Max Ebong

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Max Ebong

| image =

| full_name = Afrid Max Ebong Ngome

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1999|8|26}}

| birth_place = Vitebsk, Belarus

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Astana

| clubnumber = 7

| youthyears1 = 2016–2018

| youthclubs1 = Shakhtyor Soligorsk

| years1 = 2018–2019

| clubs1 = Shakhtyor Soligorsk

| caps1 = 33

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2020–

| clubs2 = Astana

| caps2 = 116

| goals2 = 8

| nationalyears1 = 2018–2019

| nationalteam1 = Belarus U21

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2019–

| nationalteam2 = Belarus

| nationalcaps2 = 48

| nationalgoals2 = 5

| club-update = 26 June 2025

| nationalteam-update = 10 June 2025

}}

Afrid Max Ebong Ngome ({{langx|be|Макс Эбонг|translit=Maks Ebonh}}; {{langx|ru|Макс Эбонг}}; born 26 August 1999) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club Astana and the Belarus national team.

Club career

On 24 January 2020, FC Astana announced the signing of Ebong for a four-year contract.{{cite web |title=Макс Эбонг –футболист Астаны |url=http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9869 |website=fcastana.kz/ |publisher=FC Astana |accessdate=24 January 2020 |language=Russian |date=24 January 2020}}

International career

Ebong made his first appearance for the Belarus national team on 9 September 2019, after coming on as a half-time substitute for Yury Kavalyow in a 1–0 loss against Wales in a friendly match.{{cite web|author= |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/09/09/world/friendlies/wales/belarus/2970048/|title=Wales vs. Belarus 1:0|website=Soccerway|language=English|date=9 September 2019 |accessdate=18 July 2020}}

Personal life

Ebong was born in Vitebsk, Belarus, to a family of mixed Belarusian ancestry on his mother's side and Cameroonian on his father's side. His parents met at the Vitebsk medical university where both were students. Ebong is reportedly estranged from his father.{{cite web|publisher=Pressball|url=https://www.pressball.by/pbonline/football/85246|title=Мы — белорусы. "Африд Макс Эбонг Нгоме? Да ну... Я просто Макс!"|trans-title=We are Belarusians. "Afrid Max Ebong Ngome? Come on.. I'm just Max!"|date=7 June 2018|language=Russian}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 30 March 2025}}[https://www.pressball.by/footballstat/afrid_ebong/ Player's profile at pressball.by]{{Soccerway|max-ebong-ngome/464122|accessdate=24 January 2020}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National cup !colspan="2"\|League 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	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|Shakhtyor Soligorsk \|2017 \|rowspan="3"\|Belarusian Premier League \|0	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	0	0
2018 \|16	2	2	2	colspan="2"\|–	4	1	colspan="2"\|–	22	5
2019 \|17	0	4	0	colspan="2"\|–	6	0	colspan="2"\|–	27	0
colspan="2"\|Total !33	2	6	2	0	0	10	1	0	0	49	5
rowspan="7"\|Astana \|2020 \|rowspan="6"\|Kazakhstan Premier League \|18	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	2	0	1	0	21	0
2021 \|20	5	4	1	colspan="2"\|–	3	0	2	0	29	6
2022 \|23	2	1	0	colspan="2"\|–	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	26	2
2023 \|19	0	4	0	colspan="2"\|–	12	0	1	0	36	0
2024 \|22	0	2	0	3	0	10	0	colspan="2"\|–	37	0
2025 \|3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|–	3	0
colspan="2"\|Total !105	7	11	1	3	0	29	0	4	0	152	8
colspan="3"\|Career total !138	9	17	3	3	0	39	1	4	0	198	13

= International =

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="5"\|Belarus \|2019	2	0
2020	6	2
2021	8	0
2022	8	0
2023	7	3
colspan="2"\|Total	31	5

Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	15 November 2020	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus	{{fb\|LTU}}	align=center\|2–0	align=center\| 2–0	rowspan=2 \| 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
2.	18 November 2020	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania	{{fb\|ALB}}	align=center\| 2–3	align=center\| 2–3
3.	16 June 2023	rowspan=2\| Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary	{{fb\|ISR}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–2	rowspan=3\| UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
4.	19 June 2023	{{fb\|KOS}}	align=center\|2–0	align=center\| 2–1
5.	15 October 2023	Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland	{{fb\|SWI}}	align=center\| 1–1	align=center\| 3–3