Joseph Fabrice Ondoa Ebogo (born 24 December 1995) is a Cameroonian professional
footballer
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who plays as
goalkeeper
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for Latvian club
RFS and the
Cameroon national team.
Having made his debut in 2014 at the age of 18, he represented
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
at two
Africa Cup of Nations
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tournaments, winning the
2017 edition.
Club career
Born in
Yaoundé
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, Ondoa joined
Barcelona
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in 2009, aged 13, after starting it out at
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian Association football, football administrator and former Football player, player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the ...
Foundation. He progressed through the club's
youth system
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, and renewed his link with the
Catalans
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until 2017 in 2014.
In June 2014, Ondoa was promoted to
the reserves in
Segunda División
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. However, he was only used as a backup to
Adrián Ortolá
Adrián Ortolá Vañó (born 20 August 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Dunkerque.
Club career Villarreal
Born in Xàbia, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Ortolá joined local Vill ...
during
the campaign.
On 7 January 2016, Ondoa signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with
Gimnàstic also in the second level, after rescinding his link with ''Barça''. He was assigned to their
farm team
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,
Pobla de Mafumet of the third division, and made his senior club debut three days later in a 3–2 loss at
Reus Deportiu
Reus Deportiu is a Catalan sports club best known for its professional roller hockey team based in Reus, Catalonia, Spain.
History
CD Reus was founded on 23 November 1909 after the dissolution of Reus Sport Club. On 29 September 1917, the club m ...
.
On 17 August 2016, Ondoa was loaned to fellow second-tier club
Sevilla B, for one year. Second choice to
Churripi, he made his professional club debut on 18 March 2017 in a 2–1 win at
Real Zaragoza
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, in which he was punished for timewasting by conceding a free kick in the penalty area from which
Edu García
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scored; with two minutes remaining he was sent off for a foul with all substitutions having been made, and debutant defender
José María Amo
José María Amo Torres (born 9 April 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for CD Tenerife.
Club career Sevilla
Born in Las Pajanosas, Seville, Andalusia, Amo joined Sevilla FC's youth setup in 2006, aged e ...
had to replace him in goal.
On 11 May 2017, Ondoa signed for the
Andalusia
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ns until 2020, as the club exercised his buyout clause. After
suffering relegation, he signed a four-year deal with Belgian side
Oostende.
On 28 June 2024, Ondoa signed with Latvian club
FK RFS
FK RFS (FC RFS) is a professional Latvian association football, football club based in Riga. The club competes in Latvian Higher League, Virslīga, the top tier of the Latvian football league system.
Founded in 2005, the club has worn a blue h ...
.
International career
On 24 August 2014, Ondoa was called up to
Cameroon
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for the matches against
DR Congo
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and the
Ivory Coast
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. Thirteen days later he made his international debut, starting in a 2–0 win against the former, and being later praised by manager
Volker Finke
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Coaching career Early career
Finke was a player–coach for TSV Stelingen from 1 July 1974 to 12 February ...
.
Ondoa and Barcelona teammate
Macky Bagnack
Macky Frank Bagnack Mouegni (born 7 June 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as defender for Serbian club TSC.
Club career
Born in Yaoundé, Bagnack came to FC Barcelona in 2008, through the Samuel Eto'o Foundation at the ...
were included in the 23-man squad for the
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
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. He played all three of their matches at the tournament in Equatorial Guinea, as they came last in
their group.
At the
2017 Africa Cup of Nations
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in Gabon, Ondoa was again the undisputed goalkeeper for the ''Indomitable Lions''. He was
man of the match
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in their quarter-final win over
Senegal
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, in which he saved the decisive attempt from
Sadio Mané
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in the
penalty shootout
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. Cameroon won the title with a 2–1 victory over
Egypt
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in the
final
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*Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training
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, and he was elected into the Team of the Tournament.
Personal life
His cousin,
André Onana
André Onana Onana (; born 2 April 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United and the Cameroon national team.
Onana joined Barcelona's youth system in 2010. He signed for ...
, also a goalkeeper, plays for
Manchester United
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Barcelona
*
UEFA Youth League
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:
2013–14
Auda
*
Latvian Football Cup
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:
2022
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Cameroon
*
Africa Cup of Nations
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:
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
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Individual
* CAF Team of the Tournament: 2017][
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References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Yaoundé
Cameroonian men's footballers
21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
Men's association football goalkeepers
Segunda División B players
Belgian Pro League players
Latvian Higher League players
Championnat National players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers
Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
Sevilla Atlético players
K.V. Oostende players
Deportivo Alavés players
NK Istra 1961 players
FK Auda players
Nîmes Olympique players
Cameroon men's international footballers
Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Expatriate men's footballers in France