Georges Iyem

Central Defender - Victoria United
21 Feb 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Georges Iyem

18 Edition

The Victoria United Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

A brace, and Dilane Ekongolo takes the afternoon — 8.21

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Dilane Ekongolo provided it, and the 8.21 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Georges Iyem keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Victoria United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Dérrick Anye Fru in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Victoria United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Dilane Ekongolo

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Dilane Ekongolo sends Victoria United past Stade Renard de Melong

It finished 2‑0, and it was Dilane Ekongolo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Victoria United.

Player ratings

Stanley Joseph shuts the door

Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Victoria United Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Dilane Ekongolo

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Real improvement from Georges Iyem at Victoria United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Georges Iyem is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Mohamed Niaré in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Victoria United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

Victoria United supporters have found a favourite in Dilane Ekongolo

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Dilane Ekongolo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Jean Marie Dongou sends Victoria United past Cotonsport Garoua

It finished 1‑0, and it was Jean Marie Dongou’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Victoria United.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Jean Marie Dongou

A mark of 7.47, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

In brief