Oumar Gonzalez

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Date of birth (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Oumar Gonzalez
Gonzalez with Cameroon in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Al-Raed
Number 21
Youth career
2005–2008 US Baille
2008–2013 Air Bel
2013–2015 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Metz B 11 (1)
2016–2017Épinal (loan) 24 (2)
2017–2018Rodez (loan) 12 (1)
2018–2019Villefranche (loan) 30 (1)
2019–2021 Chambly 40 (2)
2019–2021 Chambly B 1 (0)
2021–2023 Ajaccio 64 (3)
2023– Al-Raed 56 (6)
International career
2019 Cameroon U23 3 (0)
2023– Cameroon 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 January 2024

Oumar Gonzalez (born 25 February 1998) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed and the Cameroon national team.

On 10 August 2015, Gonzalez signed his first professional contract with Metz.[1] After several seasons out on loan at different clubs,[2] he signed with Chambly on 7 June 2019.[3] Gonzalez made his professional debut with the club in a 1–0 Ligue 2 win over Valenciennes on 26 July 2019.[4]

On 17 August 2023, Gonzalez joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed.[5]

International career

Gonzalez represented the Cameroon U23s at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.[6]

He made his senior international debut for Cameroon on 10 June 2023, in a friendly match against Mexico, playing the full 90 minutes.

On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Cameroonian players selected by Rigobert Song to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Personal life

Born in Cameroon, Gonzalez took his adoptive Mexican father's Spanish surname.[7] He holds Cameroonian, French and Mexican nationalities.[8][9]

Career statistics

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