Darlin Zidane Yongwa Ngameni

Full Back · Norwich · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.

Career report

Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25StreakyStepped up 2022/23Injury-hit 2025/26

The record covers 6 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 2 clubs — 172 appearances with 14 goal contributions from defence.

His best campaign on record is 2024/25 at Lorient — Season rating 58, 1 goal and 6 assists in 32 games. 2024/25 was the leap — Season rating up 44 points at Lorient. Output has held steady across his last 3 full seasons (14 → 16). The gap to his peak is 42 Season points.

2025/26 was disrupted — 7 fixtures missed through injury or absence. A streaky profile — form has swung hard between campaigns (spread of ±19 points), so the peak and the trough are far apart. Made the jump to a higher division in 2022/23 (Ligue 1) and kept playing — 37 games that season.

By season

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Rating	Season
2025/26	Lorient	23	0	1	67	16
2024/25	Lorient	32	1	6	71	58
2023/24	Lorient	22	1	1	67	14
2022/23	Lorient	37	1	1	74	7
2021/22	Niort	31	0	0	63	50
2020/21	Niort	27	0	2	60	31
2019/20	Niort	8	0	2	—	—
2019/20	Niort II	11	0	0	—	—
2018/19	Niort II	3	0	0	—	—

International

Side	Season	Competition	Apps
Cameroon	2025/26	Friendlies	2
	2025/26	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	1
	2025/26	Africa Cup of Nations	3
	2023/24	Africa Cup of Nations	4
	2023/24	World Cup - Qualification Africa	2
	2023/24	Friendlies	2
	2022/23	Friendlies	1

Honours

Ligue 2×2

By competition

Competition	Apps	Min	A	Rating
Ligue 1at Lorient	23	1312	1	6.5
Africa Cup of Nationsat Cameroon	3	201	0	6.6
Friendliesat Cameroon	2	180	0	6.5
Coupe de Franceat Lorient	2	150	0	7.1
Africa Cup of Nations Qualificationat Cameroon	1	12	0	—

Schedule · 2025/26

25 played4 unused sub· 1462 min, 0g 1a

Played for Lorient.

Date	Competition	Opponent	Res	Status	Min	A	Rating
Aug 17	Ligue 1	A Auxerre	0-1	Played	15		6.3
Aug 24	Ligue 1	H Rennes	4-0	Played	17		7.2
Aug 30	Ligue 1	H Lille	1-7	Played	8		5.9
Sep 12	Ligue 1	A Marseille	0-4	Played	10		3.0
Oct 3	Ligue 1	A Paris FC	0-2	Played	13		6.9
Oct 19	Ligue 1	H Stade Brestois 29	3-3	Played	14		6.2
Oct 26	Ligue 1	A Angers	0-2	Played	90		6.7
Oct 29	Ligue 1	H Paris Saint Germain	1-1	Played	90		7.0
Nov 2	Ligue 1	A Lens	0-3	Played	90		6.9
Nov 9	Ligue 1	H Toulouse	1-1	Played	90		6.5
Nov 23	Ligue 1	A Nantes	1-1	Played	90		6.3
Nov 30	Ligue 1	H Nice	3-1	Played	90		6.9
Dec 7	Ligue 1	H Lyon	1-0	Played	90		6.9
Dec 14	Ligue 1	A Strasbourg	0-0	Played	90		7.3
Feb 4	Coupe de France	H Paris FC	2-0	Played	78		7.2
Feb 7	Ligue 1	A Stade Brestois 29	0-2	Played	26		6.3
Feb 15	Ligue 1	H Angers	2-0	Played	86		6.6
Feb 22	Ligue 1	A Nice	3-3	Played	90		6.0
Mar 1	Ligue 1	H Auxerre	2-2	Played	90	1	6.9
Mar 4	Coupe de France	H Nice	0-0	Played	72		7.0
Mar 8	Ligue 1	A Lille	1-1	Played	16		6.9
Mar 14	Ligue 1	H Lens	2-1	Unused sub	0		—
Mar 21	Ligue 1	A Toulouse	0-1	Played	90		6.3
Apr 5	Ligue 1	H Paris FC	1-1	Unused sub	0		—
Apr 12	Ligue 1	A Lyon	0-2	Played	17		6.9
Apr 18	Ligue 1	H Marseille	2-0	Played	90		7.3
Apr 26	Ligue 1	H Strasbourg	2-3	Unused sub	0		—
May 2	Ligue 1	A Paris Saint Germain	2-2	Played	10		6.9
May 17	Ligue 1	H Le Havre	0-2	Unused sub	0		—