Michel Ngonge

Michel Ngonge

Personal information
Full name	Félix-Michel Ngonge
Date of birth	August 17, 1967
Place of birth	Huy, Belgium
Playing position	Midfielder/Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1986–1988	Racing Jet Brussels	12	(1)
1988–1989	Racing Jet Wavre	25	(5)
1989–1990	K.A.A. Gent	5	(0)
1990–1992	Seraing	18	(7)
1992–1995	R.A.A. Louviéroise	23	(10)
1995–1996	Harelbeke	31	(14)
1996–1998	Samsunspor	52	(1)
1998–2000	Watford	56	(11)
2000	→ Huddersfield Town (loan)	4	(0)
2000–2001	Queens Park Rangers	15	(3)
2001–2002	Kilmarnock	12	(3)
Total		170	(36)
National team
1995–2001	Zaire[1]	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Félix-Michel Ngonge (born 17 August 1967 in Huy, Liège Province, Belgium) is a retired professional footballer. He played international football for Zaire, and later the renamed Democratic Republic of Congo team.^[2][3]

He started his footballing career in Belgium with Racing Jet de Bruxelles (4549), K.A.A. Gent (7), R.F.C. Seraing (17), R.A.A. Louviéroise (93) and K.R.C. Harelbeke (1615) at the late age of 28, before moving to Turkish side Samsunspor^[4] and then Watford in June 1998.

During his time at Watford he became an integral part of the team scoring 11 goals in 56 games. He also played an important role in the 1998/1999 season in which Watford gained promotion to the Premier League for the first time, via the play-offs.Ngonge scored 6 goals in his first season at Watford, scoring the all-important goal in the first leg of the Division One play-off against Birmingham City. In the 1999/2000 season, despite starting the season well, scoring in the opening match of the season, Ngonge found himself out of favour at Vicarage Road and was loaned out to Huddersfield Town in March 2000. Following the relegation of Watford back to Division 1 ( Football League Championship ) Ngonge failed to make much of an impression and was subsequently sold to Queens Park Rangers for £50,000, where he played 15 games and scored 3 goals. Ngonge then finished his career at Scottish side Kilmarnock, where he scored 3 goals in his 12 games at the Rugby Park-based club.^[5]

References

1. Zaire was renamed as Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.
2. Barrie Courtney (2 February 2005). "1996 matches: Africa". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
3. Barrie Courtney (2 February 2005). "2000 matches: Africa". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
4. "NGONGE FELİX MİCHEL". TFF. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
5. Connor, Robert (2001-07-30). "Football: MICHEL'S NGONGE TO HAVE A BALL IN SPL". The Mirror. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

External links

• Michel Ngonge at National-Football-Teams.com