Jean Onana
Jean Emile Junior Onana Onana (born 8 January 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Cameroon national team.[1][2]
![]() Onana in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jean Emile Junior Onana Onana | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 January 2000 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lens | |||||||||||||||
Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Nkufo Academy | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Leixões | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Lille B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Lille | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Mouscron (loan) | 28 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Bordeaux | 26 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Lens | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2020– | Cameroon | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:10, 1 March 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:10, 1 March 2023 (UTC) |
Club career
On 31 January 2020, Onana joined Lille from Leixões.[3] Onana made his professional debut with Lille in a 2–1 Ligue 1 loss to Marseille on 16 February 2020.[4] In August 2020, he joined Belgian club Mouscron along with some Lille players on loan,[5] where he received a red card in a Division A match defeat to Kortrijk on 13 September.[6]
On 30 August 2021, Onana moved to Ligue 1 club Bordeaux on a five-year contract.[7] On 1 September 2022, he signed for his former club Lille's rivals Lens on a five-year contract.[8] He made his first appearance with Lens on 4 September 2023 against Reims.
International career
Onana made his Cameroon national team debut on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Japan.[9][10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 1 March 2023[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leixões | 2018–19 | Liga Portugal 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Lille | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Mouscron (loan) | 2020–21 | First Division A | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | |
Bordeaux | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | |
2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 3 | |||
Lens | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 68 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3 |
References
- "Player". Ligue1. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- "Biography of Jean Onana | BeSoccer". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- "Le milieu camerounais Jean Onana est Lillois | Lille LOSC". www.losc.fr.
- "Lille vs. Olympique Marseille - 16 February 2020". Soccerway.
- "Royal Excel Mouscron sign Ivorian and Lille centre back". Goal.com. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "KV Kortrijk vs. Excel Mouscron - 13 September 2020". Soccerway.
- "Junior Onana rejoint les Girondins" (in French). Bordeaux. 30 August 2021.
- "Jean Onana, du coffre dans l'entrejeu" (in French). RC Lens. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- "Japan v Cameroon game report". ESPN. 8 October 2020.
- "Cameroon - J. Onana - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- "Jean Onana".
- AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.