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Didier Ovono
Ovono with Le Mans in 2009
Personal information
Full name Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang
Date of birth (1983-01-23) 23 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Port-Gentil, Gabon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

Club career

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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

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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

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International

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As of matches played on 23 March 2019[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Gabon 2003 7 0
2004 6 0
2005 5 0
2006 3 0
2007 3 0
2008 9 0
2009 7 0
2010 10 0
2011 7 0
2012 11 0
2013 5 0
2014 7 0
2015 12 0
2016 7 0
2017 6 0
2018 6 0
2019 1 0
Total 112 0

See also

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References

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  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. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Cameroon 0-1 Gabon". 11 October 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "AfricanFootball · Gabon". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ "2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (14 May 2017). "Gabon goalkeeper Ovono retires from international football". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. ^ Didier Ovono at National-Football-Teams.com
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