 Ovono with Le Mans in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Port-Gentil, Gabon | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Pétro Sport Port-Gentil | ? | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | AS Mangasport | ? | (0) |
| 2004 | Sogéa FC | ? | (0) |
| 2005 | Alianza FC | 36 | (0) |
| 2006 | Paços de Ferreira | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 49 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Le Mans | 81 | (0) |
| 2012 | Le Mans II | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Sochaux | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Sochaux II | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Oostende | 89 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Paris FC | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Paris II FC | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | Haguenau | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Trélazé | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Saumur | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2019 | Gabon | 112 | (0) |
| 2012 | Gabon Olympic | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:18, 21 September 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:14, 5 August 2019 (UTC) | |||
Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang (born 23 January 1983) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Saumur.
Club career
[edit]In 2008, Ovono won the Georgian League with FC Dinamo Tbilisi. On 22 June 2009, he moved from Dinamo Tbilisi to Le Mans Union Club 72 in Ligue 1 where he was given a three-year contract until June 2012.[1]
In February 2021 Ovono joined Championnat National 2 club FCSR Haguenau.[2]
International career
[edit]Ovono played at the 2010 African Cup of Nations for the Gabon national team, including a good performance and a clean sheet in Gabon's surprise opening victory over Cameroon.[3]
In 2012, he played in all four national team matches at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, two of which were clean sheets. As a result, Gabon reached the quarterfinals.[4][5]
He retired from the national team in May 2017.[6] Later on, he came out of retirement to be the first Gabonese player to have 100 or more international appearances.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of matches played on 23 March 2019[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 2003 | 7 | 0 |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 112 | 0 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Muc72 actualités nouveautés santé sport people 2017 ..." Muc72 actualité. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^ Juillard, Patrick (2 February 2021). "Didier Ovono : "Je me sens comme un gardien de 20 ans"". football365. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Cameroon 0-1 Gabon". 11 October 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "AfricanFootball · Gabon". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (14 May 2017). "Gabon goalkeeper Ovono retires from international football". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Didier Ovono at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Didier Ovono – FIFA competition record (archived)
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