Amadou Onana

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Amadou Onana
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Onana playing for Lille in 2021
Personal information
Full name Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana [1]
Date of birth (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 22) [2]
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Everton
Number 8
Youth career
Anderlecht
RWS Bruxelles
0000–2017 Zulte Waregem
2017–2020 1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 1899 Hoffenheim II 1 (0)
2020–2021 Hamburger SV 25 (2)
2021–2022 Lille 32 (1)
2022– Everton 60 (3)
International career‡
2018 Belgium U17 12 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U18 8 (0)
2019 Belgium U19 6 (0)
2021–2022 Belgium U21 7 (1)
2022– Belgium 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:33, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana (born 16 August 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Everton. Born in Senegal, he plays for the Belgium national team. [3]

Contents

Club career

Hamburger SV

Onana joined 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV in mid-2020. [4] He made his professional debut for the club in the first round of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal on 14 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute against 3. Liga side Dynamo Dresden. He scored a header in the 89th minute of the match, which finished as a 4–1 away loss. [5]

Lille

In August 2021, Onana joined Ligue 1 club Lille on a five year deal. [6] He made 32 league appearances in 2021–22, scoring once. [7]

Everton

Onana signed for Premier League club Everton on a five-year contract on 9 August 2022 for a reported £33m including add-ons. [8] He scored his first Premier League goal for Everton, a header from a corner, in a 2–1 home defeat against Southampton on 14 January 2023. [9] On 19 December 2023, Onana missed what would have been the winning penalty for Everton in their 2023–24 EFL Cup quarter-final against Fulham. With the penalties standing at 4–3 in Everton's favour, Onana attempted a penalty with no run up. Onana proceeded to pass the ball along the ground past Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno who easily saved the attempt. Fulham would go on to win 7–6 in the penalty shootout. [10]

International career

On 18 May 2022, Onana was named in the Belgium senior squad for the four 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches in June 2022 against Netherlands, Poland (twice) and Wales respectively. [11] Onana made his full international debut against the Netherlands on 3 June 2022.

On 10 November 2022, Onana was named in the final 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [12] He made two appearances at the tournament, appearing as a substitute in the first group game against Canada and starting against Morocco in the second. He was suspended for Belgium's final match, as the team drew 0–0 with Croatia and were eliminated. [13]

Personal life

Onana was born in Dakar, Senegal to a Senegalese mother and a Cameroonian father. [14] [15] [16] At the age of 11, Onana, with his mother and sister, moved to Brussels, Belgium to join his father. [17]

Onana is a Muslim. [18] He is fluent in five languages: Wolof, French, Dutch, German and English. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 April 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 10———10
Hamburger SV 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 25211——261
Lille 2021–22 Ligue 1 32122—9 [lower-alpha 3] 0433
Everton 2022–23 Premier League 3311010—351
2023–24 Premier League2723041—343
Total6034051—694
Career total11866351901398

International

As of match played 26 March 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium 202240
202350
202420
Total110

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