Martin Hongla
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Martin Hongla Yma II[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 March 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back / Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Royal Antwerp | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Nkufo Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Granada B | 35 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Granada | 10 | (0) |
2018 | → Barcelona B (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2019 | → Karpaty Lviv (loan) | 13 | (2) |
2019– | Royal Antwerp | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:59, 6 November 2019 (UTC) |
Martin Hongla Yma II (born 16 March 1998) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Royal Antwerp FC as a central defender or a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Born in Yaoundé, Hongla joined Granada CF in 2016, from Blaise Nkufo's Nkufo Sports Academy.[2] He was initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.
Hongla made his senior debut on 21 August 2016, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Atlético Mancha Real.[3] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 28 January 2017, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 defeat at Villarreal CF.[4]
Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Hongla was definitely promoted to the main squad, now in Segunda División.[5] On 16 January 2018, he was loaned to fellow league team FC Barcelona B, for six months.[6]
On 3 July 2019, after a six-month loan to FC Karpaty Lviv, Hongla joined Royal Antwerp FC in the Belgian First Division A.[7]
References
- ^ "Martin HONGLA". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Martin Hongla, convicción y atrevimiento" [Martin Hongla, confidence and audacity] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "El Atlético Mancha Real debuta con un empate en Granada" [Atlético Mancha Real debut with a draw in Granada] (in Spanish). El Deporte de Jaén. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "El Villarreal vuela sin Pato" [Villarreal fly without Pato] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Martin Hongla tendrá ficha con el primer equipo" [Martin Hongla will have a first team place] (in Spanish). Ideal. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Granada CF agree to loan of Martin Hongla". FC Barcelona. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Comunicado | El Granada CF acuerda el traspaso de Hongla al Royal Antwerp FC" [Announcement | Granada CF agree the transfer of Hongla to Royal Antwerp FC] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
External links
- Martin Hongla at BDFutbol
- Martin Hongla at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Yaoundé
- Cameroonian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Association football midfielders
- Association football utility players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Club Recreativo Granada players
- Granada CF footballers
- FC Barcelona B players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- FC Karpaty Lviv players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium