northeast of the “City of Lights”.
“I was born and grew up behind the St. Denis stadium in Paris. Everyone knows the beautiful part, but behind the blocks life is hard. You can finish in prison or dead. For whatever reason. I just defended myself, I didn't want to do harm.
The best school is the street so you learn.
I fought with four paparazzi, I was alone and … I sent all four to the hospital. I'm not crazy. I don't wake up crazy, from sleep, and I go alone on the street. The others started the fire, I just gave them the answer. (laughs) the good answer. I never got someone on the street, “the former footballer reacted.





