Lionel Abate Etoundi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lionel Abate Etoundi | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chełmianka Chełm | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Fortuna | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | AS Fortuna | ||
| 2019 | → Real Monarchs (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2020 | OFK Žarkovo | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Coton Sport | ||
| 2022 | Kuźnia Ustroń | 14 | (9) |
| 2022–2025 | Podbeskidzie | 37 | (6) |
| 2023 | → Wisła Sandomierz (loan) | 15 | (10) |
| 2025–2026 | Železiarne Podbrezová | 12 | (1) |
| 2025 | → Baník Lehota Vtáčnikom (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2026– | Chełmianka Chełm | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Cameroon U17 | ||
| Cameroon U20 | |||
| Cameroon U23 | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2026 | |||
Lionel Abate Etoundi (born 25 September 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish club Chełmianka Chełm.
Etoundi started his career at local Cameroonian side AS Fortuna, from where he made a loan move to the United States joining Real Monarchs.[citation needed] He made nine appearances and scored once for the team in the 2019 USL Championship season.[1] He was part of the championship winning team.[2]
On 18 January 2022, he joined Polish fifth division club Kuźnia Ustroń.[3] In July 2022, Etoundi moved to I liga side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała, initially to play for their reserve team.[4] On 30 August 2022, he was registered to play in I liga and made his debut for the senior team, scoring once in a 2–1 Polish Cup away loss against Lechia Zielona Góra.[5][6]
On 17 February 2023, he was loaned to fourth division club Wisła Sandomierz until the end of the season.[7]
On 23 January 2025, Etoundi moved to Slovak club Železiarne Podbrezová on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[8]
On 19 January 2026, Etoundi returned to Poland and signed an eighteen-month deal with III liga side Chełmianka Chełm.[9]
