Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang (born 23 January 1983) is Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Saumur.
 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) |
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*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) | |||
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)
- Didier Ovono at FootballDatabase.eu
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