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Amadou Onana
Onana with Lille in 2021
Personal information
Full name Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Everton
Number 8
Youth career
Anderlecht
RWS Bruxelles
–2017 Zulte Waregem
2017–2020 1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 1899 Hoffenheim II 1 (0)
2020–2021 Hamburger SV 25 (2)
2021–2022 Lille 32 (1)
2022– Everton 33 (1)
International career
2018 Belgium U17 12 (0)
2018–2019 Belgium U18 8 (0)
2019 Belgium U19 6 (0)
2021–2022 Belgium U21 7 (1)
2022– Belgium 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:49, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana (born 16 August 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Everton. Born in Senegal, he plays for the Belgium national team.[3]

Club career

Hamburger SV

Onana joined 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV in mid-2020.[4] He made his professional debut for the club in the first round of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal on 14 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute against 3. Liga side Dynamo Dresden. He scored a header in the 89th minute of the match, which finished as a 4–1 away loss.[5]

Lille

In August 2021, Onana joined Ligue 1 club Lille on a five year deal.[6] He made 32 league appearances in 2021–22, scoring once.[7]

Everton

Onana signed for Premier League club Everton on a five-year contract on 9 August 2022 for a reported £33m including add-ons.[8] He scored his first Premier League goal for Everton, a header from a corner, in a 2–1 home defeat against Southampton on 14 January 2023.[9]

International career

On 18 May 2022, Onana was named to the squad for the four 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches on 3, 8, 10 and 13 June 2022 against Netherlands, Poland (twice) and Wales respectively.[10] Onana made his full international debut against the Netherlands on 3 June 2022.

On 10 November 2022, Onana was named in the final 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[11]

Personal life

Onana is of Cameroonian and Senegalese descent.[12][13][14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 May 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1899 Hoffenheim II 2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 1 0 1 0
Hamburger SV 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 25 2 1 1 26 1
Lille 2021–22 Ligue 1 32 1 2 2 9[c] 0 43 3
Everton 2022–23 Premier League 33 1 1 0 1 0 35 1
Career total 91 4 4 3 1 0 9 0 105 7
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 28 March 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2022 4 0
2023 2 0
Total 6 0

References

  1. ^ a b "A. Onana: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Amadou Onana: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ Amadou Onana at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "HSV verpflichtet Amadou Onana" [HSV signs Amadou Onana]. hsv.de (in German). Hamburger SV. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Germany » DFB-Pokal 2020/2021 » 1. Round » Dynamo Dresden – Hamburger SV 4:1". WorldFootball.net. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ "LE CAPITAINE DES ESPOIRS BELGES AMADOU ONANA EST LILLOIS !" [The Belgium U21's captain Amadou Onana is lillos !]. losc.fr (in French). Lille. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Player". Ligue1. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Onana Joins Everton". Everton F.C. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  9. ^ Rose, Gary (14 January 2023). "Everton 1–2: Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  10. ^ "32 Rode Duivels voor 4 duels in juni: Onana en Openda zijn nieuw" [32 Red Devils for 4 duels in June: Onana and Openda are new]. sporza.be. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Roberto Martinez selects 26 Devils for the World Cup". Royal Belgian Football Association. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Amadou Onana espère briller en Ligue des Champions: « Je n'ai pas trouvé un projet qui me convenait mieux que celui du LOSC »". 12 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Amadou Onana : le Capitaine des Diablotins est peut-être le chaînon manquant en milieu de terrain".
  14. ^ "Football (mercato) : qui est Amadou Onana, la nouvelle recrue du LOSC ?". 5 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Arthur Theate". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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