Prince Oniangué

Prince Alban Oniangué (born 4 November 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in France, he plays for the Republic of the Congo at international level.

Prince Oniangué

Oniangué in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Prince Alban Oniangué[1]
Date of birth	(1988-11-04) 4 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1999	Hérouville-Saint-Clair
1999–2005	Caen
2005–2008	Rennes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Rennes	5	(0)
2009–2010	→ Angers (loan)	30	(1)
2010–2013	Tours	84	(13)
2013–2016	Reims	94	(17)
2016–2018	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	(2)
2017	→ Bastia (loan)	14	(3)
2018	→ Angers (loan)	14	(1)
2018–2022	Caen	120	(12)
International career‡
2008–	Congo	41	(9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 01:24, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Paris, Oniangué joined the youth system at Rennes in 2005 from Caen and made his senior debut in 2008.^[2] On 31 July 2009 Rennes announced that Oniangué would join Ligue 2 side Angers on loan for the 2009–10 season.^[3] He made 31 appearances during the loan.^[4]

He left Rennes and joined Ligue 2 club Tours on 6 August 2010, signing a three-year contract.^[5] On 4 June 2013, Oniangué agreed to join Ligue 1 side Reims on a three-year contract.^[6] In December 2014 he extended his contract at the club until 2019.^[7]

Oniangué playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2016

On 15 August 2016, Oniangué signed a four-year contract with English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.^[8] He made his club debut on 20 August 2016 coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 win against Birmingham City.^[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 September 2016 in a 1–1 draw against Burton Albion.^[10]

After falling out of favour with then Wolves head coach Paul Lambert, on 16 January 2017, Oniangué joined Ligue 1 club Bastia for the rest of the 2016–17 season.^[11]

In January 2018, he joined Angers for second half of the 2017–18 season.^[4] On 12 July 2018, Oniangué moved to Ligue 1 club Caen on a permanent deal.^[12] In June 2022, he was released from the club at the expiration of his contract.^[13]

International career

Oniangué made his debut for the Congo national team in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Sudan on 11 October 2008.

On 21 January 2015, Oniangué scored the only goal of a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations group match against Gabon to give Congo its first win at the Africa Cup of Nations since 1974.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 July 2022^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rennes	2008–09	Ligue 1	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
	2009–10	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
Angers (loan)	2009–10	Ligue 2	30	1	1	0	0	0	—		31	1
	Total		30	1	1	0	0	0	—		31	1
Tours	2010–11	Ligue 2	37	3	0	0	0	0	—		37	3
	2011–12	Ligue 2	19	1	3	0	1	1	—		23	2
	2012–13	Ligue 2	28	9	0	0	0	0	—		28	9
	Total		84	13	3	0	1	1	—		88	14
Reims	2013–14	Ligue 1	35	10	1	0	2	1	—		38	11
	2014–15	Ligue 1	32	3	0	0	0	0	—		32	3
	2015–16	Ligue 1	27	4	0	0	1	0	—		28	4
	Total		94	17	1	0	3	1	—		98	18
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2016–17	Championship	10	2	0	0	1	0	—		11	2
	2017–18	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		10	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	2
Bastia (loan)	2016–17	Ligue 1	15	3	0	0	0	0	—		15	3
Angers (loan)	2017–18	Ligue 1	14	1	0	0	1	0	—		15	1
Caen	2018–19	Ligue 1	31	2	1	0	0	0	—		32	2
	2019–20	Ligue 2	21	5	0	0	3	0	—		29	5
	2020–21	Ligue 2	33	2	0	0	0	0	—		33	2
	2021–22	Ligue 2	35	3	0	0	1	0	—		36	4
	Total		120	12	1	0	4	0	—		125	12
Career total			372	49	6	0	10	2	0	0	431	51

International

As of match played 11 October 2018^[16]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Congo	2008	1	0
	2009	1	0
	2010	2	0
	2011	3	1
	2012	4	0
	2013	5	0
	2014	7	2
	2015	9	3
	2016	2	1
	2017	5	0
	2018	2	2
Total		41	9

International goals

Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first.^[16]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 November 2011	Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	4–0	5–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	6 September 2014	U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria	Nigeria	1–1	3–2	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.	10 September 2014	Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Congo	Sudan	2–0	2–0	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.	10 January 2015	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	Cape Verde	2–0	2–3	Friendly
5.	21 January 2015	Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea	Gabon	1–0	1–0	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
6.	14 June 2015	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo	Kenya	1–1	1–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.	4 June 2016	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya	Kenya	1–0	1–2	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.	25 March 2018	Aimé Bergéal, Mantes-la-Jolie, France	Guinea-Bissau	1–0	2–0	Friendly
9.	11 October 2018	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo	Liberia	3–1	3–1	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification