Franck Ohandza

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

Club career

Born in Ngong, Cameroon, Ohandza began playing football for the youth side of local club Daga Young Stars. 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. He scored a hat-trick in a league match against Samut Songkhram F.C. on 24 May 2011.

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.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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.

China On 27 February 2018, Ohandza signed for China League One club Shenzhen FC. He signed a two-year contract worth a reported €1.2m euro per annum. The transfer fee was report to be €1.2m. 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.

International career 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

Honours

Club Buriram PEA F.C. Thai Premier League: 2011 Thai FA Cup: 2011 Thai League Cup: 2011

Individual 2011 Thai Premier League: Golden Boot