Nuha Marong

Nuha Marong
Personal information
Full name Nuha Marong Krubally
Date of birth (1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Baleares
Number 7
Youth career
Farners [ca]
Blanes
2008–2010 PB Lloret
2010–2012 Lloret
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Lloret 37 (14)
2013–2016 Llagostera 19 (1)
2014–2015 → Sant Andreu (loan) 28 (2)
2015–2016 → Elche B (loan) 36 (21)
2016–2017 Osasuna B 31 (5)
2017–2018 Saguntino 27 (9)
2018 Castellón 4 (0)
2018–2019 Atlético Baleares 40 (13)
2019–2020 Racing Santander 19 (3)
2020–2021 Granada B 34 (6)
2021–2022 UCAM Murcia 11 (2)
2022 Costa Brava 13 (3)
2022 Bashundhara Kings 10 (3)
2022 Rajasthan United 5 (0)
2023 Kelantan 13 (3)
2024– Atlético Baleares 12 (0)
International career‡
2019– Gambia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2019

Nuha Marong Krubally (born 16 June 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Baleares in the Segunda Federación.[1] Born in Spain, he plays for the Gambia national team.

Club career

Born in Santa Coloma de Farners, Girona, Catalonia to Gambian parents, Nuha represented CE Farners [ca], CD Blanes, Penya Barcelonista de Lloret and CF Lloret as a youth.[2] He made his senior debut with the latter during the 2011–12 season, in the regional leagues.

On 26 June 2013, Nuha joined Segunda División B side UE Llagostera.[3] He was sparingly used during the campaign, but notably scored the winner in a 3–1 home defeat of Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the play-offs, which ensured his team's first-ever promotion to Segunda División.[4]

Nuha subsequently served loan stints at Tercera División sides UE Sant Andreu[5] and Elche CF Ilicitano,[6] scoring a career-best 21 goals for the latter. On 13 July 2016 he moved to another reserve team, CA Osasuna B in the third division.[7]

On 24 June 2017, Nuha signed for Atlético Saguntino still in the third division.[8] The following 17 May, he joined CD Castellón for the fourth tier play-offs,[9] and subsequently agreed to a deal with CD Atlético Baleares on 6 July.[10]

On 9 July 2019, Nuha agreed to a four-year deal with Racing de Santander, newly promoted to Segunda División.[11] On 9 January 2020 he was signed by Granada CF, which first sent him to the reserve team, Club Recreativo Granada.[12]

In 2022, Nuha signed with Bangladeshi outfit Bashundhara Kings. On 18 May, he helped the team winning their 2022 AFC Cup group stage opener with 1–0 margin against Maldivian side Maziya S&RC at the Salt Lake Stadium.

On 29 August 2022, Marong moved to India, signing with I-League side Rajasthan United on a season-long deal.[13][14] He was part of the team's Baji Rout Cup win in Odisha. In January 2023, Morang parted ways with the club.[15]

International career

Nuha has been called up for the Gambia national team on 6 February 2019.[16] He made his debut for the latter on 22 March, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 December 2022[18]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Llagostera 2013–14 Segunda División B 19 2 0 0 — 19 2
Sant Andreu
(loan) 		2014–15 29 2 0 0 — 29 2
Elche B
(loan) 		2015–16 Tercera División 36 21 0 0 — 36 21
Osasuna B 2016–17 Segunda División B 31 5 0 0 — 31 5
Saguntino 2017–18 27 9 3[a] 0 — 30 9
Castellón 2018 Tercera División 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Atlético Baleares 2018–19 Segunda División B 40 13 0 0 — 40 13
Racing
Santander 		2019–20 LaLiga 2 19 3 0 0 — 19 3
Granada B 2019–20 Segunda División B 9 1 0 0 — 9 1
2020–21 25 5 0 0 — 25 5
Granada B total 34 6 0 0 0 0 34 6
UCAM Murcia 2021–22 Primera División RFEF 11 2 1[b] 0 — 12 2
Costa Brava 2021–22 13 3 0 0 — 13 3
Bashundhara
Kings 		2021–22 Bangladesh
Premier League 		10 3 0 0 2[c] 2 12 5
Rajasthan United 2022–23 I-League 5 0 0 0 — 5 0
Career total 278 69 4 0 2 2 284 71
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Federación
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa del Rey
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Cup

Honours

Rajasthan United

  • Baji Rout Cup: 2022[19]

References

  1. ^ Nuha Marong at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ ""En España no veo racismo, solo algunos que pierden la educación"" ["I do not see racism in Spain, only a few who lose their education"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Nuha y Marc Garcia, últimos refuerzos del Llagostera" [Nuha and Marc García, latest additions of Llagostera] (in Spanish). Vavel. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Llagostera obra el milagro y asciende a la Liga Adelante" [Llagostera do the miracle and promote to Liga Adelante] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Nuha Marong (Llagostera), nou jugador del Sant Andreu" [Nuha Marong (Llagostera), new player of Sant Andreu] (in Catalan). UE Sant Andreu. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Nuha y Quaye, dos refuerzos para el Ilicitano" [Nuha and Quaye, two additions for Ilicitano] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Nuha, nuevo jugador de Osasuna Promesas" [Nuha, new player of Osasuna Promesas] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. ^ "El Atlético Saguntino refuerza su delantera con Nuha Marong" [Atlético Saguntino bolster their forward lines with Nuha Marong] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Nuha es el fichaje tras el tiro fallido con Reyes" [Nuha is a signing after the failed attempt with Reyes] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Nuha es el 5º fichaje del proyecto ATB 2018/19" [Nuha is the 5th signing of the 2018/19 ATB project] (in Spanish). CD Atlético Baleares. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Nuha, segundo refuerzo del Racing 2019/20" [Nuha, second addition of Racing 2019/20] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Nuha, traspasado al Granada". Marca.com (in Spanish). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  13. ^ Sarkar, Sattyik (29 August 2022). "Ex-Bashundhara Kings forward Nuha Marong signs for Rajasthan United". khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  14. ^ Shivhare, Shashwat (6 November 2022). "Hero I-League to be a different proposition, says Rajasthan United Head Coach Pushpender Kundu". i-league.org. New Delhi: All India Football Federation Media Team. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  15. ^ Thanveer, Dakir Mohammed (5 January 2023). "Rajasthan United rope in Kyrgyzstan international Atay Dzhumashev". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Nuha Marong es convocado con la selección de Gambia" [Nuha Marong is called up by the Gambia national team] (in Spanish). Canal 4 Diario. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Algeria v Gambia game report". Confederation of African Football. 22 March 2019.
  18. ^ Nuha Marong at Soccerway
  19. ^ Sports Desk, The Bridge (8 November 2022). "Rajasthan United FC wins 2022 Baji Rout Cup". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.