Zacharie Lionel Enguene Onana (born 7 January 1996) is a Cameroonian

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who plays as an

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for Olímpic de Xàtiva.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Bertoua, Enguene came to

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in 2007, through the

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Foundation at the age of 11. In 2011, he scored 13 goals for the ''Cadete A'' team, also acting as the side's

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. After finishing his graduation, Enguene was promoted to the reserves in July 2015, after the club's relegation to

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. 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

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. Enguene contributed with 12 appearances (only two starts, however) during the campaign before departing in January 2016.

Antalyaspor

On 19 January 2016 Enguene joined

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in the Turkish

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. 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

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club

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. After making no appearances, he was loaned to

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the following 31 January.

Kazma and Telavi

In the summer 2019, Enguene moved to Kuwaiti club

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. 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 *

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: 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