Ilounga Pata

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ilounga Pata

| full_name = Ilounga Isea Pata

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Philipsburg, Netherlands Antilles

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Right-back

| currentclub = Mafra

| clubnumber = 55

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017

| youthclubs1 = Alphense Boys

| youthyears2 = 2017–2018

| youthclubs2 = ADO Den Haag

| youthyears3 = 2018–2019

| youthclubs3 = Alphense Boys

| youthyears4 = 2019–2021

| youthclubs4 = Huddersfield Town

| years1 = 2021–2024

| clubs1 = TOP Oss

| caps1 = 92

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2024–2025

| clubs2 = Sheriff Tiraspol

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2025–

| clubs3 = Mafra

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2022–

| nationalteam1 = Sint Maarten

| nationalcaps1 = 15

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update = 5 June 2025

| ntupdate = 18 November 2024

}}

Ilounga Isea Pata (born 12 November 2000) is a Sint Maartener professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Mafra and the Sint Maarten national team.{{Soccerway|537691}}

Club career

Pata is a former youth academy player of Alphense Boys and ADO Den Haag. He joined the youth academy of Huddersfield Town in July 2019.{{cite web|title=TRANSFER: ILOUNGA PATA JOINS ACADEMY|url=https://www.htafc.com/news/2019/july/transfer-ilounga-pata-joins-academy/|date=7 July 2019|access-date=26 November 2021}} In August 2021, he joined Dutch Eerste Divisie club TOP Oss.{{cite web|title=Ilounga Pata: van hoofdklasse amateurs naar Engeland en nu naar TOP Oss|url=https://www.bd.nl/top-oss/ilounga-pata-van-hoofdklasse-amateurs-naar-engeland-en-nu-naar-top-oss~a546d036|date=4 August 2021|access-date=26 November 2021}} He made his professional debut for the club on 10 September 2021 in a 3–3 draw against ADO Den Haag.{{cite web|title=TOP Oss vs. ADO Den Haag - 10 September 2021|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/09/10/netherlands/eerste-divisie/bvo-top-oss/hfc-ado-den-haag/3512828/|access-date=26 November 2021}}

On 4 July 2024, Pata joined Moldovan Super Liga club Sheriff Tiraspol.{{cite web|title=Ilounga Pata vindt in FC Sheriff nieuwe club|url=https://dtvnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/ilounga-pata-vindt-in-fc-sheriff-nieuwe-club|date=4 July 2024|access-date=5 July 2024}}

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|TOP Oss \|2021–22 \|Eerste Divisie \|30	1	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	31	1
2022–23 \|Eerste Divisie \|24	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	24	1
2023–24 \|Eerste Divisie \|38	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	39	0
colspan="2"\|Total !92	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	94	2
Sheriff Tiraspol \|2024–25 \|Moldovan Super Liga \|0	0	0	0	1{{efn\|Appearance in UEFA Europa League}}	0	0	0	1	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !92	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	95	2

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="3"\|Sint Maarten \|2022	3	0
2023	5	1
2024	7	0
colspan="2"\|Total\|\|15\|\|1

:Scores and results list Sint Maarten's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pata goal.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Ilounga Pata
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
align="center"\|1	15 October 2023	SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	{{fb\|SKN}}	align="center"\|1–0	align="center"\|1–0	2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Ilounga Pata

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

15 October 2023

SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis