Oumar Gonzalez

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Oumar Gonzalez
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Gonzalez with Cameroon in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Raed
Number 21
Youth career
2005–2008 US Baille
2008–2013 Air Bel
2013–2015 Metz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Metz B 11 (1)
2016–2017 → Épinal (loan) 24 (2)
2017–2018 → Rodez (loan) 12 (1)
2018–2019 → Villefranche (loan) 30 (1)
2019–2021 Chambly 40 (2)
2019–2021 Chambly B 1 (0)
2021–2023 Ajaccio 64 (3)
2023– Al-Raed 17 (3)
International career‡
2019 Cameroon U23 3 (0)
2023– Cameroon 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 January 2024

Oumar Gonzalez (born 25 February 1998) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed and the Cameroon national team.

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Club career

On 10 August 2015, Gonzalez signed his first professional contract with Metz. [1] After several seasons out on loan at different clubs, [2] he signed with Chambly on 7 June 2019. [3] Gonzalez made his professional debut with the club in a 1–0 Ligue 2 win over Valenciennes on 26 July 2019. [4]

On 17 August 2023, Gonzalez joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed. [5]

International career

Gonzalez represented the Cameroon U23s at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. [6]

He made his senior international debut for Cameroon on 10 June 2023, in a friendly match against Mexico, playing the full 90 minutes.

On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Cameroonian players selected by Rigobert Song to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Personal life

Born in Cameroon, Gonzalez took his adoptive Mexican father's Spanish surname. [7] He holds Cameroonian, French and Mexican nationalities. [8] [9]

Career statistics

As of match played on 27 May 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metz B 2015–16 CFA 2 111————111
Épinal (loan) 2016–17 National 24230———272
Rodez (loan) 2017–18 National12100———121
Villefranche (loan) 2018–19 National30151———352
Chambly 2019–20 Ligue 2 2111000——221
2020–21 19100———191
Total4021000——412
Chambly B 2019–20 National 3 10————10
Ajaccio 2021–22 Ligue 234300———343
2022–23 Ligue 1 30020———320
Total64320———663
Al-Raed 2023–24 Saudi Pro League 31310———323
Career total2131312100000022514

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References

  1. ↑ "Deux nouveaux professionnels au FC Metz". L'essentiel. 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Oumar Gonzalez, nouvelle recrue". 31 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Officiel : Chambly signe Oumar Gonzalez, en provenance de Metz". MaLigue2. 7 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Chambly vs. Valenciennes - 26 July 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "رسمياً.. الرائد يضم المدافع الكاميروني 'غونزاليس'". أخبار 24. 17 August 2023.
  6. ↑ à 19h02, Par Anthony YatkinLe 19 novembre 2019 (19 November 2019). "Football : le rêve brisé d'Oumar Gonzalez". leparisien.fr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ à 19h02, Par Anthony Yatkin Le 19 novembre 2019 (19 November 2019). "Football : le rêve brisé d'Oumar Gonzalez". leparisien.fr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Joueur". Ligue2.
  9. ↑ "Un 'mexicano' en la Copa Africana de Naciones". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 2 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Oumar Gonzalez at Soccerway
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