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Gabonese footballer

Didier Ovono
Personal information
Ovono with Le Mans in 2009
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 a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Saumur.

Club career

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.

In February 2021 Ovono joined Championnat National 2 club FCSR Haguenau.

International career

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.

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.

He retired from the national team in May 2017. Later on, he came out of retirement to be the first Gabonese player to have 100 or more international appearances.

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 23 March 2019

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Gabon	2003	7
	2004	6
	2005	5
	2006	3
	2007	3
	2008	9
	2009	7
	2010	10
	2011	7
	2012	11
	2013	5
	2014	7
	2015	12
	2016	7
	2017	6
	2018	6
	2019	1
Total		112

References

"Muc72 actualités nouveautés santé sport people 2017 ..." Muc72 actualité. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
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.
"Cameroon 0-1 Gabon". 11 October 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
"AfricanFootball · Gabon". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
"2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches". Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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.
"Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
Didier Ovono at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Didier Ovono – FIFA competition record (archived)

Gabon squads

v t e Gabon squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Ovono 2 Ambourouet 3 Copa 4 Nguéma Obame 5 Ecuele Manga 6 Akouassaga 7 N'Guéma 8 Cousin (c) 9 P.-E. Aubameyang 10 Djissikadié 11 Mouloungui 12 W. Aubameyang 13 Mbanangoyé 14 Kessany 15 A. Do Marcolino 16 Nguéma Békalé 17 Brou Apanga 18 Moubamba 19 Moundounga 20 F. Do Marcolino 21 Issiémou 22 Bitséki Moto 23 Méyé Coach: Giresse

v t e Gabon squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Ovono (c) 2 Ambourouet 3 Mouele 4 Ebanega 5 Ecuele Manga 6 Boussoughou 7 N'Guéma 8 Palun 9 Aubameyang 10 Cousin 11 Mouloungui 12 Ndong 13 Mbanangoyé 14 Madinda 15 Biyogo Poko 16 Bidonga 17 Brou Apanga 18 Moubamba 19 Moundounga 20 Do Marcolino 21 Méyé 22 Moussono 23 Bitséki Moto Coach: Rohr

v t e Gabon men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics
1 Ovono (c) 2 Dinda 3 Nzambé 4 Engonga 5 Ecuele Manga 6 Ebanega 7 Nono 8 N'Doumbou 9 Aubameyang 10 Madinda 11 Méyé 12 Tandjigora 13 Boussoughou 14 Biyogo Poko 15 H. Ndong 16 E. Ndong 17 Obiang 18 Mfa Mezui 21 Mbingui Coach: Mbourounot

v t e Gabon squad – 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Ovono 2 Appindangoyé 3 Lengoualama 4 Musavu-King 5 Ecuele Manga 6 Obiang 7 Evouna 8 Palun 9 Aubameyang (c) 10 Bulot 11 Madinda 12 Kanga 13 Mbingui 14 Oto'o 15 H. Ndong 16 Mfa Mezui 17 Biyogo Poko 18 N'Doumbou 19 Zé Ondo 20 Sokambi 21 Rogombé 22 D. Ndong 23 Bitséki Coach: Costa

v t e Gabon squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Ovono 2 Appindangoyé 3 Obambou 4 Tandjigora 5 Ecuele Manga 6 Obiang 7 Evouna 8 Palun 9 Aubameyang (c) 10 Lemina 11 Madinda 12 Kanga 13 Mbingui 14 Kevyn 15 Ondo Biyoghé 16 Mfa Mezui 17 Biyogo Poko 18 Martinsson Ngouali 19 Zé Ondo 20 Bouanga 21 Wachter 22 Ndong 23 Bitséki Coach: Camacho

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