Cedric Evina

Cedric Evina

Personal information
Full name	David Cedric Yannick Evina-Si [1]
Date of birth	(1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Cameroon
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s)	Left wing back
Youth career
2000–2010	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Arsenal	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Oldham Athletic (loan)	12	(1)
2011	Oldham Athletic	15	(1)
2011–2014	Charlton Athletic	23	(0)
2014–2018	Doncaster Rovers	77	(1)
2017–2018	→ Crawley Town (loan)	34	(0)
2018–2019	Notts County	17	(0)
2020	Romford	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:38, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

David Cedric Yannick Evina-Si (born 16 November 1991) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder.

Club career

Arsenal

As a nine-year-old playing district football in Barnet, Evina was invited by Liam Brady's scouting team for a trial. He then signed up and made his way up through the club's youth teams.^{[ citation needed ]} He signed professional terms with the club in August 2009 and then followed this up with captaining the club's 2009–10 FA Youth Cup side, ^[3] as well being a key part of the FA Premier Academy League winning team. He also played 11 times for the Reserves.

On 5 October 2010, he joined Oldham Athletic on loan until 4 January 2011. ^{[4] [5]} He made his Football League debut on 9 October 2010 in a League One match against Brentford. ^[6] He scored his first ever professional goal against Rochdale on 27 November 2010. ^[7]

Oldham Athletic

On 28 January 2011, Evina was signed on a free transfer by Paul Dickov after being released from Arsenal and impressing on his loan. ^[8] Evina's first goal after signing came in a 4–0 win against Hartlepool United with a strike in the top right hand corner. Evina went on to make a further 14 appearances for Oldham, predominantly occupying the left-back spot and occasionally left-wing. His impressive performances during the season earned Evina Oldham's Young Player of the Year award. ^{[9] [10] [11]} At the end of the 2010–11 season he was offered a new contract by Oldham. ^[12] On 9 June it was confirmed by the club that Evina had rejected a new contract ^[13] due to personal reasons. ^{[14] [15]} Evina stated in an interview with the club that "Manchester is a long way from home and I decided I wanted to be closer to my family", and went on to state it was nothing to do with the club or the monetary contract. ^[16]

Charlton Athletic

Evina signed a two-year contract at Charlton Athletic in June 2011. ^[17] He found first team opportunities limited at Charlton in the 2011–12 season and made only one start for the club. Following an injury to regular left-back Rhoys Wiggins against Crystal Palace at the start of the 2012–13 season, Evina was subsequently handed a run of games in the side. However, he too picked up an injury which left him out of the side for almost two months. With Wiggins still sidelined, Evina returned to the fold and impressed the fans with some solid performances. On 19 July 2013, Evina signed a new one-year deal. ^[18] On 22 May 2014, he was released from Charlton Athletic. ^[19]

Doncaster Rovers

Evina signed for Doncaster Rovers on 30 July 2014 on a two-year contract. ^[20]

On 12 December 2015, Evina signed a new two and a half-year contract which will see him remain at Keepmoat Stadium until the summer of 2018. ^[21]

On 30 June 2017, Evina joined League Two side Crawley Town on a season-long loan. ^[22]

Notts County

On 14 September 2018, Evina signed for Notts County. ^[23]

He was released by Notts County at the end of the 2018–19 season. ^[24]

Romford

On 15 January 2020, Evina signed for Romford. ^[25] However, after a couple of training sessions with Romford in January, he decided it wasn’t for him and extended his hiatus to work on projects outside of football. ^[26]

International career

Evina is eligible to play for three countries, Cameroon, where he was born, France, where he grew up and England, where he has lived for several years. ^[27] He was named in the provisional squad for France's Under-20 team for the 2011 Toulon Tournament, however he did not make the final cut and was not chosen for the final squad. ^[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 January 2019. ^[28]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal	2010–11	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oldham Athletic (loan)	2010–11	League One	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
Oldham Athletic	2010–11	League One	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
Charlton Athletic	2011–12	League One	3	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	9	0
	2012–13	Championship	12	0	1	0	1	0	—		14	0
	2013–14	Championship	8	0	2	0	2	0	—		12	0
	Total		23	0	6	0	5	0	1	0	35	0
Doncaster Rovers	2014–15	League One	19	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	24	0
	2015–16	League One	42	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	49	1
	2016–17	League Two	16	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	21	0
	Total		77	1	4	0	5	0	8	0	94	1
Crawley Town (loan)	2017–18	League Two	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0
Notts County	2018–19	League Two	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	0
Romford	2019–20	Isthmian League North Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			178	3	12	0	10	0	10	0	210	3

Honours

• Oldham Athletic Young Player of the Year Award: 2011 ^{[11] [9]}

References

1. "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/10/2010 and 31/10/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
2. "Cedric Evina profile". ESPNsoccernet. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
3. "Evina – Belief got us through shoot-out". Arsenal F.C. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
4. "Cedric Evina joins Oldham Athletic on loan". Arsenal F.C. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
5. "Cedric Evina extends Oldham Athletic loan". Arsenal F.C. 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
6. "Brentford 1–3 Oldham". BBC Sport. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
7. "Dale and Latics share spoils". Sky Sports.com.
8. "Latics sign Evina on free". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
9. "MATCH REPORT: Oldham Athletic 4 Hartlepool United 0". Hartlepool Mail.co.uk. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
10. "Oldham Athletic 4–0 Hartlepool United". Goal.com.
11. Chambers, Matthew (28 April 2011). "Lee's simply the best". Oldham Evening Chronicle. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
12. "Lactics offer new contracts". Sky Sports. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
13. "Cedric Evina rejects Oldham Athletic contract offers". BBC Sport. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
14. "Evina Rejects New Latics Contract". Oldham Athletic AFC. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
15. "Evina Rejects New Latics Contract". Latics Player. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2014.(subscription required)
16. "Why I'm Leaving Latics – Evina". Oldham Athletic AFC. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
17. "Cedric signs". Charlton Athletic F.C. 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
18. "Evina signs on for another year". Charlton Athletic. 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
19. "Charlton announce list of released players". Charlton Athletic. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
20. "Cedric Evina: Doncaster Rovers sign former Charlton full-back". BBC Sport. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
21. "Evina Pens New Deal". www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
22. "Cedric Evina signs for the Reds". Crawley Town Official Site. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
23. "Notts County sign free agents Cedric Evina and Jamie Turley". Nottingham Post. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
24. "Notts County: Jon Stead and David Vaughan among 12 released". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
25. "Romford sign Evina". www.betvictoristhmian.co.uk. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
26. CEDRIC EVINA: ‘LETTING WOJCIECH SZCZESNY GO WAS ONE OF ARSENAL’S BIGGEST MISTAKES’, arseblog.news, 16 April 2020
27. "Evina, Tounkara Miss Out on French Call Up". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
28. "C. Evina". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

External links

• Cedric Evina at Soccerbase
• Arsenal profile
• Cedric Evina at Soccerway