Prince Oniangué
![]() Oniangué in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Prince Alban Oniangué[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1999 | Hérouville-Saint-Clair | ||
1999–2005 | Caen | ||
2005–2008 | Rennes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Rennes | 5 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Angers (loan) | 30 | (1) |
2010–2013 | Tours | 84 | (13) |
2013–2016 | Reims | 94 | (17) |
2016–2018 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | (2) |
2017 | → Bastia (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2018 | → Angers (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2018–2022 | Caen | 120 | (12) |
International career‡ | |||
2008– | Congo | 41 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:24, 11 October 2018 (UTC) |
Prince Alban Oniangué (born 4 November 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in France, he plays for the Republic of the Congo at international level.
Club career
[edit]Born in Paris, Oniangué joined the youth system at Rennes in 2005 from Caen and made his senior debut in 2008.[2] On 31 July 2009 Rennes announced that Oniangué would join Ligue 2 side Angers on loan for the 2009–10 season.[3] He made 31 appearances during the loan.[4]
He left Rennes and joined Ligue 2 club Tours on 6 August 2010, signing a three-year contract.[5] On 4 June 2013, Oniangué agreed to join Ligue 1 side Reims on a three-year contract.[6] In December 2014 he extended his contract at the club until 2019.[7]
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On 15 August 2016, Oniangué signed a four-year contract with English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.[8] He made his club debut on 20 August 2016 coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 win against Birmingham City.[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 September 2016 in a 1–1 draw against Burton Albion.[10]
After falling out of favour with then Wolves head coach Paul Lambert, on 16 January 2017, Oniangué joined Ligue 1 club Bastia for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[11]
In January 2018, he joined Angers for second half of the 2017–18 season.[4] On 12 July 2018, Oniangué moved to Ligue 1 club Caen on a permanent deal.[12] In June 2022, he was released from the club at the expiration of his contract.[13]
International career
[edit]Oniangué made his debut for the Congo national team in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Sudan on 11 October 2008.
On 21 January 2015, Oniangué scored the only goal of a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations group match against Gabon to give Congo its first win at the Africa Cup of Nations since 1974.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 4 July 2022[15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rennes | 2008–09 | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Angers (loan) | 2009–10 | Ligue 2 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
Total | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
Tours | 2010–11 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | |
2011–12 | Ligue 2 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 9 | ||
Total | 84 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 88 | 14 | |||
Reims | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 38 | 11 | |
2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | ||
2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 4 | ||
Total | 94 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 98 | 18 | |||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2016–17 | Championship | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 2 | |
2017–18 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
Bastia (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 3 | |
Angers (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
Caen | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | |
2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 29 | 5 | ||
2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 4 | ||
Total | 120 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 125 | 12 | |||
Career total | 372 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 431 | 51 |
International
[edit]- As of match played 11 October 2018[16]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Congo | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
2009 | 1 | 0 | |
2010 | 2 | 0 | |
2011 | 3 | 1 | |
2012 | 4 | 0 | |
2013 | 5 | 0 | |
2014 | 7 | 2 | |
2015 | 9 | 3 | |
2016 | 2 | 1 | |
2017 | 5 | 0 | |
2018 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 41 | 9 |
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 41. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Prince Oniangué". stade-rennais-online.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Oniangue prêté à Angers [Oniangue loaned to Angers]". L'Equipe (in French). 31 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ a b Okeleji, Oluwashina (6 January 2018). "Prince Oniangue: Congo international delighted to rejoin former club Angers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Oniangue file à Tours [Oniangue joins Tours]". L'Equipe (in French). 6 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Reims: P.Oniangue pour trois ans [Reims: P.Oniangue for three years]". franceinfo (in French). 4 June 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Reims: Oniangué prolonge [Reims: Oniangué extends]". footmercato.net (in French). 12 December 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "WATCH: Wolves announce signing of Prince Oniangue". Express & Star. 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Birmingham City 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Prince joins Bastia on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 16 January 2017.
- ^ "Oniangue Departs For Caen". Wolverhampton Wanderers. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "SM Caen. Prince Oniangué va quitter le club en fin de saison". Sportacaen.fr. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Gabon 0-1 Congo". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "P. Oniangué". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Oniangué, Prince". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Prince Oniangué at Soccerbase
- Prince Oniangué at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Paris
- Men's association football midfielders
- Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Angers SCO players
- Tours FC players
- Stade de Reims players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- SC Bastia players
- Stade Malherbe Caen players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- English Football League players
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
- Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in England
- Black French sportspeople