Darlin Yongwa

Darlin Yongwa
Personal information
Full name	Darlin Zidane Yongwa Ngameni
Date of birth	22 September 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Lorient
Number	12
Youth career
	EFBC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2020	Niort II
2019–2022	Niort
2022–	Lorient
International career‡
2022–	Cameroon
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:42, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

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

Club career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

As of matches played 1 July 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chamois Niortais	2019–20	Ligue 2	8	0	3	0	1	0	—		12	0
	2020–21		27	0	1	0	—^[a]		2^[b]	0	30	0
	2021–22		31	0	—^[c]		—		—		19	0
Career total			66	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	73	0

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

References[edit]

^ "Darlin YONGWA signe aux Chamois Niortais (France)". www.efbc-cm.com.
^ "Niort vs. Auxerre - 27 September 2019". Soccerway.
^ "DARLIN YONGWA S'ENGAGE AVEC LES MERLUS" (in French). Lorient. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "Highlights and goals: Cameroon 0-2 Uzbekistan in international friendly | 09/23/2022". VAVEL. 23 September 2022.

External links[edit]

Darlin Yongwa at Soccerway

[5] The Coupe de la Ligue was indefinitely suspended following the 2019–20 edition

[6] Matches played in the 2020–21 Ligue 2 relegation playoffs

[7] Niort excluded from the 2021–22 Coupe de France

[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.

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