Jérôme Junior Onguéné (born 22 December 1997) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Cameroon national team.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jérôme Junior Onguéné[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 24) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mbalmayo, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | AS Illzach Modenheim | |||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Sochaux | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Sochaux | 45 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | VfB Stuttgart | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 17 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → FC Liefering (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Red Bull Salzburg | 56 | (7) | |||||||||||||
2021 | → Genoa (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | France U16 | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2013 | France U17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | France U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | France U19 | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | France U20 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2018– | Cameroon | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:56, 10 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:56, 10 August 2022 (UTC) |
On 31 January 2017, Onguéné moved to VfB Stuttgart.[3] He was loaned to FC Red Bull Salzburg on 31 August 2017 until the end of the season.[4] In June 2018 Onguéné moved permanently to Salzburg.[5]
On 15 January 2021, Onguéné moved to Serie A club Genoa, on a loan until the end of the season.[6] The loan included an option to buy.[6]
On 25 March 2022, Onguéné signed a five-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, effective 1 July 2022.[7]
Onguéné won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with France. In August 2018 Onguéné switched his allegiance to Cameroon and was nominated for the match against Comoros in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B.[8] He made his debut for Cameroon in a 1–0 win over Malawi national football team on 12 October 2018.[9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sochaux II | 2013–14 | National 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||||
2015–16 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||||
Sochaux | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | ||||
2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
Total | 45 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 57 | 1 | ||||
VfB Stuttgart II | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
FC Liefering (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian First League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 5 | ||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2018–19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | |||
2019–20 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 34 | 2 | ||||
2020–21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
2021–22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
Salzburg Total | 73 | 11 | 17 | 1 | — | 21 | 1 | — | 111 | 13 | ||||
Genoa (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Career total | 154 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | — | 204 | 14 |
Cameroon
Eintracht Frankfurt – current squad | |
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Cameroon squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations third place | ||
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