Didier Ovono

Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang (born 23 January 1983) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Saumur.

Didier Ovono

Ovono with Le Mans in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang
Date of birth	(1983-01-23) 23 January 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Port-Gentil, Gabon
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Pétro Sport Port-Gentil	?	(0)
2001–2003	AS Mangasport	?	(0)
2004	Sogéa FC	?	(0)
2005	Alianza FC	36	(0)
2006	Paços de Ferreira	0	(0)
2007–2009	Dinamo Tbilisi	49	(0)
2009–2012	Le Mans	81	(0)
2012	Le Mans II	2	(0)
2013	Sochaux	0	(0)
2013	Sochaux II	6	(0)
2013–2017	Oostende	89	(0)
2017–2019	Paris FC	1	(0)
2017–2019	Paris II FC	6	(0)
2021	Haguenau	0	(0)
2021–2022	Trélazé	0	(0)
2022–	Saumur	0	(0)
International career‡
2003–2019	Gabon	112	(0)
2012	Gabon Olympic	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:18, 21 September 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:14, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Club career

In 2008, Ovono won the Georgian League with FC Dinamo Tbilisi. On 22 June 2009, he moved from Dinamo Tbilisi to Le Mans Union Club 72 in Ligue 1 where he was given a three-year contract until June 2012.^[1]

In February 2021 Ovono joined Championnat National 2 club FCSR Haguenau.^[2]

International career

Ovono played at the 2010 African Cup of Nations for the Gabon national team, including a good performance and a clean sheet in Gabon's surprise opening victory over Cameroon.^[3]

In 2012, he played in all four national team matches at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, two of which were clean sheets. As a result, Gabon reached the quarterfinals.^[4][5]

He retired from the national team in May 2017.^[6] Later on, he came out of retirement to be the first Gabonese player to have 100 or more international appearances.^[7]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 23 March 2019^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Gabon	2003	7	0
	2004	6	0
	2005	5	0
	2006	3	0
	2007	3	0
	2008	9	0
	2009	7	0
	2010	10	0
	2011	7	0
	2012	11	0
	2013	5	0
	2014	7	0
	2015	12	0
	2016	7	0
	2017	6	0
	2018	6	0
	2019	1	0
Total		112	0

See also

• List of footballers with 100 or more caps