Justin Mengolo

Justin Mengolo
Personal information
Full name Justin Junior Mengolo
Date of birth (1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
Al-Salt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Panthère du Ndé 0 (0)
2012–2013 Étoile du Sahel 15 (1)
2013–2014 Omonia 4 (0)
2014Nea Salamina (loan) 13 (5)
2014–2015 Universitatea Cluj 28 (5)
2016 Levski Sofia 7 (0)
2017–2018 Debrecen 24 (4)
2018 Astra Giurgiu 1 (0)
2019 Gżira United 10 (6)
2020– Al-Salt
International career
2015 Cameroon 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:42, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Justin Junior Mengolo (born 24 June 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Jordanian club Al-Salt.[1][2]

Club career

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Mengolo started his career in Cameroon with Panthère du Ndé, before moving onto Tunisian football to sign for Étoile du Sahel.[1] One goal in fifteen appearances followed in Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 for Mengolo before he left to join Cypriot First Division club Omonia in 2013.[1][3] In January 2014, he departed as he joined fellow Cypriot top-tier side Nea Salamina on loan.[1][3] He scored five times in seventeen appearances in Cyprus for the two aforementioned teams prior to leaving to complete a move to Universitatea Cluj in Romania's Liga I.[1][3]

In January 2016, Mengolo joined Levski Sofia in Bulgaria but left five months later.[1][3] He was a free agent from July 2016 to January 2017 when he signed for Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Debrecen.[3] He left the team at the end of the 2017/18 season.

On 28 September 2018, Mengolo signed for Romanian club Astra Giurgiu.[4]

In December 2018, Mengolo signed for Maltese Premier League leaders, Gzira United FC. In February 2020, Mengolo then moved to Al-Salt in Jordan.[5]

International career

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Mengolo has won two caps for the Cameroon national team, both caps came in June 2015.[1]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 8 May 2018[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Étoile du Sahel 2012–13 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 15 1 4 0 0 0 19 1
Total 15 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 1
Omonia Nicosia 2013–14 Cypriot First Division 4 0 3 0 0 0 7 0
Total 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Nea Salamis 2013–14 Cypriot First Division 13 5 0 0 0 0 13 5
Total 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5
Universitatea Cluj 2014–15 Liga I 28 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 34 5
Total 28 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 5
Levski Sofia 2015–16 A Group 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Debrecen 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 18 4 3 1 0 0 21 5
Total 24 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 6
Career total 96 15 11 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 112 17

  1. ^ Includes the Magyar Kupa.
  2. ^ Includes the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Honours

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Club

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Étoile du Sahel

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Justin Mengolo at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. ^ Mutări pentru titlu. O forţă a Ligii 1 a transferat azi, gratis, doi jucători importanţi. digisport.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c d e "Justin Mengolo aláírt!". Debreceni VSC. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. ^ Mengolo- 3 ani, Koukou - 2!, afcastragiurgiu.ro, 28 September 2018
  5. ^ السلط الرياضية - المهاجم الكاميروني, facebook.com, 23 February 2020
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