Iraklis Thessaloniki
Which team did Louis Ngwat-Mahop play for from 2010 to 2011?
Louis Ngwat-Mahop He started his career in his hometowns club Dragon Club de Yaoundé before being signed by German giants FC Bayern Munich in 2006 . He played with them for one season , featuring mainly in matches of Bayern Munich II in the Regionalliga Süd . After being released by FC Bayern Munich in the summer of 2007 , due to issues that arose with his French passport , he signed for Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg . At first he was assigned to play in the Regionalliga West with the clubs reserve squad , Red Bull Salzburg Juniors , but he managed to make it to the first team . In total , Ngwat-Mahop spent three and a half years with the Austrian club , managing to win the Austrian Bundesliga in no less than two occasions . In January 2011 he signed for Greek Superleague outfit Iraklis . He played for Karlsruher SC for the 2011–12 season before signing for Rheindorf Altach in 2012 . Career . Early life and career . Ngwat-Mahop was born in Yaoundé on 16 September 1987 , and grew up having Samuel Etoo as his idol . He started his career for Cameroonian minnows Dragon Club de Yaoundé , being one of the most notable players ever to come out of the club . Bayern Munich . In May 2006 , he went on trial at Bayern Munich II . Hermann Gerland , the clubs manager , was impressed by Ngwat-Mahops athleticism and assertiveness and recommended his signing . Gerland characterised Ngwat-Mahop as a rough diamond . He made his debut for Bayern Munich II in the opening day of the 2006–07 Regionalliga season . He started the match , but he was brought out in the 62nd minute , in a match that Bayern II lost at home by a 0–2 scoreline by KSV Hessen Kassel . Ngwat-Mahop scored his first goal for Bayern II on 12 August 2006 . It was the sole goal of the match , helping Bayern Munich II overcome the obstacle of Hoffenheim . Two weeks later , he managed to score once again , taking the credit for opening the score in a 4–4 goal glut against SV Elversberg . Ngwat-Mahop continued to play regularly in Bayern II until the end of the season , featuring in 33 matches , out of 34 , all as a starter . He also added five more to his tally , to reach a total of seven goals in the 2006–07 Regionalliga campaign . While approaching the closing stages of the season , his good performances with Bayern Munich II made Ottmar Hitzfeld , the manager of Bayerns first team , to call him to train with the professional squad . Due to the injuries of a lot of first team players , Ngwat-Mahop was included in Bayerns squad for a match against Borussia Mönchengladbach , although he did not get any playing time in that match . Ngwat-Mahop was also included in Bayerns squad for yet another match , this time against for an away contest against Energie Cottbus . In this match , on 12 May 2007 , he was brought in , to replace Ali Karimi in the 88th minute , wearing number 38 , to make his full professional debut for FC Bayern Munich , in what was an away 0–3 win for his team . That was his sole appearance in the Bundesliga for the 2006–07 season . Passport issue . On 29 June 2007 , just before Bayerns Asian tour in Hong-Kong , Ngwat-Mahop found out that he had lost his French passport and started the procedure to get a new one , so he could follow his team in the tour . Upon his request , French authorities found out that Ngwat-Mahops passport had the same number as that of a woman residing in Paris . After the Bayern Munich officials were informed of the passport issue they decided to terminate his contract . After that Ngwat-Mahop started travelling in France and Germany with the German police in his pursuit . Meanwhile , 1 . FC Saarbrücken , having just been relegated from Regionalliga Süd , sued Bayern for an alleged 1 million € losses due to its relegation . 1 . FC Saarbrücken asked FC Bayern Munich II to lose every game that Ngwat-Mahop was included . This would result in Bayerns II relegation instead of Saarbrücken . Saarbrücken finally lost the case in court , a case called ridiculous by Bayerns president Uli Hoeneß . Red Bull Salzburg . After being released by FC Bayern Munich Ngwat-Mahop ended up as a trialist in Red Bull Salzburg . He managed to persuade FC Red Bull Salzburgs manager Giovanni Trapattoni of his football skills and he signed a two-year contract with the Austrian club . After the signing of his contract he was sent to Red Bull Salzburg Juniors to get playing time . There he made his debut in a 5–1 away defeat by FK Austria Wien II . In his second match with Red Bull Salzburg Juniors he handed two assists , to his teammates Vujic and Kitzbichler , to help them score the first and second goal of their team in a 2–2 home draw with SC-ESV Parndorf . He scored his first goal for his team in a 1–3 away win against DSV Leoben in the 70th minute after an assist by Öbster . In his next match Ngwat-Mahop scored once , in a 2–1 home win against Austria Lustenau . On 26 October , he netted a goal in the 80th minute of a 2–0 home win against Bad Aussee , to put the game beyond any doubt . In the next match against SK Schwadorf he proved himself a prolific forward by scoring the opening goal of the match , in the first minute , and serving the second to his teammate David Witteveen . Red Bull Salzburg Juniors finally lost the game by a 3–2 scoreline . Ngwat-Mahop continued scoring for his team in 2–1 home win against FK Austria Wien II , by scoring the opening goal of the match . Ngwat-Mahop featured in 13 matches and scored five goals for Red Bull Salzburg Juniors until the winter break . That resulted in him being called to play with FC Red Bull Salzburgs first team . After playing in some friendly matches with Red Bull Salzburg during the winter break , he made his league debut for the club on 23 February 2008 , in a 3–1 away defeat from Austria Wien , as he replaced Alexander Zickler in the 52nd minute . Ngwat-Mahop continued to feature regularly in Red Bull Salzburgs playing squad until the end of the season , although mostly as a substitute . He also managed to score his first goal with Red Bull Salzburg in a 3–0 home win against Sturm Graz . At the end of the season he totalled one goal in 12 appearances . In April 2008 , Ngwat-Mahop signed a contract extension with Red Bull Salzburg until the summer of 2011 . Ngwat-Mahop contributed greatly in his clubs season opener , as he scored the fourth goal and assisted the sixth , in Red Bull Salzburgs 6–0 home devastation against SV Mattersburg . A few days later he added two more to his tally , as his club won Armenian club Banants by a 7–0 scoreline at home , for the first Qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup . He once again scored in his clubs first leg match for the second Qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup , against Lithuanian club FK Sūduva . He continued his scoring trends three days later for the first round of the ÖFB-Cup , in a 1–4 away win against Pasching . It took him almost a month to find the net again , as he scored the last goal in his clubs 4–2 home win against Vöcklabrucker for the 2nd round of the ÖFB-Cup . A week later he managed to score the opening goal , in Red Bull Salzburgs 2–2 away draw against Sturm Graz . Until the end of the season he featured regularly in his teams matches , although mostly as a substitute , and only managed to score one more goal in a 4–1 home win against Austria Kärnten . At the end he counted 36 appearances with Red Bull Salzburg , of which 27 in the Bundesliga , six in the UEFA Cup and three in the ÖFB-Cup . Out of these matches he scored a total of eight goals , of which three in the Bundesliga , three in the UEFA Cup and two in the ÖFB-Cup . In the summer of 2009 there were rumours that 1860 Munich was interested in signing him . Finally Ngwat-Mahop stayed with Red Bull Salzburg and he featured in the whole match , in what was Red Bull Salzburgs first match of the season , a 1–1 home draw against Irish outfit Bohemians for the second Qualifying round of the 2009–2010 UEFA Champions League . He was , once again , a starter at Red Bull Salzburg opening match of the 2009–10 Bundesliga season , but he was substituted in the 40th minute by his fellow countryman Somen Tchoyi . Later it was known that Ngwat-Mahop suffered a tear of the left anterior thigh muscle , an injury that would keep him out of action for months . He managed to fully heal from his injury and play again for Red Bull Salzburg almost nine months later , in a 4–2 home win against SC Magna Wiener Neustadt , as he came in as a late substitute for Somen Tchoyi . At the meantime Ngwat-Mahop played in five games for Red Bull Salzburg Juniors managing to score four goals , two of them in a single match , a 3–0 home win against SC Austria Lustenau . At the end of the season he had only managed to play in two league games and one European game for Red Bull Salzburg and did not score any goals . Ngwat-Mahop played in Red Bull Salzburgs opening match for the 2010–11 Bundesliga season , on 17 July 2010 , coming in as a substitute in the 57th minute , in what was a 0–0 away draw against SV Kapfenberg . Three days later he once again played as a substitute for Jakob Jantscher , in his teams second leg match , against Faroese champions HB Torshavn for the second Qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League . He scored his first goal of the season in a match for the 1st round of the ÖFB-Cup against St . Pölten II , that Red Bull Salzburg won by 1–4 . On 24 August , he made the cross that resulted in Red BullSalzburgs goal , in his teams second leg match for the third Qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League against Hapoel Tel Aviv . Ngwat-Mahop was substituted in the 65th minute of a match that ended a 1–1 draw , resulting in Red Bull Salzburgs elimination . Later it was made known that he was again injured , and due to this he made his come back with Red Bull Salzburg almost three months later , in a 2–0 home win against Sturm Graz . That was meant to be Ngwat-Mahops last game with the Red Bull Salzburg shirt , as in January he was sold to Greek Superleague outfit Iraklis Thessaloniki for an undisclosed fee . Iraklis Thessaloniki . On 8 January 2011 , Greek club Iraklis Thessaloniki announced that it had signed Ngwat-Mahop until the summer of 2012 . He debuted for the Greek club on 23 January 2011 , as he was in the starting line-up in a 3–0 away defeat by AO Kavala . At the time he was substituted , in the 57th minute , the scoreline was 0–0 . Ngwat-Mahop scored his first goal with Iraklis , by opening his clubs tally in a 1–2 away win against Panserraikos . His goal was scored after an assist by teammate Karim Soltani and helped Iraklis to record its first away win in eleven months . Karlsruher SC . In 2011 , he returned to Germany , signing with Karlsruher SC . He made his league debut on 10 September 2011 , where he scored the clubs second consolation goal , in a 2–4 away defeat against Fortuna Düsseldorf . Rheindorf Altach . Ngwat-Mahop signed for Rheindorf Altach in the summer of 2012 . One day after his commitment with the club , on 7 August 2012 , he made his debut in a 1–4 home defeat against St . Pölten , where he even managed to score his first goal . Throughout the season he appeared in 33 matches ending up being the clubs second league goalscorer with 10 goals . Ngwat-Mahop left the club at the end of the 2018–19 season . However , it was announced on 24 July 2019 , that he would continue for the clubs Junior team/reserve team to act there as a leader . In addition , Ngwat-Mahop would also be responsible for the integration of foreign and young players for the first team of the club . Honours . Red Bull Salzburg - Austrian Football Bundesliga : 2008–09 , 2009–10 Rheindorf Altach - Austrian Football First League : 2013–14