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Bel Durel Avounou (born 25 September 1997) is a Congolese professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who last plays as
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for
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club
Çorum Çorum () is a northern Anatolian city in Turkey. Çorum is located inland in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey and is approximately from Ankara and from Istanbul. It is the seat of Çorum Province and of Çorum District.< ...
and the
Congo national football team The Congo national football team ( Kikongo: ''Ekipe ya nkweso ya nsi ya Kongo'') represents the Republic of the Congo in men's association football and is governed by the Congolese Football Federation. They have never qualified for the World C ...
.


Club career

Born in
Brazzaville Brazzaville () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Administratively, it is a Departments of the Republic of the Congo, department and a Communes of the Republic of the Congo, commune. Constituting t ...
, Avounou began his career with CESD La Djiri before signing a five-year contract with French team
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in 2015. He made his senior debut on 5 August 2017 in the
Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...
first-round game at
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. He spent the 2018–19 season on loan with
Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
side
Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and
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, signing a one-year contract with the option of an additional year in June 2020. On 10 June 2022, Avounou signed a one-year contract, with an option for a second year, with
Ümraniyespor Ümraniyespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Ümraniye, Istanbul. The club has played in red-and-white kits since its formation in 1938. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 3,513-capacity Ümraniye Belediyesi Š...
in Turkey. In July 2023 he signed for Romanian club
CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...
. He left the club in July 2024. In August 2024 he signed for
TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...
club
Çorum Çorum () is a northern Anatolian city in Turkey. Çorum is located inland in the central Black Sea Region of Turkey and is approximately from Ankara and from Istanbul. It is the seat of Çorum Province and of Çorum District.< ...
.


International career

He made his international debut for the
Republic of Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central ...
in 2015.


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1997 births Living people Footballers from Brazzaville Men's association football midfielders Republic of the Congo men's footballers Republic of the Congo men's international footballers Stade Malherbe Caen players US Orléans players Le Mans FC players Ümraniyespor footballers CFR Cluj players Çorum F.K. footballers Ligue 1 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{RCongo-footy-bio-stub