Louis Ngwat-Mahop

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Louis Ngwat-Mahop

| image = Louis Ngwat-Mahop (1) FC Red Bull Salzburg.JPG

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Ngwat-Mahop with Salzburg in 2010

| fullname = Louis Clément Ngwat-Mahop

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|9|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = SCR Altach Juniors (manager)

| youthyears1 = 1993–2006

| youthclubs1 = Dragon Club de Yaoundé

| years1 = 2006–2007

| clubs1 = Bayern Munich II

| caps1 = 33

| goals1 = 7

| years2 = 2006–2007

| clubs2 = Bayern Munich

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2007–2010

| clubs3 = Red Bull Salzburg

| caps3 = 44

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2007–2010

| clubs4 = Red Bull Salzburg Juniors

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 9

| years5 = 2010–2011

| clubs5 = Iraklis

| caps5 = 10

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2011–2012

| clubs6 = Karlsruher SC

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2012–2019

| clubs7 = SCR Altach

| caps7 = 169

| goals7 = 33

| years8 = 2019–2020

| clubs8 = SCR Altach Juniors

| caps8 = 1

| goals8 = 0

| pcupdate = 13:52, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

}}

Louis Clément Ngwat-Mahop (born 16 September 1987) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for the junior team of Austrian side SCR Altach, combining his playing duties with being responsible for the integration of foreign and young players into the first team of the club. He plays as a forward or a right winger.

He started his career in his hometown's club Dragon Club de Yaoundé before being signed by German giants Bayern Munich in 2006. He played with them for one season, featuring mainly in matches of Bayern Munich II in the Regionalliga Süd. After being released by FC Bayern Munich in the summer of 2007, due to issues that arose with his French passport, he signed for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg. At first he was assigned to play in the Regionalliga West with the club's reserve squad, Red Bull Salzburg Juniors, but he managed to make it to the first team. In total, Ngwat-Mahop spent three and a half years with the Austrian club, managing to win the Austrian Bundesliga in no less than two occasions. In January 2011 he signed for Greek Superleague outfit Iraklis. He played for Karlsruher SC for the 2011–12 season before signing for Rheindorf Altach in 2012.

Career

=Early life and career=

Ngwat-Mahop was born in Yaoundé on 16 September 1987, and grew up having Samuel Eto'o as his idol.{{cite web|publisher=the off.Louis mahop-site's|url=http://i-dole.de/LMahop-Page.html|title=About|language=German|access-date=13 March 2011}} He started his career for Cameroonian minnows Dragon Club de Yaoundé, being one of the most notable players ever to come out of the club.{{cite web|publisher=Dragon Club Yaoundé Official site|url=http://dragonyaounde.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:palmares&catid=34:le-dragon&Itemid=58|title=Palmarès |language=French|access-date=22 January 2011}}

=Bayern Munich=

In May 2006, he went on trial at Bayern Munich II.{{cite web|publisher=FC Bayern Munich Official site|url=http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/aktuell/news/2006/08297.php?fcb_sid=07c118c1e2790575fe6bc29814c50461|title=Zehn gehen, neun kommen FCB II hat Kaderplanung abgeschlossen|date=20 June 2006|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} Hermann Gerland, the club's manager, was impressed by Ngwat-Mahop's athleticism and assertiveness and recommended his signing. Gerland characterised Ngwat-Mahop as a rough diamond.{{cite web|publisher=tz-online.de|url=http://www.tz-online.de/sport/tsv-1860/meta-loewen-ngwat-mahop-war-thema-380948.html|title=Welche Stürmer außerdem bei 1860 gehandelt werden|date=3 July 2009|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}}{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://de.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01db-0e727ae0a5d6-9ad3ec433899-1000--lange-pause-fur-louis-mahop/|title=Lange Pause für Louis Mahop|date=24 July 2009|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} He made his debut for Bayern Munich II in the opening day of the 2006–07 Regionalliga season.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/ngwatmahoplouis/2007/|title=Louis Ngwat-Mahop Spiele als Spieler 2006/2007|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} He started the match, but he was brought out in the 62nd minute, in a match that Bayern II lost at home by a 0–2 scoreline by KSV Hessen Kassel.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/regionalliga/sued/2007/1/bayernii-kassel/|title=FC Bayern München II-KSV Hessen Kassel 0:2 (0:1) Regionalliga Süd 2006/2007, 1. Spieltag|date=5 August 2006|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} Ngwat-Mahop scored his first goal for Bayern II on 12 August 2006. It was the sole goal of the match, helping Bayern Munich II overcome the obstacle of Hoffenheim.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/regionalliga/sued/2007/3/bayernii-hoffenheim/|title=FC Bayern München II-TSG Hoffenheim 1:0 (1:0) Regionalliga Süd 2006/2007, 3. Spieltag|date=12 August 2006|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} Two weeks later, he managed to score once again, taking the credit for opening the score in a 4–4 goal glut against SV Elversberg.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/regionalliga/sued/2007/5/bayernii-elversberg/|title=FC Bayern München II-SV Elversberg 4:4 (2:2) Regionalliga Süd 2006/2007, 5. Spieltag|date=27 August 2006|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} Ngwat-Mahop continued to play regularly for Bayern II until the end of the season, featuring in 33 matches, out of 34, all as a starter. He also added five more to his tally, to reach a total of seven goals in the 2006–07 Regionalliga campaign.

While approaching the closing stages of the season, his good performances with Bayern Munich II made Ottmar Hitzfeld, the manager of Bayern's first team, to call him to train with the professional squad.{{cite web|publisher=FC Bayern Munich Official site|url=http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/aktuell/news/2007/11757.php?fcb_sid=ffcf5f7194d54a21078827c458f6af90|title=Mit Scholl und Amateuren Tage der Arbeit beim FC Bayern|date=1 May 2007|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} Due to the injuries of a lot of first team players, Ngwat-Mahop was included in Bayern's squad for a match against Borussia Mönchengladbach,{{cite web|publisher=FC Bayern Munich Official site|url=http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/aktuell/news/2007/11785.php?fcb_sid=ffcf5f7194d54a21078827c458f6af90|title=Eine Frage der Ehre! Hitzfeld fordert Sieg beim Absteiger|date=4 May 2007|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} although he did not get any playing time in that match.{{cite web|publisher=FC Bayern Munich Official site|url=http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/aktuell/news/2007/11806.php?fcb_sid=ffcf5f7194d54a21078827c458f6af90|title=Nur 1:1 in Gladbach Ein Spiel für die Statistikbücher|date=6 May 2007|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} Ngwat-Mahop was also included in Bayern's squad for yet another match, this time against for an away contest against Energie Cottbus.{{cite web|publisher=FC Bayern Munich Official site|url=http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/aktuell/news/2007/11859.php?fcb_sid=ffcf5f7194d54a21078827c458f6af90|title=Letztes Auswärtsspiel Bayern wollen Sieg in Cottbus|date=11 May 2007|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} In this match, on 12 May 2007, he was brought in, to replace Ali Karimi in the 88th minute,{{cite web|publisher=weltfussball.de|url=http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/bundesliga-2006-2007-energie-cottbus-bayern-muenchen/|title=Energie Cottbus-Bayern München Bundesliga 2006/2007|date=12 May 2007|access-date=21 August 2011}} wearing number 38,{{cite web|publisher=FC Bayern Munich Official site|url=http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/aktuell/news/2007/11873.php?fcb_sid=ffcf5f7194d54a21078827c458f6af90|title=Inside Bundesligadebüt für Ngwat-Mahop|date=12 May 2007|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} to make his full professional debut for FC Bayern Munich, in what was an away 0–3 win for his team. That was his sole appearance in the Bundesliga for the 2006–07 season.

==Passport issue==

On 29 June 2007, just before Bayern's Asian tour in Hong Kong, Ngwat-Mahop found out that he had lost his French passport and started the procedure to get a new one, so he could follow his team in the tour. Upon his request, French authorities found out that Ngwat-Mahop's passport had the same number as that of a woman residing in Paris.{{cite web|publisher=camfoot.com|url=http://www.camfoot.com/?divine-pungong-revient-sur-l,9186.html|title=Divine Pungong revient sur l'affaire Ngwat Mahop|language=French|access-date=21 January 2011}} After the Bayern Munich officials were informed of the passport issue they decided to terminate his contract. After that Ngwat-Mahop started travelling in France and Germany with the German police in his pursuit. Meanwhile, 1. FC Saarbrücken, having just been relegated from Regionalliga Süd, sued Bayern for an alleged 1 million € losses due to its relegation.{{cite web|publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/sport-kompakt-randale-in-hamburg-1.411816|title=1. FC Saarbrücken ist mit einer Millionen-Klage gegen Rekordmeister Bayern München gescheitert.|date=17 May 2010 |language=German|access-date=22 January 2011}} 1. FC Saarbrücken asked FC Bayern Munich II to lose every game that Ngwat-Mahop was included. This would result in Bayern's II relegation instead of Saarbrücken. Saarbrücken finally lost the case in court, a case called ridiculous by Bayern's president Uli Hoeneß.{{cite web|publisher=Bild.de|url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/2008/02/06/saarbruecken-klage/hoeness-attacke.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723033922/http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/2008/02/06/saarbruecken-klage/hoeness-attacke.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2012|title=Saarbrücken zieht Klage durch|date=5 February 2008|language=German|access-date=22 January 2011}}

=Red Bull Salzburg=

Image:Louis Mahop.JPG.]]After being released by FC Bayern Munich Ngwat-Mahop ended up as a trialist in Red Bull Salzburg. He managed to persuade FC Red Bull Salzburg's manager Giovanni Trapattoni of his football skills and he signed a two-year contract with the Austrian club. After the signing of his contract he was sent to Red Bull Salzburg Juniors to get playing time. There he made his debut in a 5–1 away defeat by FK Austria Wien II.{{cite web|publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/juniors-news-detail_1143.html|title=Erste deutliche Niederlage für die Jungbullen|date=31 August 2007|language=German|access-date=20 January 2011}} In his second match with Red Bull Salzburg Juniors he handed two assists, to his teammates Vujic and Kitzbichler, to help them score the first and second goal of their team in a 2–2 home draw with SC-ESV Parndorf.{{cite web|publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/juniors-news-detail_1178.html|title=Jungbullen 2:2! Einen Punkt gewonnen oder zwei verloren?|date=14 September 2007|language=German|access-date=20 January 2011}} He scored his first goal for his team in a 1–3 away win against DSV Leoben in the 70th minute after an assist by Öbster.{{cite web|publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/juniors-news-detail_1203.html|title=Die Jungbullen haben einen Lauf – 2. Auswärtssieg in Folge!|date=25 September 2007|language=German|access-date=20 January 2011}} In his next match Ngwat-Mahop scored once, in a 2–1 home win against Austria Lustenau.{{cite web|publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/juniors-news-detail_1214.html|title=Jungbullen bezwingen Tabellenführer 2:1!|date=28 September 2007|language=German|access-date=20 January 2011}} On 26 October, he netted a goal in the 80th minute of a 2–0 home win against Bad Aussee, to put the game beyond any doubt.{{cite web|publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/juniors-news-detail_1255.html|title=Jungbullen mit Pflichtsieg wieder auf Platz 4!|date=26 October 2007|language=German|access-date=20 January 2011}} In the next match against SK Schwadorf he proved himself a prolific forward by scoring the opening goal of the match, in the first minute, and serving the second to his teammate David Witteveen.{{cite web|publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/juniors-news-detail_1267.html|title=Jungbullen verspielen Auswärtssieg|date=30 October 2007|language=German|access-date=20 January 2011}} Red Bull Salzburg Juniors finally lost the game by a 3–2 scoreline. Ngwat-Mahop continued scoring for his team in 2–1 home win against FK Austria Wien II, by scoring the opening goal of the match.{{cite web|publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/juniors-news-detail_1347.html|title=Jungbullen mit wichtigem Sieg gegen Austria Amateure|date=23 November 2007|language=German|access-date=20 January 2011}} Ngwat-Mahop featured in 13 matches and scored five goals for Red Bull Salzburg Juniors until the winter break. That resulted in him being called to play with FC Red Bull Salzburg's first team. After playing in some friendly matches with Red Bull Salzburg during the winter break,{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/red-bull-salzburg-news-detail_1408.html|title=Tag 4: Die Bullen verpassen ersten Sieg in Dubai|date=20 January 2008|language=German|access-date=21 January 2011}}{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/red-bull-salzburg-news-detail_1412.html|title=Tag 8 in der Wüste: Erster Sieg der Bullen in Dubai|date=24 January 2008|language=German|access-date=21 January 2011}} he made his league debut for the club on 23 February 2008,{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/ngwatmahoplouis/2008/#Bundesliga|title=Louis Ngwat-Mahop Spiele als Spieler 2007/2008|language=German|access-date=21 January 2011}} in a 3–1 away defeat from Austria Wien, as he replaced Alexander Zickler in the 52nd minute.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/oesterreich/2008/25/austriawien-salzburg/|title=Austria Wien-RB Salzburg 3:1 (2:1) Bundesliga 2007/2008|language=German|access-date=21 January 2011}} Ngwat-Mahop continued to feature regularly in Red Bull Salzburg's playing squad until the end of the season, although mostly as a substitute. He also managed to score his first goal with Red Bull Salzburg in a 3–0 home win against Sturm Graz. At the end of the season he totalled one goal in 12 appearances. In April 2008, Ngwat-Mahop signed a contract extension with Red Bull Salzburg until the summer of 2011.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/news/2008/April/07/ngwat-mahop-sticks-with-salzburg/|title=Ngwat-Mahop sticks with Salzburg|date=7 April 2008|access-date=22 January 2011}}

Ngwat-Mahop contributed greatly in his club's season opener, as he scored the fourth goal and assisted the sixth, in Red Bull Salzburg's 6–0 home devastation against SV Mattersburg.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/red-bull-salzburg-news-detail_3858.html|title=Amüsement teil 1 in der Red Bull Arena – 6:0!|date=9 July 2008|language=German|access-date=26 January 2011}} A few days later he added two more to his tally, as his club won Armenian club Banants by a 7–0 scoreline at home, for the first Qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/red-bull-salzburg-news-detail_3878.html|title=Rote Bullen schießen sich zu rekordsieg!|date=17 July 2008|language=German|access-date=26 January 2011}} He once again scored in his club's first leg match for the second Qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, against Lithuanian club FK Sūduva.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/red-bull-salzburg-news-detail_4924.html|title=Rote Bullen mit einem bein in der hauptrunde|date=14 August 2008|language=German|access-date=26 January 2011}} He continued his scoring trends three days later for the first round of the ÖFB-Cup, in a 1–4 away win against Pasching.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/red-bull-salzburg-news-detail_4928.html|title=Rote Bullen nach zweitem auswärtssieg in folge in runde 2 des ÖFB-Stiegl-Cups!|date=17 August 2008|language=German|access-date=26 January 2011}} It took him almost a month to find the net again, as he scored the last goal in his club's 4–2 home win against Vöcklabrucker SC for the 2nd round of the ÖFB-Cup.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/red-bull-salzburg-news-detail_4992.html|title=ÖFB Stiegl-Cup: Die Roten Bullen drehen ein 0:2 in ein 4:2 und steigen verdient auf|date=13 September 2008|language=German|access-date=26 January 2011}} A week later he managed to score the opening goal, in Red Bull Salzburg's 2–2 away draw against Sturm Graz.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salzburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/de/red-bull-salzburg-news-detail_5014.html|title=Schade! Rote Bullen knapp am ersten auswärtssieg in der liga vorbei!|date=21 September 2008|language=German|access-date=26 January 2011}} Until the end of the season he featured regularly in his team's matches, although mostly as a substitute, and only managed to score one more goal in a 4–1 home win against Austria Kärnten.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/ngwatmahoplouis/2009/#Bundesliga|title=Louis Ngwat-Mahop Spiele als Spieler 2008/2009|language=German|access-date=26 January 2011}} At the end he counted 36 appearances with Red Bull Salzburg, of which 27 in the Bundesliga, six in the UEFA Cup and three in the ÖFB-Cup. Out of these matches he scored a total of eight goals, of which three in the Bundesliga, three in the UEFA Cup and two in the ÖFB-Cup.

Image:Louis Ngwat-Mahop(3).JPG.]]In the summer of 2009 there were rumours that 1860 Munich was interested in signing him.{{cite web|publisher=Austriantimes.at|url=http://www.austriantimes.at/news/Sports/2009-07-03/14430/Sturm_Graz_snatch_Croatian_defender|title=Sturm Graz snatch Croatian defender|date=3 July 2009|access-date=23 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304004523/http://www.austriantimes.at/news/Sports/2009-07-03/14430/Sturm_Graz_snatch_Croatian_defender|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=dead}} Finally Ngwat-Mahop stayed with Red Bull Salzburg and he featured in the whole match, in what was Red Bull Salzburg's first match of the season, a 1–1 home draw against Irish outfit Bohemians for the second Qualifying round of the 2009–2010 UEFA Champions League.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/championsleague/2010/qualifikation/qualifikationsrunde2/salzburg-bdublin/|title=RB Salzburg-Bohemians Dublin 1:1 (1:0) Champions League-Qualifikation 2009/2010|date=15 July 2009|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} He was, once again, a starter at Red Bull Salzburg' opening match of the 2009–10 Bundesliga season, but he was substituted in the 40th minute by his fellow countryman Somen Tchoyi.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/oesterreich/2010/1/salzburg-austriawien/|title=Spielstatistik RB Salzburg – Austria Wien 2:1 (0:1) Bundesliga 2009/2010, 1. Spieltag|date=19 July 2009|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} Later it was known that Ngwat-Mahop suffered a tear of the left anterior thigh muscle, an injury that would keep him out of action for months. He managed to fully heal from his injury and play again for Red Bull Salzburg almost nine months later, in a 4–2 home win against SC Magna Wiener Neustadt, as he came in as a late substitute for Somen Tchoyi.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/oesterreich/2010/33/wienerneustadt-salzburg/|title=RB Salzburg-SC Wiener NeustadtÖsterreich 4:2 (4:1) Bundesliga 2009/2010, 33.Spieltag|date=1 May 2010|language=German|access-date=23 January 2011}} At the meantime Ngwat-Mahop played in five games for Red Bull Salzburg Juniors managing to score four goals, two of them in a single match, a 3–0 home win against SC Austria Lustenau. At the end of the season he had only managed to play in two league games and one European game for Red Bull Salzburg and did not score any goals.

Ngwat-Mahop played in Red Bull Salzburg's opening match for the 2010–11 Bundesliga season, on 17 July 2010, coming in as a substitute in the 57th minute, in what was a 0–0 away draw against SV Kapfenberg.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/oesterreich/2011/1/kapfenberg-salzburg/|title=SV Kapfenberg-RB Salzburg 0:0 (0:0) Bundesliga 2010/2011, 1. Spieltag|date=17 July 2010|language=German|access-date=24 January 2011}} Three days later he once again played as a substitute for Jakob Jantscher, in his team's second leg match, against Faroese champions HB Torshavn for the second Qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/championsleague/2011/qualifikation/qualifikationsrunde2/hbtorshavn-salzburg/|title=HB Torshavn-RB Salzburg 1:0 (0:0) Champions League-Qualifikation 2010/2011, 2. Qualifikationsrunde|date=20 July 2010|language=German|access-date=24 January 2011}} He scored his first goal of the season in a match for the 1st round of the ÖFB-Cup against St. Pölten II, that Red Bull Salzburg won by 1–4.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/en/rbsb-news-detail_6762.html|title=Red Bulls ease into second round!|date=13 August 2010|access-date=24 January 2011}} On 24 August, he made the cross that resulted in Red BullSalzburg's goal, in his team's second leg match for the third Qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League against Hapoel Tel Aviv.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/en/rbsb-news-detail_6798.html|title=Red Bulls unrewarded after strong performance. Austrian champions to play...|date=24 August 2010|access-date=24 January 2011}} Ngwat-Mahop was substituted in the 65th minute of a match that ended a 1–1 draw, resulting in Red Bull Salzburg's elimination. Later it was made known that he was again injured, and due to this he made his come back with Red Bull Salzburg almost three months later, in a 2–0 home win against Sturm Graz.{{cite web|publisher=fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/oesterreich/2011/5/salzburg-sturmgraz/|title=RB Salzburg-Sturm Graz 2:0 (1:0) Bundesliga 2010/2011, 5. Spieltag|language=German|access-date=24 January 2011}} That was meant to be Ngwat-Mahop's last game with the Red Bull Salzburg shirt, as in January he was sold to Greek Superleague outfit Iraklis Thessaloniki for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web|publisher=Red Bull Salburg Official site|url=http://redbulls.com/soccer/salzburg/en/rbsb-news-detail_7169.html|title=Louis Mahop signs for Iraklis FC of Thessaloniki.|date=10 January 2011|access-date=24 January 2011}}

=Iraklis Thessaloniki=

On 8 January 2011, Greek club Iraklis Thessaloniki announced that it had signed Ngwat-Mahop until the summer of 2012.{{cite web |publisher=Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. official site |title=IRAKLIS F.C. signed Louis Clement Ngwat Mahop |url=http://www.iraklis-fc.gr/shownews08.jsp?newsCode=20110108135415806&CMCCode=9001&extLang=LG |access-date=10 January 2011 |date=8 January 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He debuted for the Greek club on 23 January 2011, as he was in the starting line-up in a 3–0 away defeat by AO Kavala.{{cite web|publisher=Contra.gr|url=http://www.contra.gr/matchStories/306558.html|script-title=el:Καβάλα – Ηρακλής 3–0|date=23 January 2011|language=Greek|access-date=23 January 2011|archive-date=24 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124192627/http://www.contra.gr/matchStories/306558.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|publisher=Superleague Official site|url=http://www.superleaguegreece.net/game/1011145/|script-title=el:Καβάλα – Ηρακλής|date=23 January 2011|language=Greek|access-date=23 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125182547/http://www.superleaguegreece.net/game/1011145/|archive-date=25 January 2011}} At the time he was substituted, in the 57th minute, the scoreline was 0–0. Ngwat-Mahop scored his first goal with Iraklis, by opening his club's tally in a 1–2 away win against Panserraikos.{{cite web|publisher=Contra.gr|url=http://www.contra.gr/matchStories/308585.html|script-title=el:Πανσερραϊκός-Ηρακλής 1–2|date=5 February 2011|language=Greek}} His goal was scored after an assist by teammate Karim Soltani and helped Iraklis to record its first away win in eleven months.{{cite web|publisher=gazzetta.gr|url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/super-league/item/134692-Live-%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AE%CF%82|script-title=el:Του… έσβησε τα φώτα!|date=5 February 2011|language=Greek|access-date=5 February 2011}}

=Karlsruher SC=

In 2011, he returned to Germany, signing with Karlsruher SC.{{cite news |title=Ngwat-Mahop, der "Backup" von Lavric |first=Peter |last=Putzing |url=https://www.kicker.de/ngwat-mahop-der-backup-von-lavric-557308/artikel |work=Kicker |publisher=Olympia-Verlag GmbH |date=1 September 2011 |access-date=6 February 2012 |language=German }} He made his league debut on 10 September 2011, where he scored the club's second consolation goal, in a 2–4 away defeat against Fortuna Düsseldorf.{{cite news |title=Spielbericht: Fortuna Düsseldorf – KSC 4:2 (2:1) |url=http://www.ksc.de/profis/spieltagetabelle/spielberichte-20112012/7-spieltag-fortuna-duesseldorf-ksc.html |work=Karlsruher SC |date=10 September 2011 |access-date=20 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929174852/http://www.ksc.de/profis/spieltagetabelle/spielberichte-20112012/7-spieltag-fortuna-duesseldorf-ksc.html |archive-date=29 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}

=SCR Altach=

Ngwat-Mahop signed for SCR Altach in the summer of 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/vereine/3-liga/2012-13/scr-altach-2373/40561/spieler_louis-clement-ngwat-mahop.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035452/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/vereine/3-liga/2012-13/scr-altach-2373/40561/spieler_louis-clement-ngwat-mahop.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|publisher=Kicker|access-date=1 June 2014|title=Ngwat-Mahop, Louis Clement|language=German}} One day after his commitment with the club, on 7 August 2012, he made his debut in a 1–4 home defeat against St. Pölten, where he even managed to score his first goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/erste-liga-2012-2013-scr-altach-skn-st-poelten/|publisher=weltfussball.de|access-date=1 June 2014|title=Spielschema Aufstellung SCR Altach - SKN St. Pölten Erste Liga 2012/13|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002005132/http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/erste-liga-2012-2013-scr-altach-skn-st-poelten/|archive-date=2 October 2013 }} Throughout the season he appeared in 33 matches ending up being the club's second league goalscorer with 10 goals.

Ngwat-Mahop left the club at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web | url = https://abseits.at/fusball-in-osterreich/bundesliga/vier-neue-sieben-abgaenge-altach-plant-flott-fuer-die-neue-saison/ | title = Vier Neue, sieben Abgänge: Altach plant flott für die neue Saison | language = de | website = abseits.at | date = 16 June 2019 | access-date = 21 July 2019}} However, it was announced on 24 July 2019, that he would continue for the club's Junior team/reserve team to act there as a leader. In addition, Ngwat-Mahop would also be responsible for the integration of foreign and young players for the first team of the club.{{cite web | url = https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/bundesliga/news/neue-aufgaben-fuer-louis-ngwat-mahop-beim-scr-altach/ | title = Neue Aufgaben für Mahop in Altach | language = de | website = laola1.at | date = 24 July 2019 | access-date = 5 December 2019}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|1 July 2019}}{{cite web|publisher=Fussballdaten.de|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/ngwatmahoplouis/2011/|title=Louis Ngwat-Mahop Karriere|language=German|access-date=13 March 2011}}{{Soccerway|21478|access-date=15 April 2020}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
Bayern Munich II

|2006–07

|3. Liga

|33

7colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—337
Bayern Munich

|2006–07

|Bundesliga

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
rowspan=3"|Red Bull Salzburg Juniors

|2007–08

|Austrian Regionalliga West

|13

5colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—135
2009–10

|Austrian Regionalliga West

|5

4colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—54
colspan="2"|Total

!18||9||0||0||0||0||0||0||18||9

rowspan="5"|Red Bull Salzburg

|2007–08

|Austrian Bundesliga

|12

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—121
2008–09

|Austrian Bundesliga

|27

332colspan="2"|—64369
2009–10

|Austrian Bundesliga

|2

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10|30
2010–11

|Austrian Bundesliga

|3

01|1colspan="2"|—40|81
colspan="2"|Total

!44||4||4||3||0||0||11||4||59||11

Iraklis

|2010–11

|Greek Super League

|10

3colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—|103
Karlsruher SC

|2011–12

|2. Bundesliga

|6

1colspan="2"|—20colspan="2"|—|81
rowspan="8"|SCR Altach

|2012–13

|Austrian First League

|33

1021colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—|3511
2013–14

|Austrian First League

|26

510colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—|275
2014–15

|Austrian Bundesliga

|31

842colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—|3510
2015–16

|Austrian Bundesliga

|26

630colspan="2"|—41337
2016–17

|Austrian Bundesliga

|28

420colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—304
2017–18

|Austrian Bundesliga

|18

000colspan="2"|—52232
2018–19

|Austrian Bundesliga

|7

000colspan="2"|—0070
colspan="2"|Total

!169||33||12||3||0||0||9||3||190||39

colspan="3"|Career total

!281||57||16||6||2||0||20||7||319||70

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

  • Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2008–09,{{cite web|publisher=Bundesliga official site|url=http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=95|title=Österreichs Meister|language=German|access-date=13 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628054111/http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=95|archive-date=28 June 2013|url-status=dead}} 2009–10

Rheindorf Altach

  • Austrian Football First League: 2013–14{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=570|publisher=Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga|title=Erste Liga Tabellen|language=German|access-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224459/http://www.bundesliga.at/index.php?id=570|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

References

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