{{short description|Cameroonian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Justin Mengolo | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Justin Junior Mengolo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|06|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon | height = 1.82 m | position = Winger, forward | currentclub = Al-Salt | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2010–2012 | clubs1 = Panthère du Ndé | caps1 =0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2012–2013 | clubs2 = Étoile du Sahel | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = Omonia | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = → Nea Salamina (loan) | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 5 | years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = Universitatea Cluj | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 5 | years6 = 2016 | clubs6 = Levski Sofia | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2017–2018 | clubs7 = Debrecen | caps7 = 24 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2018 | clubs8 = Astra Giurgiu | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2019 | clubs9 = Gżira United | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 6 | years10= 2020– | clubs10= Al-Salt | caps10= | goals10= | nationalyears1 = 2015 | nationalteam1 = Cameroon | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 21:42, 12 January 2021 (UTC) | ntupdate = }}
'''Justin Junior Mengolo''' (born 24 June 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Jordanian club Al-Salt.<ref name="Soccerway profile">{{Soccerway|223318|accessdate=21 January 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/mutari-pentru-titlu-o-forta-a-ligii-1-a-transferat-azi-doi-jucatori-importanti-gratis-528411 Mutări pentru titlu. O forţă a Ligii 1 a transferat azi, gratis, doi jucători importanţi]. digisport.ro {{in lang|ro}}</ref>
==Club career== Mengolo started his career in Cameroon with Panthère du Ndé, before moving onto Tunisian football to sign for Étoile du Sahel.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/> One goal in fifteen appearances followed in Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 for Mengolo before he left to join Cypriot First Division club Omonia in 2013.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/><ref name="Joined Debrecen"/> In January 2014, he departed as he joined fellow Cypriot top-tier side Nea Salamina on loan.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/><ref name="Joined Debrecen"/> He scored five times in seventeen appearances in Cyprus for the two aforementioned teams prior to leaving to complete a move to Universitatea Cluj in Romania's Liga I.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/><ref name="Joined Debrecen"/>
In January 2016, Mengolo joined Levski Sofia in Bulgaria but left five months later.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/><ref name="Joined Debrecen"/> He was a free agent from July 2016 to January 2017 when he signed for Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Debrecen.<ref name="Joined Debrecen">{{cite news|title=Justin Mengolo aláírt!|url=https://www.dvsc.hu/kiemelt-hirek/justin-mengolo-alairt|accessdate=21 January 2017|work=Debreceni VSC|date=20 January 2017}}</ref> He left the team at the end of the 2017/18 season.
On 28 September 2018, Mengolo signed for Romanian club Astra Giurgiu.<ref>[http://www.afcastragiurgiu.ro/stiri/stiri-club/1334-mengolo-3-ani,-koukou-2.html Mengolo- 3 ani, Koukou - 2!], afcastragiurgiu.ro, 28 September 2018</ref>
In December 2018, Mengolo signed for Maltese Premier League leaders, Gzira United FC. In February 2020, Mengolo then moved to Al-Salt in Jordan.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/Alsalt.club.officials/posts/1480319732155976/ السلط الرياضية - المهاجم الكاميروني], facebook.com, 23 February 2020</ref>
==International career== Mengolo has won two caps for the Cameroon national team, both caps came in June 2015.<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|8 May 2018}}<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Club statistics |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup<ref group="lower-alpha">Includes the Magyar Kupa.</ref> !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental<ref group="lower-alpha">Includes the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.</ref> !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="2"|Étoile du Sahel |2012–13 |rowspan="1"|Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 |15||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0||0||0||19||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !15!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!19!!1 |- |rowspan="2"|Omonia Nicosia |2013–14 |rowspan="1"|Cypriot First Division |4||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||7||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !4!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!7!!0 |- |rowspan="2"|Nea Salamis |2013–14 |rowspan="1"|Cypriot First Division |13||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||13||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !13!!5!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!13!!5 |- |rowspan="2"|Universitatea Cluj |2014–15 |rowspan="1"|Liga I |28||5||5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||34||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !28!!5!!5!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!34!!5 |- |rowspan="2"|Levski Sofia |2015–16 |rowspan="1"|A Group |7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0||7||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!7!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|Debrecen |2016–17 |rowspan="1"|Nemzeti Bajnokság I |5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||5||0 |- |2017–18 |rowspan="1"|Nemzeti Bajnokság I |18||4||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||21||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !24!!4!!3!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!27!!6 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !96!!15!!11!!1!!1!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!112!!17 |} <small>{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}</small>
==Honours== ===Club=== '''Étoile du Sahel''' *Tunisian Cup: 2011–12
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|223318}} * {{Goalzz|154545}}
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