Didier Ovono
Gabonese footballer (born 1983)
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Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang (born 23 January 1983) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
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Ovono with Le Mans in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Port-Gentil, Gabon | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | 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) |
| 2022–2023 | Saumur | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Saumur B | (0) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2019 | Gabon | 112 | (0) |
| 2012 | Gabon Olympic | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:18, 21 September 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:14, 5 August 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
In 2008, Ovono won the Georgian League with Dinamo Tbilisi. On 22 June 2009, he moved from Dinamo Tbilisi to Le Mans 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
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]
