Jesús Owono

Jesús Owono
	Owono with Equatorial Guinea in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Jesús Lázaro Owono Ngua Akeng
Date of birth	1 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Bata, Equatorial Guinea
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Alavés
Number	13
Youth career
2009–2013	Antiguoko
2013–2017	Real Sociedad
2016–2017	→ Antiguoko (loan)
2017–2019	Alavés
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2021	San Ignacio
2021–2022	Alavés B
2021–	Alavés
International career‡
	Basque Country U16
2019–	Equatorial Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Jesús Lázaro Owono Ngua Akeng (born 1 March 2001) is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés and the Equatorial Guinea national team.^[4]

Early life

Owono was born in Bata and moved to the Basque Country, Spain during his childhood. He joined Antiguoko at age 8.^[5] He represented the Basque Country at under–16 level.^[5]

Club career

Owono made his La Liga debut for Alavés on 2 January 2022. He is the first Equatorial Guinea international footballer born in the country to appear in a Spanish top-league match.

International career

Owono, at the age of 17, received his first senior call up by Equatorial Guinea in September 2018.^[6] He made his debut on 25 March 2019, playing the whole second half of a 3–2 friendly loss to Saudi Arabia. He was called up to the national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2024^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
San Ignacio	2019–20	Tercera División	24	0	—		—		24	0
	2020–21	Tercera División	21	0	—		—		21	0
	Total		45	0	—		—		45	0
Alavés B	2021–22	Tercera División RFEF	22	0	—		—		22	0
Alavés	2021–22	La Liga	1	0	4	0	—		5	0
	2022–23	Segunda División	1	0	3	0	—		4	0
	2023–24	La Liga	4	0	1	0	—		5	0
	Total		6	0	8	0	—		14	0
Career total			73	0	8	0	0	0	81	0

International

As of 20 November 2023^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Equatorial Guinea	2019	1
	2020	2
	2021	7
	2022	7
	2023	7
Total		24

References

^ "Plantilla Cadete txiki". Real Sociedad Fundazioa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jesús Owono at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ "Jesús Owono" (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Homenaje" (in Spanish). Real Sociedad de Fútbol S.A.D. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Acción Sport" (in Spanish). Jesús Lázaro Ngua. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ Ortiz de Urbina, Natxo (24 September 2018). "Un juvenil del Glorioso convocado con la absoluta de Guinea (Vídeo)" (in Spanish). Kirol Exprés. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ Quintieri, Emilio (8 January 2024). "Sampdoria, niente Costa d'Avorio per Hugo Buyla: Il motivo". Club Doria 46.
^ "Jesús Owono". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

External links

Jesús Owono at BDFutbol
Jesús Owono at National-Football-Teams.com

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[RSF-1] "Plantilla Cadete txiki". Real Sociedad Fundazioa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[SW-2] Jesús Owono at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[3] "Jesús Owono" (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[4] "Homenaje" (in Spanish). Real Sociedad de Fútbol S.A.D. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[ASp-5] "Acción Sport" (in Spanish). Jesús Lázaro Ngua. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[6] Ortiz de Urbina, Natxo (24 September 2018). "Un juvenil del Glorioso convocado con la absoluta de Guinea (Vídeo)" (in Spanish). Kirol Exprés. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[7] Quintieri, Emilio (8 January 2024). "Sampdoria, niente Costa d'Avorio per Hugo Buyla: Il motivo". Club Doria 46.

[8] "Jesús Owono". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

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