CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Charlotte Independence today announced that former Cameroon international Fabrice Ngah will return for his third consecutive season with the Jacks, pending league and federation approval. In 2024, he tallied 19 appearances with 11 starts, adding one goal and two assists from the left back position.

"Fabrice has the potential to be a top left-sided player in USL League One," shared Charlotte Head Coach Mike Jeffries. "He is powerful defensively and matches up well physically with most anyone in the league. He is an excellent passer from the back and is able to make runs and plays in the final third."

The year prior, Ngah played in 23 matches with five starts. His long pass success rate was among the best on the team in 2023, the same year he scored his first goal with the Independence.

"I am very happy and pleased to be back with the Charlotte Independence family," Ngah expressed. "My teammates and I thank the technical staff and the club's managers for their confidence in me as a person, and I promise the supporters to give everything this season; why not win the USL League One title? I look forward to seeing everyone again soon."

Before Ngah's time with Canon Yaoundé, he played with Egyptian side Ceramica Cleopatra FC in the Egyptian Premier League, making 12 appearances for the Gold and Blood across Premier League and Egypt Cup play.

Ngah spent the majority of his professional career with Moroccan power Raja Club Athletic in the top-flight Botola Pro. He made a combined 53 appearances across three seasons from 2018-20 in CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Super Cup, Moroccan Throne Cup and Botola Pro play. He scored two goals, earned two assists and won the CAF Super Cup (2019) and Botola Pro (2020) with RCA.

Ngah started his time in Morocco with Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi in 2017 before he left in 2018. He made 30 appearances and registered one goal with four assists. He started his professional career in Cameroon with Les Astres FC in 2013 after developing in the club's youth system between 2009-14. 

Ngah debuted for his native Cameroon against the Central African Republic in the 2014 CEMAC Cup. In the final edition of the CEMAC Cup, organized by the Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC), the non-FIFA tournament featured only local league players from six Central African countries.

Ngah began his official international career with the Cameroon youth national team in 2017, appearing in two 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations group stage matches against Sudan and Senegal in 2017. Ngah received his first senior team call-up in March 2018 in an international friendly victory against Kuwait. Most recently, Ngah made two appearances and was an unused substitute in two additional Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for the Indomitable Lions between Nov. 2020 and March 2021.