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Zacharie Lionel Enguene Onana (born 7 January 1996) is a Cameroonian
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 plays as an
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for Olímpic de Xàtiva.


Club career


Barcelona

Born in Bertoua, Enguene came to
FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
in 2007, through the
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 at the age of 11. In 2011, he scored 13 goals for the ''Cadete A'' team, also acting as the side's
captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...
. After finishing his graduation, Enguene was promoted to the reserves in July 2015, after the club's relegation to
Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...
. He made his senior debut 22 August of that year, replacing
Sergi Samper Sergi Samper Montaña (born 20 January 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Motor Lublin. Formed at Barcelona from the age of six, he featured mainly for the reserve team and made 1 ...
for the final 13 minutes of a 1–2 loss at
UE Cornellà Unió Esportiva Cornellà, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S. A. D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in , holding home gam ...
. Enguene contributed with 12 appearances (only two starts, however) during the campaign before departing in January 2016.


Antalyaspor

On 19 January 2016 Enguene joined
Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional multi-sport club based in Antalya, southern Turkey. The club's colours are red and white. The association football, football side play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the cl ...
in the Turkish
Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...
. He made his professional debut five days later, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Gençlerbirliği.


Lugo

On 31 August 2016, Enguene signed a three-year deal with
Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
club
CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...
. After making no appearances, he was loaned to
Leixões S.C. Leixões Sport Club (), commonly known as Leixões, is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as athletics, boxing, football, futsal, handball, karate, swimming, volleyball, wat ...
the following 31 January.


Kazma and Telavi

In the summer 2019, Enguene moved to Kuwaiti club
Kazma SC Kazma Sporting Club () is a Kuwaiti professional association football, football club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Premier League. Club history Naming The club is named after the area of Kathma, which is located 40 kilomete ...
. However, on 11 November 2019, it was announced that he had signed with Georgian club
FC Telavi FC Telavi ''( Georgian:'' საფეხბურთო კლუბი თელავი) is a Georgian professional football club based in the city of Telavi, Kakheti. The team competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of the national le ...
.


Career statistics


Honours


Club

;Barcelona *
UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the under-19 teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Le ...
: 2013–14


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Enguene, Lionel Living people 1996 births People from Bertoua Sportspeople from East Region (Cameroon) Cameroonian men's footballers 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Segunda División B players Süper Lig players Liga Portugal 2 players FC Barcelona Atlètic players CD Lugo players Antalyaspor footballers Leixões S.C. players Kazma SC players Cameroon men's under-20 international footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) FC Barcelona players Kuwait Premier League players Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait