Fabrice Ondoa

Fabrice Ondoa

Ondoa against Chile in 2017
Personal information
Full name Joseph Fabrice Ondoa Ebogo
Date of birth (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Sevilla B
Number 25
Youth career
2006–2009 Samuel Eto'o Academy
2009–2014 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Barcelona B 0 (0)
2016 Pobla Mafumet 5 (0)
2016–2017 Gimnàstic 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Sevilla B (loan) 2 (0)
2017– Sevilla B 0 (0)
National team‡
2014– Cameroon 35 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2017

Joseph Fabrice Ondoa Ebogo (born 24 December 1995) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Spanish club Sevilla Atlético and the Cameroon national team.

Having made his debut in 2014 at the age of 18, he represented Cameroon at two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, winning the 2017 edition.

Club career

Born in Yaoundé, Ondoa joined FC Barcelona in 2009, aged 13, after starting it out at Samuel Eto'o Foundation.[1] He progressed through the club's youth system, and renewed his link with the Catalans until 2017 in 2014.[2]

In June 2014, Ondoa was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División. However, he was only used as a backup to Adrián Ortolá during the campaign.

On 7 January 2016, Ondoa signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Gimnàstic de Tarragona also in the second level, after rescinding his link with Barça.[3] He was assigned to their farm team, CF Pobla de Mafumet of the third division, and made his senior club debut three days later in a 3–2 loss at CF Reus Deportiu.[4]

On 17 August 2016, Ondoa was loaned to fellow second tier club Sevilla Atlético, for one year.[5] Second choice to Churripi,[6] he made his professional club debut on 18 March 2017 in a 2–1 win at Real Zaragoza, in which he was punished for timewasting by conceding a free kick in the penalty area from which Edu García scored; with two minutes remaining he was sent off for a foul with all substitutions having been made, and debutant defender José María Amo had to replace him in goal.[7]

On 11 May 2017, Ondoa signed for the Andalusians until 2020, as the club exercised his buyout clause.[8]

International career

On 24 August 2014, Ondoa was called up to Cameroon for the matches against DR Congo and the Ivory Coast.[9] Thirteen days later he made his international debut, starting in a 2–0 win against the former,[10] and being later praised by manager Volker Finke.[11]

Ondoa and Barcelona teammate Macky Bagnack were included in the 23-man squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[12] He played all three of their matches at the tournament in Equatorial Guinea, as they came last in their group.

At the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, Ondoa was again the undisputed goalkeeper for the Indomitable Lions. He was man of the match in their quarter-final win over Senegal, in which he saved the decisive attempt from Sadio Mané in the penalty shootout.[13] Cameroon won the title with a 2–1 victory over Egypt in the final, and he was elected into the Team of the Tournament.[14]

Personal life

His cousin, André Onana, also plays as a goalkeeper.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 May 2016[16]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2014–15 Segunda División 00—00
2015–16 Segunda División B 00—00
Total 00—00
Pobla Mafumet 2015–16 Segunda División B 50—50
Career totals 50—50

International

As of 6 February 2017[17]
Cameroon national team
YearAppsGoals
201460
201590
201660
201770
Total280

Honours

Club

Barcelona

Country

Cameroon

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Ondoa: el relevo de Valdés" [Ondoa: Valdés' replacement] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ondoa, la pantera negra del Barça de la generación del 95" [Ondoa, the black panther of Barça from the 95' generation] (in Spanish). Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Nàstic ficha a Fabrice Ondoa" [Nàstic signs Fabrice Ondoa] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "El derbi de Hitchcock" [Hitchcock derby]. El Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). 10 January 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ondoa marxa cedit al filial del Sevilla FC" [Ondoa goes out on loan at Sevilla FC's reserves] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Una oportunidad para Ondoa" [An opportunity for Ondoa] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "El inesperado final del Zaragoza - Sevilla At." [The unexpected finale of Zaragoza–Sevilla At.]. Sport (in Spanish). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "El camerunés Fabrice Ondoa, traspasado al Sevilla Atlético" [Cameroonian Fabrice Ondoa, transferred to Sevilla Atlético] (in Spanish). Diario de Sevilla. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ondoa, Bagnack y Dongou, convocados con la selección de Camerún" [Ondoa, Bagnack and Dongou, called up to Cameroon national team] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ondoa, titular en la victoria de Camerún" [Ondoa, starter in Cameroon's victory] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "Cameroon boss praises 18-year old Ondoa". African Football. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ondoa i Macky, a la Copa d’Àfrica" [Ondoa and Macky, to the African Cup of Nations] (in Catalan). Barcelona's official website. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "AFCON Gabon 2017: Fabrice Ondoa crown man of the match again". CRTV. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  14. 1 2 3 "AFCON 2017: CAF names team of the tournament". Soccer 24. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "Onana-Ondoa: El dulce momento de dos primos que se formaron en el Barça" [Onana-Ondoa: The sweet moment of two cousins who formed in Barça] (in Spanish). Sport. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  16. ↑ Fabrice Ondoa at Soccerway
  17. ↑ Fabrice Ondoa at National-Football-Teams.com
  18. ↑ "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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