Martin Hongla

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Martin Hongla
Personal information
Full name Martin Hongla Yma II[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hellas Verona
Number 78
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 43 (3)
2021– → Hellas Verona (loan) 8 (0)
National team‡
Cameroon U17
Cameroon U20
Cameroon U23
2020– Cameroon 8 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2021 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2021

Martin Hongla Yma II (born 16 March 1998) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Italian club Hellas Verona on loan from 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 2–0 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]

On 9 July 2021, he joined Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona on loan with a conditional purchase obligation.[8]

International career[]

Hongla played at the 2015 African U-17 Championship, 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification and the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.[9]

He made his debut for Cameroon national team on 16 November 2020 in a Cup of Nations qualifier game against Mozambique, as a starter.[10]

Honours[]

Antwerp

References[]

  1. ^ "Martin HONGLA". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Martin Hongla, convicción y atrevimiento" [Martin Hongla, confidence and audacity] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "El Villarreal vuela sin Pato" [Villarreal fly without Pato] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Granada CF agree to loan of Martin Hongla". FC Barcelona. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Benvenuto Martin! Dal Royal Antwerp arriva il centrocampista Hongla" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 9 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Martin Hongla profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Mozambique v Cameroon game report". ESPN. 16 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Club Brugge v Antwerp". goal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

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