Sylvain Ovono

Sylvain Ovono

Personal information
Full name	Sylvain Alex Ovono
Date of birth	(1976-03-26) 26 March 1976
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Sivasspor
1998	Vanspor	6	(0)
1998–2000	Naval	12	(1)
2000	Keratsini
2000–2001	Portimonense	12	(0)
2002–2003	Espinho
2003–2004	Moura
2004–2005	Pombal	24	(2)
2005–2006	Castrense
2006–2007	Gândara
2007–2008	Lusitânia	13	(1)
2008–2009	Sourense	18	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sylvain Alex Ovono (born 26 March 1976) is a retired Cameroonian footballer, who played as a forward.

Football career

Born in Yaoundé, Ovono began playing football in Europe in Turkey, starting with modest Sivasspor, then switching to the Süper Lig in the 1997–98 season, appearing very rarely for the last-placed team, Belediye Vanspor.

In the following decade, almost uninterrupted, he played in Portugal, mostly in the lower leagues. The best he achieved was appearing two seasons in the second division for Associação Naval 1º de Maio (only 12 matches over the course of two seasons combined). After a very brief spell in Greece, he resumed his career in the country, appearing for seven different clubs (notably Portimonense SC, when it was in the third level).

In 2001, Ovono had an unsuccessful trial at 1. FC Union Berlin in Germany. After returning to Portugal, he eventually retired at the age of 33, his last club being Grupo Desportivo Sourense in Soure.

External links

• Sylvain Ovono at the Turkish Football Federation
• Sylvain Ovono at ForaDeJogo (archived)