Jesús Owono
![]() Owono with Equatorial Guinea in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jesús Lázaro Owono Ngua Akeng[1][2] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 1 March 2001||
Place of birth | Bata, Equatorial Guinea[2] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper[2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alavés | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2013 | Antiguoko | ||
2013–2017 | Real Sociedad | ||
2016–2017 | → Antiguoko (loan) | ||
2017–2019 | Alavés | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | San Ignacio | 45 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Alavés B | 22 | (0) |
2021– | Alavés | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Basque Country U16 | |||
2019– | Equatorial Guinea | 30 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 |
Jesús Lázaro Owono Ngua Akeng (born 1 March 2001) is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés and the Equatorial Guinea national team.[4]
Early life
[edit]Owono was born in Bata and moved to the Basque Country, Spain during his childhood. He joined Antiguoko at age 8.[5] He represented the Basque Country at under–16 level.[5]
Club career
[edit]Owono made his La Liga debut for Alavés on 2 January 2022. He is the first Equatorial Guinea international footballer born in the country to appear in a Spanish top-league match.
International career
[edit]Owono, at the age of 17, received his first senior call up by Equatorial Guinea in September 2018.[6] He made his debut on 25 March 2019, playing the whole second half of a 3–2 friendly loss to Saudi Arabia. He was called up to the national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 19 May 2021[2]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
San Ignacio | 2019–20 | Tercera División | 24 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Tercera División | 21 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
Alavés B | 2021–22 | Tercera División RFEF | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
International
[edit]- As of 20 November 2023[8]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Equatorial Guinea | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
2022 | 7 | 0 | |
2023 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 24 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Plantilla Cadete txiki". Real Sociedad Fundazioa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Jesús Owono at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Jesús Owono" (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Homenaje" (in Spanish). Real Sociedad de Fútbol S.A.D. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Acción Sport" (in Spanish). Jesús Lázaro Ngua. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Ortiz de Urbina, Natxo (24 September 2018). "Un juvenil del Glorioso convocado con la absoluta de Guinea (Vídeo)" (in Spanish). Kirol Exprés. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Quintieri, Emilio (8 January 2024). "Sampdoria, niente Costa d'Avorio per Hugo Buyla: Il motivo". Club Doria 46.
- ^ "Jesús Owono". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Jesús Owono at BDFutbol
- Jesús Owono at National-Football-Teams.com
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Bata, Equatorial Guinea
- Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Fang people
- Equatoguinean emigrants to Spain
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Equatoguinean men's footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Antiguoko players
- Real Sociedad footballers
- Deportivo Alavés B players
- Deportivo Alavés players
- Tercera División players
- Tercera Federación players
- La Liga players
- Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 21st-century Equatoguinean people
- 21st-century Spanish people
- Equatoguinean football biography stubs