Jean Onana

Jean Emile Junior Onana Onana (born 8 January 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer[1] who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Bordeaux.[2][3]

Jean Onana
Personal information
Full name Jean Emile Junior Onana Onana
Date of birth (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bordeaux
Number 8
Youth career
Nkufo Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Leixões 1 (0)
2020–2021 Lille II 1 (0)
2020–2021 Lille 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Mouscron (loan) 28 (2)
2021– Bordeaux 11 (2)
National team
2020– Cameroon 1 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
2021 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2021

Club career

On 31 January 2020, Onana joined Lille OSC from Leixões.[4] Onana made his professional debut with Lille in a 2-1 Ligue 1 loss to Marseille on 16 February 2020.[5] In August 2020, he joined Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron along with some Lille players on loan,[6] where he received a red card in a Division A match defeat to Kortrijk on 13 September.[7]

On 30 August 2021, he moved to Bordeaux on a five-year contract.[8] He missed the 2021 AFCON after an injury during Bordeaux’s 3-2 home loss to Lille in midweek in the French top-flight.[1]

International career

Onana made his Cameroon national team debut on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Japan.[9][10]

Honours

Cameroon

References
  1. "Cameroon's Jean Junior Onana set to miss AFCON after injury - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. "Player". Ligue1. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. "Biography of Jean Onana | BeSoccer". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. "Le milieu camerounais Jean Onana est Lillois | Lille LOSC". www.losc.fr.
  5. "Lille vs. Olympique Marseille - 16 February 2020 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  6. "Royal Excel Mouscron sign Ivorian and Lille centre back". Goal.com. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. "KV Kortrijk vs. Excel Mouscron - 13 September 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  8. "Junior Onana rejoint les Girondins" (in French). Bordeaux. 30 August 2021.
  9. "Japan v Cameroon game report". ESPN. 8 October 2020.
  10. "Cameroon - J. Onana - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  11. AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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