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{{Short description|Ukrainian professional footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Colince Ngaha
| image = Colince Ngaha Poungoue.jpg
| fullname = Colince Ngaha Poungoue
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|26}}
| birth_place = [[Buea]], Cameroon
| height = {{height|meter=1.75}}
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 2005–2006 
| youthclubs1 = [[Bamboutos FC]] 
| years1 = 2004
| years2 = 2006–2008
| years3 = 2008 
| years4 = 2010–2014
| years5 = 2014–2015 
| years6 = 2015
| years7 = 2015–2016
| years8 = 2016–2017
| years9 = 2017
| clubs1 = [[FC Krasyliv|Krasyliv-Obolon]] 
| clubs2 = [[FC Nistru Otaci|Nistru Otaci]] 
| clubs3 = [[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]]
| clubs4 = [[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]] 
| clubs5 = [[FC Vinnytsia|Vinnytsia]] (amauters)
| clubs6 = [[FC Avanhard Kramatorsk|Avanhard Kramatorsk]] 
| clubs7 = [[FC Vinnytsia|Vinnytsia]] (amauters)
| clubs8 = [[FC Nyva Vinnytsia|Nyva-V Vinnytsia]]
| clubs9 = Ahro-Astra (amateurs)
| caps1 = 2
| caps2 = 57
| caps3 = 1
| caps4 = 113
| caps5 = 16
| caps6 = 18
| caps7 = 14
| caps8 = 46
| caps9 = 4
| goals1 = 0 
| goals2 = 19
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 10
| goals5 = 3
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 1
| goals8 = 6
| goals9 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = 
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| manageryears1 = 2016
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Nyva Vinnytsia|Nyva-V Vinnytsia]] (interim)
| manageryears2 = 2019
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Nyva Vinnytsia|Nyva Vinnytsia]]
| pcupdate = 30 November 2017
| ntupdate = 
}}

'''Colince Ngaha Poungoue''' (born 26 September 1981) is a former [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[footballer|professional footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]]. He is of [[Cameroon]]ian descent. After retiring from playing, Poungoue also worked as a [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. He became the first [[Afro-Ukrainian]] athlete who was appointed a head coach of professional club in Ukraine.<ref name=sa190510>Artem Tsyhanenko. ''[https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-vtoraya-liga/v-kamerune-moe-naznachenie-vyzvalo-bolshoj/ 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</ref>

==Career==
In 2006–2008 Colince played for Moldovan club from town of [[Otaci]] over [[Dniester]] that lies near Ukrainian town of [[Mohyliv-Podilskyi]] also upon Dniester.

With Moldovan club Colince played at continental competitions, the [[2007–08 UEFA Cup]], against the Hungarian side [[Budapest Honvéd FC|Budapest Honvéd]].

During the [[List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2008|2008 summer transfer season]], he transferred to [[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya]] from Moldovan Premier League side [[FC Nistru Otaci|Nistru Otaci]]. Due to an injury in 2008,<ref name=sa190510/><ref name=uaf081120>[https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1227168366-ngaha-kollinz-ochen-hochu-igrat.html Colince Ngaha: I want to play very much (Нгаха Коллинз: "Очень хочу играть")]. UA-Football. 20 November 2008</ref> Colince only played one game at the top league scoring his first and his last goal at the [[Ukrainian Premier League]].<ref name=uaf081120/> Later he managed to recover and transferred to [[FC Stal Alchevsk]]<ref name=sa190510/> in 2010. Until dissolution in 2015, he played at the [[Alchevsk]] club. After that moved back to [[Podillia]] ([[Vinnytsia]]).

In 2016 Ngaha has acted as a head coach after dismissal of Solovyanenko.<ref>[https://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/2a/1477481801-ngaha-kolins-vikonuvatime-obovyazki-nastavnika-nivi-v.html Colince Ngaha  will perform duties of the Nyva's head coach (Нгаха Колінс виконуватиме обов'язки наставника Ниви-В)]. UA-Football. 26 October 2016</ref>

In 2019 he was already appointed as a full-pledged head coach of the club.<ref>[http://www.niva-v.com.ua/na-pochatku-lyutogo-startuyut-pershi-zbory-ny-vy-u-2019-rotsi/ At the start of February there are starting first training assemblies of "Nyva" in 2019 (На початку лютого стартують перші збори «Ниви» у 2019 році)]. [[FC Nyva Vinnytsia]]. 27 January 2019</ref>

==Personal life==
Ngaha graduated Technical University in [[Vinnytsia]]. He is married with a Ukrainian woman and has two children Ivan and Christian.<ref name=sa190510/> Ivan Ngaha actively trains at the Dynamo Kyiv Football School.<ref name=sa190510/>

In August 2017 Colince Ngaha got a Ukrainian citizenship.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=pda.vinnitsa.info|script-title=uk:Футболісту з Камеруну у Вінниці видали паспорт громадянина України|url=http://pda.vinnitsa.info/news/futbolistu-z-kamerunu-u-vinnitsi-vidali-pasport-gromadyanina-ukrayini.html|language=Ukrainian|date=2017-08-03}}</ref>

Ngaha also established own football school in [[Vinnytsia]] for children.<ref name=sa190510/> He is a [[polyglot]] knowing English, French, Russian, and Ukrainian languages.<ref name=sa190510/>

Ngaha has a great respect for former head coach of [[FC Stal Alchevsk]] [[Anatoliy Volobuyev]].<ref name=sa190510/>

==References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080508025234/http://zarya-lugansk.com/player/?id=114 Official Website Profile]
* [http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ukraine/2008-2009/upl/zorya.htm Profile on Football Squads]
* {{FootballFacts.ru}}

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[[Category:Cameroonian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova]]
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[[Category:FC Stal Alchevsk players]]
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[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova]]
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[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:FC Krasyliv players]]
[[Category:FC Nistru Otaci players]]
[[Category:FC Kramatorsk players]]
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