Juvenal Edjogo-Owono

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Edjogo-Owono and the second or maternal family name is Montalbán.
Juvenal
Personal information
Full nameJuvenal Edjogo-Owono Montalbán
Date of birth (1979-04-03) 3 April 1979
Place of birthSabadell, Spain
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubCornellà
Youth career
Espanyol
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–1999Vilassar Mar
1999–2003Espanyol B85(15)
2001–2002→ Levante (loan)19(0)
2003–2004Racing Santander0(0)
2004Castellón17(5)
2004–2005Alavés19(0)
2005–2007Recreativo26(1)
2007Tenerife13(2)
2007–2008Cartagena29(2)
2008–2013Sabadell157(19)
2013–Cornellà0(0)
National team‡
2003–Equatorial Guinea28(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Juvenal Edjogo-Owono Montalbán (born 3 April 1979), simply known as Juvenal, is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays for UE Cornellà in Tercera División, as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, to an Equatoguinean father and an Andalusian mother, Juvenal played in the lower leagues in four of his first five years as a senior, including three with RCD Espanyol's reserves, who loaned him to Levante UD in 2001 for his first professional experience (Segunda División). In the 2003–04 season he was part of Racing de Santander's La Liga roster, but did not appear in the competition for the Cantabrians, being released in the January transfer window.

In the following two seasons Juvenal played in the second level, achieving top flight promotions with both Deportivo Alavés and Recreativo de Huelva. In the 2006–07 campaign he failed that objective with CD Tenerife, also appearing in less than one 1/2 of the league games.

In the 2008 summer, after one season in Segunda División B with FC Cartagena, 29-year-old Juvenal returned to his hometown and signed for CE Sabadell FC, contributing with 34 appearances and five goals in his third year as the Arlequinats returned to division two after an absence of 18 years.

International career

Juvenal qualified for Equatorial Guinea because of his father, born in Niefang – his mother hailed from Andalusia. He made his debut for the national team in 2003 and, between that year and 2008, appeared in eight FIFA World Cup qualification matches, scoring on 7 June 2008 in a 1–4 away defeat against South Africa for the 2010 edition.[1]

In late 2007, Juvenal played in unofficial games against the Region of Murcia[2] and Extremadura.[3]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 September 2007 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Cameroon
1–0
1–0
 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 7 June 2008 Atteridgeville Super Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa  South Africa
4–1
4–1
 2010 World Cup qualification
3 11 November 2012 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Madagascar
1–0
2–0
 2014 World Cup qualification
4 9 June 2012 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Sierra Leone
1–0
2–2
 2014 World Cup qualification
5 9 June 2012 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Sierra Leone
2–2
2–2
 2014 World Cup qualification
6 16 June 2013 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Tunisia
1–0
1–1
 2014 World Cup qualification

Personal

Juvenal's younger brothers, Alberto and José, are also footballers. The former, a forward, also represented Sabadell, but played almost exclusively in the lower divisions, with a brief spell with UE Sant Andreu in the third level.

The latter never competed in higher than the regional divisions.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Juvenal Edjogo-Owono – FIFA competition record
  2. ↑ Murcia gana por la mínima a Guinea Ecuatorial (Murcia gets minimal advantage over Guinea Equatorial); Marca, 26 December 2007 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ La selección extremeña inicia su andadura con una victoria (Extremaduran autonomous team gets going with win); Marca, 28 December 2007 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ La Liga más atractiva (The most attractive league); El Mundo Deportivo, 23 October 2004 (Spanish)

External links

Equatorial Guinea squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Equatorial Guinea
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