Dieudonné Owona (born February 28, 1986) is a

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ian

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who plays as a defender for Grande-Synthe in

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Career

Born in

, at the age of 15 Owona moved to

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's Academy in

. In January 2007 Owona joined

FC Brussels Racing White Daring Molenbeek Brussels Football Club, often simply referred to as RWDM Brussels, F.C. Brussels or simply Brussels, was a Belgian professional association football club based in the municipality of Molenbeek, in the Brussels, Bru ...

on loan for the duration of the 2006–07 season. He made his

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début in a game against R.A.E.C. Mons on 20 January; the game finished 1–1. A week later, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 home win over Zulte Waregem. Owona finished the season with 13 appearances. Owana holds Cameroonian and French nationalities.https://www.ligue1.fr/joueur?id=dieudonne-owana

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* * 1986 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen Men's association football defenders Naturalized citizens of France French men's footballers Lille OSC players R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. players Olympique Grande-Synthe players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Maccabi Umm al-Fahm F.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Liga Leumit players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC players 21st-century French sportsmen {{Cameroon-footy-defender-stub