 Hongla playing forCameroon at the2021 Africa Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Martin Hongla Yma II[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-03-16)16 March 1998 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder,centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Granada | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Nkufo Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Granada B | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Granada | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | →Barcelona B (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | →Karpaty Lviv (loan) | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Royal Antwerp | 37 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | →Hellas Verona (loan) | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Hellas Verona | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | →Valladolid (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Granada | 50 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Cameroon U17 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Cameroon U20 | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Cameroon U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Cameroon | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Martin Hongla Yma II (born 16 March 1998) is a Cameroonian professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder orcentre-back forSegunda División clubGranada and theCameroon national team.
Born inYaoundé, Hongla joinedGranada CF in 2016, fromBlaise Nkufo's Nkufo Sports Academy.[3] He was initially assigned tothe reserves inSegunda División B.
Hongla made his senior debut on 21 August 2016, starting in a 1–1 home draw againstAtlético Mancha Real.[4] He made his first team – andLa Liga – debut on 28 January 2017, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 defeat atVillarreal CF.[5]
Ahead of the2017–18 season, Hongla was definitely promoted to the main squad, now inSegunda División.[6] On 16 January 2018, he was loaned to fellow league teamFC Barcelona B, for six months.[7]
On 3 July 2019, after a six-month loan toFC Karpaty Lviv, Hongla joinedRoyal Antwerp FC in theBelgian First Division A.[8] On 9 July 2021, he joined ItalianSerie A clubHellas Verona on loan with a conditional purchase obligation.[9]
On 31 January 2023, Hongla returned to Spain and its top tier, after agreeing to a six-month loan deal withReal Valladolid.[10]
On 12 January 2024, Hongla returned toGranada.[11][12] He reportedly signed a three-and-a-half-year contract for a transfer fee of €2.5 million.[13]
Hongla played at the2015 African U-17 Championship,2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification and the2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.[14]
He made his debut forCameroon national team on 16 November 2020 in aCup of Nations qualifier game againstMozambique, as a starter.[15]
On November 10, 2022, he was selected byRigobert Song to compete in the2022 FIFA World Cup.[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Granada B | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 1 | |||||
| Granada | 2016–17 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Barcelona B (loan) | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Karpaty Lviv (loan) | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Royal Antwerp | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
| Total | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 3 | ||
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Hellas Verona | 2022–23 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 47 | 0 | ||||
| Real Valladolid (loan) | 2022–23 | La Liga | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Granada | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Segunda División | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 3 | |||
| 2025–26 | Segunda División | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 51 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 209 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 240 | 11 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Cameroon | |||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 1 | |
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