{{Short description|Belarusian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Max Ebong | image = | full_name = Afrid Max Ebong Ngome | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1999|8|26}} | birth_place = Vitebsk, Belarus | height = 1.80 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = CSKA Sofia | clubnumber = 10 | youthyears1 = 2016–2018 | youthclubs1 = Shakhtyor Soligorsk | years1 = 2018–2019 | clubs1 = Shakhtyor Soligorsk | caps1 = 33 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2020–2025 | clubs2 = Astana | caps2 = 126 | goals2 = 10 | years3 = 2026– | clubs3 = CSKA Sofia | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam1 = Belarus U21 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2019– | nationalteam2 = Belarus | nationalcaps2 = 56 | nationalgoals2 = 5 | club-update = 18:58, 25 May 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 04:36, 31 March 2026 (UTC) }}
'''Afrid Max Ebong Ngome''' ({{langx|be|Макс Эбонг|translit=Maks Ebonh}}; {{langx|ru|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== On 24 January 2020, FC Astana announced the signing of Ebong for a four-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Макс Эбонг –футболист Астаны |url=http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9869 |website=fcastana.kz/ |publisher=FC Astana |accessdate=24 January 2020 |language=Russian |date=24 January 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124234504/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9869 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 27 December 2025, Astana announced that Ebong was leaving the club to sign a three-year contract with CSKA Sofia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Рақмет, Макс! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DSxMNfCDFg-/ |website=instagram.com/fca.astana/ |publisher=FC Astana Instagram |access-date=31 December 2025 |language=Kazakh |date=27 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Добре дошъл на Макс Ебонг в ЦСКА! |url=https://cska.bg/news/posts/dobre-doshal-na-maks-ebong-v-tsska |website=cska.bg |publisher=PFC CSKA Sofia |access-date=31 December 2025 |language=Bulgarian |date=27 December 2025}}</ref>
==International career== 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.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/09/09/world/friendlies/wales/belarus/2970048/|title=Wales vs. Belarus 1:0|website=Soccerway|language=English|date=9 September 2019 |accessdate=18 July 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== 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.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Pressball|url=https://www.pressball.by/pbonline/football/85246|title=Мы — белорусы. "Африд Макс Эбонг Нгоме? Да ну... Я просто Макс!"|trans-title=We are Belarusians. "Afrid Max Ebong Ngome? Come on.. I'm just Max!"|date=7 June 2018|language=Russian}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 25 May 2026}}<ref>[https://www.pressball.by/footballstat/afrid_ebong/ Player's profile at pressball.by]</ref><ref name="sw">{{Soccerway|max-ebong-ngome/464122|accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Shakhtyor Soligorsk |2017 |rowspan="3"|Belarusian Premier League |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- |2018 |16||2||2||2||colspan="2"|–||4||1||colspan="2"|–||22||5 |- |2019 |17||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||6||0||colspan="2"|–||27||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !33!!2!!6!!2!!0!!0!!10!!1!!0!!0!!49!!5 |- |rowspan="7"|Astana |2020 |rowspan="6"|Kazakhstan Premier League |18||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0||1||0||21||0 |- |2021 |20||5||4||1||colspan="2"|–||3||0||2||0||29||6 |- |2022 |23||2||1||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0||colspan="2"|–||26||2 |- |2023 |19||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||12||0||1||0||36||0 |- |2024 |22||0||2||0||3||0||10||0||colspan="2"|–||37||0 |- |2025 |24||3||2||0||colspan="2"|–||3||0||colspan="2"|–||29||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !126!!10!!13!!1!!3!!0!!32!!0!!4!!0!!178!!11 |- |align=center valign=center|CSKA Sofia |2025–26 |Bulgarian First League |17||3||4||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||21||4 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !176!!15!!23!!4!!3!!0!!42!!1!!4!!0!!248!!20 |}
=== International === {{updated|match played 29 March 2026}}<ref>{{NFT|75484}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="8"|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 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!56!!5 |}
''Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 15 November 2020 || Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus || {{fb|LTU}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || rowspan=2 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C |- | 2. || 18 November 2020 || Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania || {{fb|ALB}} || align=center| '''2'''–3 || align=center| 2–3 |- | 3. || 16 June 2023 || rowspan=2| Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary || {{fb|ISR}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–2 || rowspan=3| UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |- | 4. || 19 June 2023 || {{fb|KOS}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–1 |- | 5. || 15 October 2023 || Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland || {{fb|SWI}} || align=center| '''1'''–1 || align=center| 3–3 |- |}
==Honours== '''Shakhtyor Soligorsk''' *Belarusian Cup: 2018–19
'''Astana''' *Kazakhstan Premier League: 2022 *Kazakhstan Super Cup: 2020
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Soccerway|max-ebong-ngome/464122}} * {{FootballFacts.ru}}
{{PFC CSKA Sofia squad}} {{Belarusian Footballer of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebong, Max}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Belarusian people of Cameroonian descent Category:Sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Category:Belarusian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Vitebsk Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Belarus men's international footballers Category:FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players Category:FC Astana players Category:Belarusian expatriate men's footballers Category:Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Category:21st-century Belarusian sportsmen Category:PFC CSKA Sofia players Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players