John Mary Honi Uzuegbunam (born 9 March 1993) is a professional

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who plays for Japanese club

Avispa Fukuoka is a Japanese professional football club, currently competing in the J1 League. The team is located in Hakata, Fukuoka. "Avispa" means "wasp" in Spanish. They were originally called Fujieda Blux and based in Fujieda, Shizuoka before moving t ...

as a

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. Born in Nigeria, he represents

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

internationally.

Club career

Born in the

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in Nigeria, he moved to Cameroon to join AS Fortuna de Mfou Yaoundé's youth team. On 28 March 2012 he was signed by

Buriram United Buriram United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the ...

in what will be the beginning of three seasons spent in Thai football. His time with Buriram only lasted for a few months before he moved to fourth tier side

Bangkok Christian College Bangkok Christian College (BCC)( th, โรงเรียนกรุงเทพคริสเตียนวิทยาลัย) is a private boys' school in the financial district of Si Lom, Bangkok. The school has a longstanding reputation ...

on 1 August 2012. A move to second tier club

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for the

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would follow before ending his time in Thailand with fourth tier club Prachuap. His advisor Ognjen Karisik would bring him to Europe where he had a trial with Serbian club

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

who signed him on 24 January 2015 on a two-and-a-half year contract. He made his debut in a

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game against

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on 28 October 2015 that ended in a goalless draw, before Vojvodina won 5–4 on

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. He would see very little playing time with the club after suffering from an

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. His contract with Vojvodina was eventually terminated, and on 18 July 2016 he signed a one-year deal with Slovenian side Rudar Velenje. In January 2018, Mary moved to the

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side

Meizhou Hakka Meizhou Hakka Football Club (; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). ...

. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the club in a league game against

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Cangzhou Mighty Lions Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Cangzhou, Hebei and their home stadium i ...

on 10 March 2018 that ended in a 2–1 defeat. After winning the golden boot award at the end of the

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campaign, Chinese top tier club

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signed him on 2 July 2019 halfway through the

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season. On 30 January 2022, Mary joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab.

International career

Despite being born in Nigeria, John Mary was naturalized and played for Cameroon U20 in 2011. Since 2021 he has been receiving calls for the Cameroon senior team. He made his debut on 6 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the

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, a 2–1 away loss. He substituted

Moumi Ngamaleu Moumi Nicolas Brice Ngamaleu (born 9 July 1994) is a Cameroonian professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), right winger for Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow and the Cameroon national f ...

in the 62nd minute.

Career statistics

''As of 8 October 2022''

Honours

Individual

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

Top Goalscorer: 2016–17 *

Top Goalscorer:

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References

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John Mary John Mary Honi Uzuegbunam (born 9 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for Japanese club Avispa Fukuoka as a forward. Born in Nigeria, he represents Cameroon internationally. Club career Born in the Anambra State in Nigeria, he m ...

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