Paul Ngue

{{short description|Cameroonian-born Hong Kong footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Paul Ngue

| image = Paul Ngue 2.jpg

| image_size = 250

| fullname = Paul Olivier Ngue Mayo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|2|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon

| height = 1.93 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2008–2009

| clubs1 = Kitchee

| caps1 = 18

| goals1 = 12

| years3 = 2009–2011

| clubs3 = Tai Chung

| caps3 = 25

| goals3 = 6

| years4 = 2012–2013

| clubs4 = Southern

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2013–2014

| clubs5 = Wong Tai Sin

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 17

| years6 = 2014–2015

| clubs6 = Sun Source

| caps6 = 26

| goals6 = 40

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = Dreams Metro Gallery

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2016–2018

| clubs8 = Southern

| caps8 = 31

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2018

| clubs9 = Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard

| caps9 = 13

| goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2019

| clubs10 = Pegasus

| caps10 = 2

| goals10 = 8

| years11 = 2021–2022

| clubs11 = Hoi King

| caps11 = 13

| goals11 = 4

| years12 = 2022–2024

| clubs12 = HKFC

| caps12 = 16

| goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2024

| clubs13 = Sham Shui Po

| caps13 = 9

| goals13 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2016–2018

| nationalteam1 = Hong Kong

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2024

| managerclubs1 = Sham Shui Po (fitness coach)

| pcupdate = 26 May 2024

| ntupdate = 13 November 2018

}}

Paul Olivier Ngue Mayo ({{zh|t=基奧}}; born 2 February 1988), nicknamed Oli or Oliver, is a Cameroonnian-born Hong Kong professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

= Southern =

On 4 January 2016, Ngue joined Southern as a local player.

= Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard =

On 2 July 2018, Ngue joined China League One club Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.

= Pegasus =

On 27 March 2019, Ngue joined Pegasus.

= HKFC =

In August 2022, Ngue returned to the top flight and joined HKFC.

On 27 August 2023, in rather dramatic fashion, Ngue was subbed on at the 80th minute during the 8-0 thrashing from Kitchee as a goalkeeper to replace injured Issey Maholo. He was praised for his efforts in goal as an emergency backup and managed to keep a shutout for himself despite the scoreline.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-27 |title=Kitchee boss turns attention to Champions League as team crush Football Club |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3232478/hong-kong-premier-league-kitchee-boss-makes-most-crushing-win-experiment-ahead-afc-champions-league |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

= Sham Shui Po =

On 3 March 2024, Ngue joined Sham Shui Po.

International career

On 5 February 2016, Ngue managed to get a HKSAR passport by switching his nationality from Cameroon to Hong Kong after living in Hong Kong for 7 years.

On 3 June 2016, Ngue made his international debut for Hong Kong in the 2016 AYA Bank Cup match against Vietnam.

Personal Life

Ngue has 2 sons, Oskar, who is 11 years of age, and Yago, who is 2 years of age.

Career statistics

=International=

{{updated|13 November 2018}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|Hong Kong

|2016

20
201720
201840
colspan=2|Total80

References

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