Mike Fondop

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Mike Fondop
Personal information
Full name Karl Mike Fondop Talom[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon[2]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Oldham Athletic
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Stanway Rovers 29 (10)
2015–2016 Billericay Town 24 (10)
2016–2017 Oxford City 23 (7)
2017–2018 Guiseley 19 (3)
2018 → F.C. Halifax Town (loan) 12 (4)
2018–2019 Wrexham 21 (5)
2019 → Maidenhead United (loan) 11 (1)
2019–2020 Chesterfield 29 (10)
2020–2021 Aldershot Town 4 (0)
2021 Burton Albion 17 (2)
2021–2022 Hartlepool United 8 (0)
2022– Oldham Athletic 132 (40)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:42, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Karl Mike Fondop Talom (born 27 November 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Oldham Athletic.

Early and personal life

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Fondop moved from Cameroon to England in 2013, to study for a degree in actuarial sciences at the University of Essex, graduating with a first-class degree in 2017.[3]

Career

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Fondop began his career with Eastern Counties League side Stanway Rovers,[4] having played on trial at Whitehawk in July 2014.[5] The following season, he went on trial with the under-21 team at Billericay Town before being given a chance in the first team, where he scored eight goals in his first six games.[6] Fondop left Billericay in May 2016 having agreed on a deal to join Margate, for which he was criticised by manager Craig Edwards as he left the club the day before a cup final. The move fell through after Margate declined to pay compensation to Billericay.[7][8] Fondop joined Oxford City for the 2016–17 season. After a trial with Cheltenham Town the following summer, he joined Guiseley for the 2017–18 season.[7] He joined FC Halifax Town on loan in February 2018, and scored four goals in twelve games to help the Shaymen avoid relegation.[9] In July 2018, he joined Wrexham on a two-year deal.[10] Fondop was labelled a "cult hero" after five goals in his first nine games,[11] but he did not add to that tally in the league and was allowed to join Maidenhead United on loan in February 2019.[12] In August, he left the Welsh club by mutual consent and signed for Chesterfield.[13] Fondop finished the curtailed 2019–20 season as the Spireites' top scorer with eleven goals in all competitions, but left the club at the end of the season to "keep his options open" according to manager John Pemberton, before joining Aldershot Town in November 2020 on a short-term deal.[14]

After this deal expired, he signed for Burton Albion in February 2021 on a contract until the end of the season.[15] He made his English Football League debut on 20 February as a substitute in a 0–3 defeat at home to Sunderland.[16] In his second Burton appearance and his first start, he scored his first goal for them in a 2-1 win at Charlton Athletic on 23 February 2021.[17] On 12 May 2021 it was announced that he would be one of 12 players leaving Burton at the end of the season.[18]

Fondop signed for Hartlepool United on 16 September 2021.[19][20] He left at the end of his contract on 17 January 2022,[21] and signed for Oldham Athletic on 31 January.[22][23]

Career statistics

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As of match played 13 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stanway Rovers 2014–15[24] ECFL Premier Division 29 10 0 0 – 3 2 32 12
Billericay Town 2015–16[25] Isthmian League Premier Division 24 10 0 0 – 0 0 24 10
Oxford City 2016–17[25] National League South 23 7 2 2 – 2[a] 0 27 9
Guiseley 2017–18[2] National League 19 3 4 2 – 1[b] 0 24 5
FC Halifax Town (loan) 2017–18[2] National League 12 4 0 0 – 0 0 12 4
Wrexham 2018–19[2] National League 21 5 4 0 – 1[b] 1 26 6
Maidenhead United (loan) 2018–19[2] National League 11 1 0 0 – 0 0 11 1
Chesterfield 2019–20[2] National League 29 10 1 1 – 1[b] 0 31 11
Aldershot Town 2020–21[2] National League 4 0 0 0 – 1[b] 1 5 1
Burton Albion 2020–21[2] League One 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
Hartlepool United 2021–22[2] League Two 8 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
Oldham Athletic 2021–22[2] League Two 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
2022–23[2] National League 35 11 3 2 – 2 0 40 13
2023–24[2] National League 31 9 1 0 – 1 1 33 10
2024–25[2] National League 45 17 3 2 – 3[c] 1 51 20
2025–26[26] League Two 19 1 2 0 1 0 2[d] 0 24 1
Total 132 40 9 4 1 0 8 2 150 46
Career total 329 92 22 9 1 0 20 6 372 107
  1. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearances in Oxfordshire Senior Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. ^ Appearances in the play-offs
  4. ^ Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

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Oldham Athletic

Individual

References

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