Colince Ngaha Poungoue (born 26 September 1981) is an amateur

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striker of

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ian descent and manager. 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

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over

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that lies near Ukrainian town of

Mohyliv-Podilskyi Mohyliv-Podilskyi (, , , ) is a city in the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion of the Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Administratively, Mohyliv-Podilskyi is incorporated as a town of regional significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Mohyliv- ...

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

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from Moldovan Premier League side

Nistru Otaci FC Nistru Otaci was a Moldovan football club based in Otaci, Moldova. The club was founded on 17 August 1953. It was dissolved in 2017. History During the 1999–2000 season, the club played as FC Nistru-Unisport Otaci due to Nistru being expell ...

. 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

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. Later he managed to recover and transferred to

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

Alchevsk Alchevsk ( uk, Алчéвськ, translit. ''Alchevs'k''; russian: Алчéвск) is a city of significance in the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. It is located approximately from the oblast capital, Luhansk. Alchevsk is one of the largest indus ...

club. After that moved back to

Podillia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

(

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. A ...

). 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

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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 footballers Cameroonian expatriate 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 footballers in Moldova Expatriate 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