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 | CSKA Sofia | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2018 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 33 | (2) |
| 2020–2025 | Astana | 126 | (10) |
| 2026– | CSKA Sofia | 19 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Belarus U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2019– | Belarus | 56 | (5) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:07, 27 July 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:36, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
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 Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia and the Belarus national team.
Club career
[edit source]On 24 January 2020, FC Astana announced the signing of Ebong for a four-year contract.[1] On 27 December 2025, Astana announced that Ebong was leaving the club to sign a three-year contract with CSKA Sofia.[2][3]
International career
[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.[4]
Personal life
[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.[5]
Career statistics
[edit source]Club
[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 | ||
| CSKA Sofia | 2025–26 | Bulgarian First League | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 21 | 4 | |||
| 2026–27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 178 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 252 | 20 | ||
International
[edit source]- As of match played 29 March 2026[8]
| 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 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 5 | |
Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 November 2020 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus |  Lithuania | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C |
| 2. | 18 November 2020 | Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania |  Albania | 2–3 | 2–3 | |
| 3. | 16 June 2023 | Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary |  Israel | 1–0 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 4. | 19 June 2023 |  Kosovo | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 5. | 15 October 2023 | Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
Honours
[edit source]Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Astana
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Макс Эбонг –футболист Астаны". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ↑ "Рақмет, Макс!". instagram.com/fca.astana/ (in Kazakh). FC Astana Instagram. 27 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "Добре дошъл на Макс Ебонг в ЦСКА!". cska.bg (in Bulgarian). PFC CSKA Sofia. 27 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "Wales vs. Belarus 1:0". Soccerway. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ↑ "Мы — белорусы. "Африд Макс Эбонг Нгоме? Да ну... Я просто Макс!"" [We are Belarusians. "Afrid Max Ebong Ngome? Come on.. I'm just Max!"] (in Russian). Pressball. 7 June 2018.
- ↑ Player's profile at pressball.by
- ↑ Max Ebong at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ↑ Max Ebong at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[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
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players