Juvenal Edjogo-Owono

Juvenal

Personal information
Full name	Juvenal Edjogo-Owono Montalbán
Date of birth	3 April 1979 (1979-04-03)
Place of birth	Sabadell, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sabadell
Number	10
Youth career
	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–1999	Vilassar Mar
1999–2003	Espanyol B	85	(15)
2001–2002	→ Levante (loan)	19	(0)
2003–2004	Racing Santander	0	(0)
2004	Castellón	17	(5)
2004–2005	Alavés	19	(0)
2005–2007	Recreativo	26	(1)
2007	Tenerife	13	(2)
2007–2008	Cartagena	29	(2)
2008–	Sabadell	112	(16)
National team‡
2003–	Equatorial Guinea	12	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 July 2011

Juvenal Edjogo-Owono Montalbán (born 3 April 1979 in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain), simply Juvenal, is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays for CE Sabadell FC in Segunda División, as a midfielder.

Club career

Juvenal played in the lower leagues in four of his first five years as a senior, including three with RCD Espanyol's reserves, who loaned him to Levante UD in 2001, in his first professional experience (Segunda División). In the 2003–04 season, he was part of Racing de Santander's La Liga roster, but did not appear in the competition for the Cantabrians, also being released in the January transfer window.

In the following two seasons, Juvenal played in the second level, achieving top flight promotions with both Deportivo Alavés and Recreativo de Huelva. In 2006–07, he failed that objective with CD Tenerife, also appearing in less than one 1/2 of the matches.

After one season in Segunda División B with FC Cartagena, 29-year old Juvenal returned to his hometown and signed for CE Sabadell FC, contributing with 34 games and five goals in his third year as the Arlequinats returned to level two after an absence of 18 years.

International career

Juvenal made his debut for Equatorial Guinea in 2003. Between that year and 2008, he appeared eight FIFA World Cup qualification matches, scoring on 7 June 2008 in a 1–4 away defeat against South Africa, for the 2010 edition.

In 2007, he played in unofficial matches against the Region of Murcia and Extremadura.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 September 2007	Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Cameroon	1–0	1–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	7 June 2008	Atteridgeville Super Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa	South Africa	1–4	1–4	2010 World Cup qualification

Personal

Juvenal's younger brothers, Alberto and José, are also footballers. The former, a forward, also represented Sabadell, but played almost exclusively in the lower divisions, with a brief spell with UE Sant Andreu in the third level.

The latter never competed in higher than the regional divisions.

External links

• Sabadell official profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Juvenal Edjogo-Owono at National-Football-Teams.com
• Transfermarkt profile