Darlin Yongwa

Darlin Yongwa

Personal information
Full name	Darlin Zidane Yongwa Ngameni
Date of birth	(2000-09-22) 22 September 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Lorient
Number	44
Youth career
	EFBC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Niort II	14	(0)
2019–2022	Niort	66	(0)
2022–	Lorient	72	(3)
International career‡
2022–	Cameroon	9	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:22, 30 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:16, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Darlin Zidane Yongwa Ngameni (born 22 September 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Lorient and the Cameroon national team.

Club career

On 28 February 2019, Yongwa joined Niort from the Cameroonian club EFBC. ^[1] He made his professional debut with Niort in a 2–2 Ligue 2 tie with Auxerre on 27 July 2019. ^[2]

On 24 June 2022, Yongwa signed a four-year contract with Lorient. ^[3]

International career

Yongwa debuted with the Cameroon national team as a late substitute in a friendly 2–0 loss to Uzbekistan on 23 September 2022. ^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 August 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Niort B	2018–19	National 3	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2019–20	National 3	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
	Total		14	0	—		—		—		14	0
Niort	2019–20	Ligue 2	8	0	3	0	1	0	—		12	0
	2020–21	Ligue 2	27	0	1	0	— [a]		2 [b]	0	30	0
	2021–22	Ligue 2	31	0	— [c]		—		—		31	0
	Total		66	0	4	0	—		2	0	72	0
Lorient	2022–23	Ligue 1	14	1	3	0	—		—		17	1
	2023–24	Ligue 1	22	1	0	0	—		—		22	1
	2024–25	Ligue 2	33	1	0	0	—		—		33	1
	2025–26	Ligue 1	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		72	3	3	0	—		—		75	3
Career total			152	3	7	0	1	0	2	0	162	3

1. The Coupe de la Ligue was indefinitely suspended following the 2019–20 edition
2. Matches played in the 2020–21 Ligue 2 relegation playoffs
3. Niort excluded from the 2021–22 Coupe de France

International

As of match played 9 June 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2022	1	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	3	0
	2025	2	0
Total		10	0

Honours

Lorient

• Ligue 2: 2024–25 ^[5]

References

1. "Darlin YONGWA signe aux Chamois Niortais (France)". www.efbc-cm.com.
2. "Niort vs. Auxerre - 27 September 2019". Soccerway.
3. "DARLIN YONGWA S'ENGAGE AVEC LES MERLUS" (in French). Lorient. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
4. "Highlights and goals: Cameroon 0-2 Uzbekistan in international friendly | 09/23/2022". VAVEL. 23 September 2022.
5. Lacaille, Tom (10 May 2025). "Lorient champion de Ligue 2, Martigues relégué en National, Guingamp jouera les play-offs de montée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2025.

External links

• Darlin Yongwa at Soccerway