Patrice Tonga (Russian: Патрис Тонга; born September 2, 1975) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer, who played the majority of his career in Russia, gaining Russian citizenship in the process.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrice Tonga | ||
| Date of birth | September 2, 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dynamo Douala | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996 | Unisport FC | ||
| 1997 | Dynamo Douala | ||
| 1998 | Kolomna | 30 | (3) |
| 1999 | Sibiryak Bratsk | 17 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Kuban Krasnodar | 87 | (1) |
| 2004 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 11 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Dynamo Makhachkala | 58 | (9) |
| Total | 203 | (14) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1995 | Cameroon U20 | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2015 | |||
Career
editClub
editTonga played youth football for his local club Dynamo Douala, before moving to Unisport FC where he won the Cameroonian Premier League in 1996. Tong moved back to Dynamo Douala in 1997 before moving to Krasnodar in Russia to study at the University of Physical Culture.[2] After being recommended to FC Kolomna by one of his teachers, who were holding a pre-season camp in Krasnodar, Tonga signed with the team. Tonga spent a year with FC Kolomna before moving onto Sibiryak Bratsk. Due to a ban on foreign players playing in the Russian Second Division, Tonga missed the entire 2000 season. Jerry-Christian Tchuissé, with whom Tonga lived with as a student in Krasnodar, invited Tonga to play in an Inter-University Championship for Cameroon, which they won. In 2001, FC Kuban Krasnodar manager Oleg Dolmatov invited to Tonga for a trial, which lead to a permanent contract with the club. Tonga scored his only goal for Kuban in a match against Spartak Nalchik in 2002. Tonga left Kuban midway through the 2004 season, signing for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk before moving to Dynamo Makhachkala in 2005 where he finished his professional career in 2006.
International
editTonga claimed that he was a part of Cameroon U20 at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship in Qatar.[3]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kolomna | 1998 | Russian Second Division | 30 | 3 | - | 30 | 3 | |||
| Sibiryak Bratsk | 1999 | 17 | 1 | - | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Kuban Krasnodar | 2001 | Russian First Division | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 29 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2003 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 87 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 94 | 1 | ||
| Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2004 | Russian First Division | 11 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | |||
| Dynamo Makhachkala | 2005 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | - | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2006 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 29 | 3 | |||
| Total | 58 | 9 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 61 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 203 | 14 | 10 | 0 | - | - | 213 | 14 | ||
Honours
edit- Unisport
- Cameroonian Premier League (1): 1996
References
edit- ^ "Бывший камерунец Патрис ТОНГА получил российское гражданство". www.stapravda.ru/ (in Russian). stapravda. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Патрис Тонга: Начинал вместе с Это`О. www.aksport.ru/ (in Russian). aksport. 10 October 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Патрис Тонга: "Мечтаю сыграть в Премьер-лиге. В составе Кубани. www.yuga.ru/ (in Russian). yuga. 6 August 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Patrice Tonga at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
External links
edit- Patrice Tonga at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)