Colince Ngaha Poungoue (born 26 September 1981) is a former Ukrainian

professional footballer Association football is the world's most popular sport and is worth US$600 billion worldwide. By the end of the 20th century it was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries. Around the world, the sport is played at a profes ...

who played as a striker. He is of

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ian descent. After retiring from playing, Poungoue also worked as a

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. He became the first Afro-Ukrainian athlete who was appointed a head coach of professional club in Ukraine.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

Career

In 2006–2008 Colince played for Moldovan club from town of

Otaci Otaci (formerly Ataki, Russian Атаки) is a town (population 8,400) on the southwestern bank of the Dniester River, which at that point forms the northeastern border of Moldova. On the opposite side of the Dniester lies the Ukrainian city of ...

over

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that lies near Ukrainian town of

Mohyliv-Podilskyi Mohyliv-Podilskyi (, ) is a city in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion within the oblast. It is located in the historic region of Podolia, on the border with Bessarabia, Moldova, along th ...

also upon Dniester. With Moldovan club Colince played at continental competitions, the

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, against the Hungarian side

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. During the 2008 summer transfer season, he transferred to

Zorya Zorya (Literal translation, lit. "Dawn"; also many variants: Zarya, Zaria, Zorza, Zirnytsia, Zaranitsa, Zoryushka, etc.) is a figure in Slavic folklore, a feminine personification of dawn, possibly goddess. Depending on tradition, she may appear ...

from Moldovan Premier League side Nistru Otaci. Due to an injury in 2008,Colince Ngaha: I want to play very much (Нгаха Коллинз: "Очень хочу играть")
UA-Football. 20 November 2008 Colince only played one game at the top league scoring his first and his last goal at the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

. Later he managed to recover and transferred to

FC Stal Alchevsk FC Stal Alchevsk was a Ukrainian professional football team of the Ukrainian First League that is based in Alchevsk. In the 2012–13 season the club won promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League, but the club refused this promotion "for the sak ...

in 2010. Until dissolution in 2015, he played at the

Alchevsk Alchevsk (; ) is a city and the nominal administrative center of Alchevsk Raion in Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. It is located from the administrative center of the oblast, Luhansk. Population: Alchevsk is one of t ...

club. After that moved back to

Podillia Podolia or Podillia is a historic region in Eastern Europe located in the west-central and southwestern parts of Ukraine and northeastern Moldova (i.e. northern Transnistria). Podolia is bordered by the Dniester River and Boh River. It features ...

(

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; , ) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It serves as the administrative centre, administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast. It is the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. It also s ...

). In 2016 Ngaha has acted as a head coach after dismissal of Solovyanenko. In 2019 he was already appointed as a full-pledged head coach of the club.

Personal life

Ngaha graduated Technical University in

. He is married with a Ukrainian woman and has two children Ivan and Christian. Ivan Ngaha actively trains at the Dynamo Kyiv Football School. In August 2017 Colince Ngaha got a Ukrainian citizenship. Ngaha also established own football school in

for children. He is a

polyglot Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. When the languages are just two, it is usually called bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolin ...

knowing English, French, Russian, and Ukrainian languages. Ngaha has a great respect for former head coach of

Anatoliy Volobuyev.

References

External links

Official Website Profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngaha Poungoue, Colince 1981 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Stal Alchevsk players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Men's association football forwards FC Krasyliv players FC Nistru Otaci players FC Kramatorsk players FC Nyva Vinnytsia players FC Vinnytsia players FC Nyva Vinnytsia managers Naturalized citizens of Ukraine Ukrainian football managers Sportspeople from Buea