Didier Ovono

Didier Ovono

Ovono with Le Mans in August 2009
Personal information
Full name	Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang
Date of birth	(1983-01-23) 23 January 1983
Place of birth	Port-Gentil, Gabon
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Pétro Sport Port-Gentil	?	(0)
2001–2003	AS Mangasport	?	(0)
2004	Sogéa FC	?	(0)
2005	Alianza FC	36	(0)
2006	Paços de Ferreira	0	(0)
2007–2009	Dinamo Tbilisi	49	(0)
2009–2012	Le Mans	81	(0)
2013	Sochaux	0	(0)
2013–2017	Oostende	89	(0)
2017–2019	Paris FC	1	(0)
International career‡
2003–	Gabon	112	(0)
2012	Gabon Olympic	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:18, 21 September 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:14, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Didier Janvier Ovono Ebang (born 23 January 1983) is Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club career

In 2008, Ovono won the Georgian League with FC Dinamo Tbilisi. On 22 June 2009, he moved from Dinamo Tbilisi to Le Mans Union Club 72 in Ligue 1 where he was given a three-year contract until June 2012.

International career

Ovono played at the 2010 African Cup of Nations for Gabon, including an amazing performance and a clean sheet in Gabon's shock opening victory over Cameroon.

In 2012, he played in all 4 national team matches at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, 2 of which were clean sheets. As a result, Gabon reached the quarterfinals.

He retired from the national team in May 2017. Later on, he came out of retirement to be the first Gabonese player to have 100 or more international appearances.

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 23 March 2019

Gabon
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	7	0
2004	6	0
2005	5	0
2006	3	0
2007	3	0
2008	9	0
2009	7	0
2010	10	0
2011	7	0
2012	11	0
2013	5	0
2014	7	0
2015	12	0
2016	7	0
2017	6	0
2018	6	0
2019	1	0
Total	112	0

See also

• List of footballers with 100 or more caps

External links

• Didier Ovono – FIFA competition record (archived)