Didier Ovono

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Didier Ovono
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Ovono with Le Mans in 2009
Personal information
Full name Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang
Date of birth (1983-01-23) 23 January 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Port-Gentil, Gabon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Saumur.

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Club career

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

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

International

As of matches played on 23 March 2019 [8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Gabon 200370
200460
200550
200630
200730
200890
200970
2010100
201170
2012110
201350
201470
2015120
201670
201760
201860
201910
Total1120

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References

  1. "Muc72 actualités nouveautés santé sport people 2017 ..." Muc72 actualité. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  2. Juillard, Patrick (2 February 2021). "Didier Ovono : "Je me sens comme un gardien de 20 ans"". football365. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. "Cameroon 0-1 Gabon". 11 October 2017 via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "AfricanFootball - Gabon".
  5. "2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches".
  6. Okeleji, Oluwashina (14 May 2017). "Gabon goalkeeper Ovono retires from international football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  7. "Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. Didier Ovono at National-Football-Teams.com