Senga Nicolás Kata Martínez (born 15 January 1993), known as Niko Kata, is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club Cerdanyola. Born in Spain to a DR Congolese father and an Equatorial Guinean mother, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Club career

Born in

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, to a Congolese father and an Equatoguinean mother, Kata finished his formation with CE L'Hospitalet. After failing to make a competitive appearance for the side, he made his senior debut with Dinàmic Batlló Esportiu in the regional leagues, scoring 27 goals in only 33 appearances. In 2013 Kata joined UD Viladecans, and featured regularly before moving to

FC Santboià Futbol Club Santboià is a Spanish football team based in Sant Boi de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1908 it plays in Tercera División – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal Joan Baptista Milà ...

. After contributing with 13 goals but missing out promotion in the play-offs, he signed for

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

club

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on 19 June 2015. On 10 July 2017, Kata signed for Atlético Saguntino in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. In early 2020, Kata was signed by Ecuadorian club Delfín SC, managed then by Spaniard Ángel López, who had been his head coach in the Equatorial Guinea national team. In mid 2020, he returned to Spain and signed for CF Montañesa in

. On 14 January 2021, he was signed by Nicaraguan club

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International career

Eligible for

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, Congo DR and

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

, Kata opted to represent the latter. He made his debut for them on 11 October 2016 starting in a friendly against

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kata, Niko 1993 births Living people Equatoguinean men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Delfín S.C. footballers Real Estelí FC players Futuro Kings FC players Nicaraguan Primera División players Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers International sportspeople born abroad Equatoguinean people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Equatoguinean expatriate men's footballers Equatoguinean expatriates in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Equatoguinean expatriates in Nicaragua Expatriate men's footballers in Nicaragua Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers CE L'Hospitalet players FC Santboià players CF Gavà players Atlético Saguntino players Extremadura UD footballers UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Real Unión footballers CF Montañesa players Club Portugalete players Cerdanyola del Vallès FC players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Primera Catalana players Tercera División players Segunda División B players Spanish people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Nicaragua Equatoguinean expatriate sportspeople in Andorra Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra 21st-century Catalan people 21st-century Equatoguinean people