Martin Hongla

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.

Martin Hongla
Personal information
Full name Martin Hongla Yma II[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back / Defensive midfielder
Club 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 29 (3)
National team
Cameroon U17
Cameroon U20
Cameroon U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2021 (UTC).

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]

International career

He 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.[8]

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. "Martin Hongla profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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