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Franck Ohandza
Personal information
Full name Franck Ohandza Zoa
Date of birth (1991-09-28) 28 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Ngong, Cameroon
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Heilongjiang Ice City
Number 11
Youth career
Daga Young Stars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Buriram United 22 (19)
2012–2014 Greuther Fürth 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Iraklis Psachna (loan) 20 (2)
2014–2015 Sesvete 22 (15)
2015–2018 Hajduk Split 50 (18)
2018 Shenzhen 23 (18)
2019–2020 Henan Jianye 21 (10)
2022– Heilongjiang Ice City 7 (0)
International career
2011 Cameroon U20 12 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Franck Ohandza Zoa (born 28 September 1991) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Heilongjiang Ice City.

Club career

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Born in Ngong, Cameroon, Ohandza began playing football for the youth side of local club Daga Young Stars.[1] At age 19 Ohandza signed for Buriram PEA F.C. of the Thai Premier League where he became the league's topscorer in his first season as professional.[2] He scored a hat-trick in a league match against Samut Songkhram F.C. on 24 May 2011.[3]

After his impressive feats at Buriram, Ohandza moved to SpVgg Greuther Fürth in mid-2012, with the German club just having managed to achieve promotion to the Bundesliga. He failed to make a single appearance for the first team that season, though.[4]

Subsequently, Ohandza moved to Greek side Iraklis Psachna F.C. on loan for the 2013-14 Greek Football League season. There, Ohandza managed two goals in 20 league appearances, 13 of those appearances coming off the bench.[4]

Franck Ohandza then moved to Croatian second division side NK Sesvete, signing a one-year contract for the 2014-15 Croatian Second Division season. The move was facilitated by Sesvete's parent club GNK Dinamo Zagreb. The powerful striker had a strong campaign, netting 15 times in 22 games for Sesvete as the club finished runner-up.[4]

Hajduk Split

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His performances for NK Sesvete didn't go unnoticed and Ohandza joined Croatian first division HNK Hajduk Split on 15 June 2015. He signed a two-year contract.[5] Ohandza made his Hajduk debut in a Europa League qualifier against Estonian side JK Sillamäe Kalev, playing 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw, assisting Hajduk's only goal.[6] In the return leg at Poljud Stadium, Ohandza netted his first two goals in a Hajduk jersey and grabbed another assist, as the Split based side won by an emphatic scoreline of 6-2 to advance to the next round.[6] In the next match, the Eternal derby, Ohandza got his third assist in as many games as Hajduk managed a valuable 1-1 draw away from home against Dinamo Zagreb.[6] Ohandza continued his good early form at Hajduk, as he scored and assisted in the return leg of Hajduk's third-round Europa League qualifier against Strømsgodset Toppfotball, helping the side progress with a 4-0 aggregate scoreline. The striker scored his first league goal for Hajduk in Round 8, in a 2-0 away win against Inter Zaprešić. Ohandza sustained an injury in the second Eternal Derby of the season on 19 September and was out for the next six months of. He made his return to football on 10 April 2016 against NK Istra 1961 on home ground. At the end of the season, it was reported that he was in need of another operation due to his injury.[7]

Ohandza started the 2016-17 by scoring three minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute in a 2-2 away draw with Politehnica Iași on 14 July 2016, at the Emil Alexandrescu Stadium in Romania, in the Second Round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying.[8] It was his first official appearance since 24 April 2016. Ohandza also scored in the return leg, a 90th-minute winner as Hajduk beat Iași 2-1 on the day and 4-3 on aggregate.[9] Ohandza then made it three consecutive goals in Europa League qualifiers, scoring a stoppage time goal as Hajduk beat FC Oleksandriya 3-0 away from home. Ohandza only came on in the 68th minute, making it three goals in just 120 minutes of football.[10]

China

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On 27 February 2018, Ohandza signed for China League One club Shenzhen. He signed a two-year contract worth a reported €1.2m euro per annum.[11] The transfer fee was report to be €1.2m.[12] Ohandza scored 18 goals and assisted 9 times in 23 appearances for Shenzhen in the 2018 season, as Shenzhen won promotion to the Chinese Super League.

Ohandza transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye in February 2019.[13]

International career

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Ohandza has represented Cameroon at youth level, scoring one goal in four appearances at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Colombia.

Career statistics

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As of 31 December 2019.[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Buriram United 2011 Thai Premier League 22 19 4 0 6 3 – – 32 22
2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0[a] 0 6 2
Total 22 19 4 0 6 3 6 2 0 0 38 24
Greuther Fürth 2012–13 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
Iraklis Psachna (loan) 2013–14 Football League 20 2 0 0 – – – 20 2
Sesvete 2014–15 2. HNL 22 15 0 0 – – – 22 15
Hajduk Split 2015–16 1. HNL 8 1 0 0 – 6 3 – 14 4
2016–17 24 8 1 0 – 6 3 – 31 11
2017–18 18 9 1 1 – 4 1 – 23 11
Total 50 18 2 1 0 0 16 7 0 0 68 26
Shenzhen 2018 China League One 23 18 0 0 – – – 23 18
Henan Jianye 2019 Chinese Super League 21 10 0 0 – – – 21 10
Heilongjiang Ice City 2022 China League One 0 0 0 0 – – – 0 0
Career total 158 82 6 1 6 3 22 9 0 0 192 95
  1. ^ Appearances in Kor Royal Cup

Honours

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Club

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Buriram PEA F.C.

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Ohandza, le Lion au pays des Eléphants" (in French). Footcameroon.com. 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Ohandza: Fighting spirit is crucial". FIFA.com. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Ohandza's hattrick gives Buriram win over Samut". Aseanfootball.org. 25 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Cameroon - F. Ohandza - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  5. ^ "Kamerunski napadač Franck Ohandza Zoa novi je igrač Hajduka".
  6. ^ a b c "Prva momčad • HNK Hajduk Split".
  7. ^ "Sljedeći tjedan se odlučuje hoće li Ohandza na operaciju".
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Poljud: Hajduk - Iasi 2:1".
  10. ^ "Oleksandriya - Hajduk Split 0:3".
  11. ^ "Franck Ohandza napustio Hajduk koji će ipak nešto zaraditi na ponajboljem napadaču HNL-a". Gol.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Franck Ohandza potpisao za Shenzhen, Hajduku 1,2 mil. €" (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  13. ^ "河南建业官宣签约6将 多拉多王上源领衔内外援". Sina (in Chinese). 28 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  14. ^ Franck Ohandza at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Thai Premier League Topscorer 2011". thai-fussball.com. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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