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Martin Hongla - Wikipedia

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Martin Hongla

Hongla playing for Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

Personal information

Full name

Martin Hongla Yma II^[1]

Date of birth

16 March 1998 (age 26)

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

Youth career

0000–2016

Nkufo Academy

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2016–2018

Granada B

(1)

2017–2019

Granada

(0)

2018

→ Barcelona B (loan)

(0)

2019

→ Karpaty Lviv (loan)

(2)

2019–2022

Royal Antwerp

(3)

2021–2022

→ Hellas Verona (loan)

(1)

2022–2024

Hellas Verona

(0)

2023

→ Valladolid (loan)

(0)

2024–

Granada

(1)

International career^‡

2015

Cameroon U17

(1)

2017

Cameroon U20

(2)

2019

Cameroon U23

(0)

2020–

Cameroon

(1)

Medal record

Men's football

Representing Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
	2021 Cameroon

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

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

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]

On November 10, 2022, he was selected by Rigobert Song to compete in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 November 2024^[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Granada B	2016–17	Segunda División B	23	0	—		—		—		23	0
	2017–18	Segunda División B	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
	Total		35	1	—		—		—		35	1
Granada	2016–17	La Liga	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
Barcelona B (loan)	2017–18	Segunda División	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
Karpaty Lviv (loan)	2018–19	Ukrainian Premier League	13	2	2	0	—		2^[a]	0	17	1
Royal Antwerp	2019–20	Belgian First Division A	9	0	4	0	2^[b]	0	—		15	0
	2020–21	Belgian First Division A	28	3	1	0	8^[b]	0	6^[c]	0	43	3
	Total		37	3	5	0	10	0	6	0	58	3
Hellas Verona (loan)	2021–22	Serie A	18	1	2	0	—		—		20	1
Hellas Verona	2022–23	Serie A	9	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
	2023–24	Serie A	15	0	2	0	—		—		17	0
	Total		42	1	5	0	—		—		47	0
Real Valladolid (loan)	2022–23	La Liga	16	0	—		—		—		16	0
Granada	2023–24	Segunda División	13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
	2024–25	Segunda División	11	1	0	0	—		—		11	1
	Total		24	1	0	0	—		—		24	1
Career total			183	8	12	0	10	0	8	0	213	8

^ Appearances in Relegation play-offs
^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in Belgian Pro League play-offs

International

As of match played 19 November 2024^[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon
	2020	1	0
	2021	10	0
	2022	10	0
	2023	1	0
	2024	8	1
Total		30	1

Honours

Antwerp

Belgian Cup: 2019–20^[19]

Cameroon

Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2021^[20]

References

^ "Martin HONGLA". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. 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.
^ "Benvenuto Martin! Dal Royal Antwerp arriva il centrocampista Hongla" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Hongla fortalece la plantilla" [Hongla bolsters the squad] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Martin Hongla moves to Granada". Hellas Verona. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Martin Hongla, quinto refuerzo" [Martin Hongla, fifth reinforcement]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "Martin Hongla profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ "Mozambique v Cameroon game report". ESPN. 16 November 2020.
^ "Le Cameroun avec Onana, Anguissa et Choupo-Moting à la Coupe du monde". L'équipe (in French). 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ Martin Hongla at Soccerway
^ Martin Hongla at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Club Brugge v Antwerp". goal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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v t e Granada CF – current squad
1 Martínez 2 Sánchez 3 Brau 4 Miguel Rubio 5 Insua 6 Hongla 7 Boyé 8 Villar 9 Weissman 10 Uzuni 11 Tsitaishvili 12 R. Sánchez 13 Luca 14 Miquel 15 Neva 16 Lama 17 Corbeanu 18 Jóźwiak 19 Reinier 20 Ruiz 22 Sáenz 23 Trigueros 24 Williams 25 Mariño 30 Diao Coach: Escribá

Cameroon squads

v t e Cameroon squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations third place
1 Efala 2 Ebosse 3 Ngamaleu 4 Moukoudi 5 Ngadeu 6 Oyongo 7 N'Jie 8 Zambo Anguissa 9 Bahoken 10 Aboubakar (c) 11 Bassogog 12 Toko Ekambi 13 Choupo-Moting 14 Gouet 15 Kunde 16 Epassy 17 Mbaizo 18 Hongla 19 Fai 20 Ganago 21 Castelletto 22 Onguéné 23 Omossola 24 A. Onana 25 Nouhou 26 J. Onana 27 Léa Siliki 28 Neyou Coach: Conceição

v t e Cameroon squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup
1 Ngapandouetnbu 2 Ngom Mbekeli 3 Nkoulou 4 Wooh 5 Ondoua 6 Ngamaleu 7 Nkoudou 8 Zambo Anguissa 9 Nsame 10 Aboubakar (c) 11 Bassogog 12 Toko Ekambi 13 Choupo-Moting 14 Gouet 15 Kunde 16 Epassy 17 Mbaizo 18 Hongla 19 Fai 20 Mbeumo 21 Castelletto 22 Ntcham 23 Onana 24 Ebosse 25 Nouhou 26 Marou Coach: Song

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