Franck Ohandza Zoa (born 28 September 1991) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a

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for Heilongjiang Ice City.

Club career

Born in Ngong, Cameroon, Ohandza began playing football for the youth side of local club Daga Young Stars. At age 19 Ohandza signed for Buriram PEA F.C. of the

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where he became the league's topscorer in his first season as professional. He scored a hat-trick in a league match against Samut Songkhram F.C. on 24 May 2011. After his impressive feats at Buriram, Ohandza moved to

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in mid-2012, with the

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club just having managed to achieve promotion to the

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. He failed to make a single appearance for the first team that season, though. Subsequently, Ohandza moved to

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side Iraklis Psachna F.C. on loan for the 2013-14 Greek Football League season. There, Ohandza managed two goals in 20 league appearances, 13 of those appearances coming off the bench. Franck Ohandza then moved to Croatian second division side

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, signing a one-year contract for the 2014-15 Croatian Second Division season. The move was facilitated by Sesvete's parent club

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. The powerful striker had a strong campaign, netting 15 times in 22 games for Sesvete as the club finished runner-up.

Hajduk Split

His performances for NK Sesvete didn't go unnoticed and Ohandza joined Croatian first division

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on 15 June 2015. He signed a two-year contract. Ohandza made his Hajduk debut in a Europa League qualifier against Estonian side

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, playing 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw, assisting Hajduk's only goal. In the return leg at

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, Ohandza netted his first two goals in a Hajduk jersey and grabbed another assist, as the

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based side won by an emphatic scoreline of 6-2 to advance to the next round. In the next match, the Eternal derby, Ohandza got his third assist in as many games as Hajduk managed a valuable 1-1 draw away from home against Dinamo Zagreb. Ohandza continued his good early form at Hajduk, as he scored and assisted in the return leg of Hajduk's third-round Europa League qualifier against

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, helping the side progress with a 4-0 aggregate scoreline. The striker scored his first league goal for Hajduk in Round 8, in a 2-0 away win against

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. Ohandza sustained an injury in the second Eternal Derby of the season on 19 September and was out for the next six months of. He made his return to football on 10 April 2016 against

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on home ground. At the end of the season, it was reported that he was in need of another operation due to his injury. Ohandza started the 2016-17 by scoring three minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute in a 2-2 away draw with Politehnica Iași on 14 July 2016, at the Emil Alexandrescu Stadium in

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, in the Second Round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying. It was his first official appearance since 24 April 2016. Ohandza also scored in the return leg, a 90th-minute winner as Hajduk beat Iași 2-1 on the day and 4-3 on aggregate. Ohandza then made it three consecutive goals in Europa League qualifiers, scoring a stoppage time goal as Hajduk beat

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3-0 away from home. Ohandza only came on in the 68th minute, making it three goals in just 120 minutes of football.

China

On 27 February 2018, Ohandza signed for

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club

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. He signed a two-year contract worth a reported €1.2m euro per annum. The transfer fee was report to be €1.2m. Ohandza scored 18 goals and assisted 9 times in 23 appearances for Shenzhen in the 2018 season, as Shenzhen won promotion to the

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. Ohandza transferred to Chinese Super League side

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in February 2019.

International career

Ohandza has represented Cameroon at youth level, scoring one goal in four appearances at the

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finals in Colombia.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Buriram PEA F.C. *

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Individual

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: Golden Boot

References

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