Colince Ngaha Poungoue Explained

Colince Ngaha
Fullname:Colince Ngaha Poungoue
Birth Date:26 September 1981
Birth Place:Buea, Cameroon
Position:Forward
Youthyears1:2005–2006
Years1:2004
Years2:2006–2008
Years3:2008
Years4:2010–2014
Years5:2014–2015
Years6:2015
Years7:2015–2016
Years8:2016–2017
Years9:2017
Clubs3:Zorya Luhansk
Clubs5:Vinnytsia (amauters)
Clubs7:Vinnytsia (amauters)
Clubs8:Nyva-V Vinnytsia
Clubs9:Ahro-Astra (amateurs)
Caps1:2
Caps2:57
Caps3:1
Caps4:113
Caps5:16
Caps6:18
Caps7:14
Caps8:46
Caps9:4
Goals1:0
Goals2:19
Goals3:1
Goals4:10
Goals5:3
Goals6:0
Goals7:1
Goals8:6
Goals9:0
Manageryears1:2016
Managerclubs1:Nyva-V Vinnytsia (interim)
Manageryears2:2019
Managerclubs2:Nyva Vinnytsia
Pcupdate:30 November 2017

Colince Ngaha Poungoue (born 26 September 1981) is a former Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a striker. He is of Cameroonian descent. After retiring from playing, Poungoue also worked as a manager. He became the first Afro-Ukrainian athlete who was appointed a head coach of professional club in Ukraine.[1]

Career

In 2006–2008 Colince played for Moldovan club from town of Otaci over Dniester that lies near Ukrainian town of Mohyliv-Podilskyi also upon Dniester.

With Moldovan club Colince played at continental competitions, the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, against the Hungarian side Budapest Honvéd.

During the 2008 summer transfer season, he transferred to Zorya from Moldovan Premier League side Nistru Otaci. Due to an injury in 2008,[1] [2] Colince only played one game at the top league scoring his first and his last goal at the Ukrainian Premier League.[2] Later he managed to recover and transferred to FC Stal Alchevsk[1] in 2010. Until dissolution in 2015, he played at the Alchevsk club. After that moved back to Podillia (Vinnytsia).

In 2016 Ngaha has acted as a head coach after dismissal of Solovyanenko.[3]

In 2019 he was already appointed as a full-pledged head coach of the club.[4]

Personal life

Ngaha graduated Technical University in Vinnytsia. He is married with a Ukrainian woman and has two children Ivan and Christian.[1] Ivan Ngaha actively trains at the Dynamo Kyiv Football School.[1]

In August 2017 Colince Ngaha got a Ukrainian citizenship.[5]

Ngaha also established own football school in Vinnytsia for children.[1] He is a polyglot knowing English, French, Russian, and Ukrainian languages.[1]

Ngaha has a great respect for former head coach of FC Stal Alchevsk Anatoliy Volobuyev.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Artem Tsyhanenko. In Cameroon my appointment caused a big stir: the revelations of the first in the history Afro-Ukrainian, the head coach of the PFL club («В Камеруне мое назначение вызвало большой ажиотаж»: откровения первого в истории афроукраинца — главного тренера клуба ПФЛ). Sport Arena. 10 May 2019
  2. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1227168366-ngaha-kollinz-ochen-hochu-igrat.html Colince Ngaha: I want to play very much (Нгаха Коллинз: "Очень хочу играть")
  3. https://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/2a/1477481801-ngaha-kolins-vikonuvatime-obovyazki-nastavnika-nivi-v.html Colince Ngaha will perform duties of the Nyva's head coach (Нгаха Колінс виконуватиме обов'язки наставника Ниви-В)
  4. http://www.niva-v.com.ua/na-pochatku-lyutogo-startuyut-pershi-zbory-ny-vy-u-2019-rotsi/ At the start of February there are starting first training assemblies of "Nyva" in 2019 (На початку лютого стартують перші збори «Ниви» у 2019 році)
  5. Web site: pda.vinnitsa.info. uk:Футболісту з Камеруну у Вінниці видали паспорт громадянина України. http://pda.vinnitsa.info/news/futbolistu-z-kamerunu-u-vinnitsi-vidali-pasport-gromadyanina-ukrayini.html. Ukrainian. 2017-08-03.