Max Ebong
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Afrid Max Ebong Ngome | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitebsk, Belarus | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Astana | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2018 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 33 | (2) |
| 2020– | Astana | 126 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Belarus U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2019– | Belarus | 54 | (5) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2025 | |||
Afrid Max Ebong Ngome (Belarusian: Макс Эбонг, romanized: Maks Ebonh; Russian: 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
[edit | edit source]On 24 January 2020, FC Astana announced the signing of Ebong for a four-year contract.[1]
International career
[edit | edit source]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.[2]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 22 | 5 | ||||
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 5 | ||
| Astana | 2020 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | |||
| 2022 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 29 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 126 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 178 | 11 | ||
| Career total | 159 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 16 | ||
International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 18 November 2025[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 5 | |
Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 November 2020 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C | |
| 2. | 18 November 2020 | Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania | 2–3 | 2–3 | ||
| 3. | 16 June 2023 | Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary | 1–0 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | |
| 4. | 19 June 2023 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||
| 5. | 15 October 2023 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Astana
References
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- ^ Player's profile at pressball.by
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1999 births
- Living people
- Belarusian people of Cameroonian descent
- Sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- Belarusian men's footballers
- Footballers from Vitebsk
- Men's association football midfielders
- Belarus men's international footballers
- FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players
- FC Astana players
- Belarusian expatriate men's footballers
- Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
- 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen