Martin Hongla

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Martin Hongla
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Hongla playing for Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Martin Hongla Yma II [1]
Date of birth (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Granada
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2016 Nkufo Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Granada B 35 (1)
2017–2019 Granada 10 (0)
2018 → Barcelona B (loan) 6 (0)
2019 → Karpaty Lviv (loan) 13 (2)
2019–2022 Royal Antwerp 37 (3)
2021–2022 → Hellas Verona (loan) 18 (1)
2022–2024 Hellas Verona 24 (0)
2023 → Valladolid (loan) 16 (0)
2024– Granada 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 Cameroon U17 3 (1)
2017 Cameroon U20 3 (2)
2019 Cameroon U23 2 (0)
2020– Cameroon 22 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon.svg 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Martin Hongla Yma II (born 16 March 1998) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for La Liga club Granada and the Cameroon national team.

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Club career

Born in Yaoundé, Hongla joined Granada CF in 2016, from Blaise Nkufo's Nkufo Sports Academy. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5]

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Hongla was definitely promoted to the main squad, now in Segunda División. [6] On 16 January 2018, he was loaned to fellow league team FC Barcelona B, for six months. [7]

On 3 July 2019, after a six-month loan to FC Karpaty Lviv, Hongla joined Royal Antwerp FC in the Belgian First Division A. [8] On 9 July 2021, he joined Italian Serie A club Hellas Verona on loan with a conditional purchase obligation. [9]

On 31 January 2023, Hongla returned to Spain and its top tier, after agreeing to a six-month loan deal with Real Valladolid. [10]

On 12 January 2024, Hongla returned to Granada. [11] [12] He reportedly signed a three-and-a-half-year contract for a transfer fee of €2.5 million. [13]

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. [14]

He made his debut for Cameroon national team on 16 November 2020 in a Cup of Nations qualifier game against Mozambique, as a starter. [15]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 November 2023 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Granada B 2016–17 Segunda División B 230———230
2017–18 Segunda División B121———121
Total351———351
Granada 2016–17 La Liga 10000——100
Barcelona B (loan) 2017–18 Segunda División 60———60
Karpaty Lviv (loan) 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 13220—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0171
Royal Antwerp 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 90402 [lower-alpha 2] 0—150
2020–21 Belgian First Division A283108 [lower-alpha 2] 06 [lower-alpha 3] 0433
Total3735010060583
Hellas Verona (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 18120——201
Hellas Verona 2022–23 Serie A9010——100
2023–24 Serie A11020——130
Total38150——430
Real Valladolid (loan) 2022–23 La Liga160———160
Career total1557120100801857
  1. ↑ Appearances in Relegation play-offs
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Belgian Pro League play-offs

International

As of match played 28 March 2023 [17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon
202010
2021100
2022100
202310
Total220

Honours

Antwerp

Cameroon

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References

  1. ↑ "Martin HONGLA". Confederation of African Football . Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Martin Hongla, convicción y atrevimiento" [Martin Hongla, confidence and audacity] (in Spanish). Granada Digital. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "El Villarreal vuela sin Pato" [Villarreal fly without Pato] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Granada CF agree to loan of Martin Hongla". FC Barcelona. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Benvenuto Martin! Dal Royal Antwerp arriva il centrocampista Hongla" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 9 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Hongla fortalece la plantilla" [Hongla bolsters the squad] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Comunicado Oficial | Martin Hongla, nuevo jugador del Granada CF" [Official Statement | Martin Hongla, new Granada CF player] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Martin Hongla moves to Granada". Hellas Verona. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Martin Hongla, quinto refuerzo" [Martin Hongla, fifth reinforcement]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "Martin Hongla profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "Mozambique v Cameroon game report". ESPN. 16 November 2020.
  16. ↑ Martin Hongla at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  17. ↑ Martin Hongla at National-Football-Teams.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  18. ↑ "Club Brugge v Antwerp". goal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  19. ↑ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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