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]
 Owono with Equatorial Guinea in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Lázaro Owono Ngua Akeng[1][2] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 2001[2] | ||
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 | |||
Early life
editOwono 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
editOwono 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
editOwono, 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
editClub
edit- As of match played 26 May 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | 45 | 0 | ||||
| Alavés B | 2021–22 | Tercera División RFEF | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Alavés | 2021–22 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 73 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | ||
International
edit- As of 20 November 2023[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. 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
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