Hervé Anselme Ndjana Onana (born 1 June 1986) is a Cameroonian

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who plays as a striker for Belgian club

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Career

Onana began his career with Foudre d’Akonolinga and moved in summer 2007 to Red Star Waasland. In his second season at the club, he became top goalscorer of the

Belgian Second Division The Belgian Second Division was the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was founded by the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1909 and folded in 2016, when it was replace ...

with 26 goals. He left the club on 17 June 2009, to sign for

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club

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. After two seasons with Sint-Truiden, he was loaned out twice, first to

Enosis Neon Paralimni Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou''; ), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Ta ...

in Cyprus and then to

Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren (SK Beveren) is a Belgian professional association football club based in Beveren, East Flanders. The club is affiliated with the founded number 4068 and has yellow and blue as its colours. The team was founded in 1936 in H ...

in Belgium, the successor team of Red Star Waasland. At Waasland-Beveren, he was part of the team that managed promotion to the Belgian Pro League during the 2011–12 season. However that same season Sint-Truiden made the opposite move as the team relegated to the

and as he result, upon return from Waasland-Beveren he was allowed to leave. Onana then signed for

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. There, he became league top goalscorer of the Belgian Second Division in his first season with 17 goals; his second top scorer title of the division. but was unable to repeat his strong performances in the following season. Onana subsequently played for

Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport is a Belgian football club based in Sint-Eloois-Winkel, West Flanders. The club play their home games at Sportpark Terschueren. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kits, are red and black. Formed in 1940, the ...

, Union Saint-Gillouse, La Louvière Centre, KSV Bornem and FC Mariekerke.

International career

Onana's first call up for the

Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team (French language, French: ''Équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international Association football, footb ...

was on 15 February 2009 for a trial camp in

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References

External links

Footgoal Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Onana, Herve Ndjana 1986 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Men's association football forwards Sint-Truidense V.V. players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players S.K. Beveren players Royale Union Tubize-Braine players Footballers from Yaoundé Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players UR La Louvière Centre players Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport players