Jean Onana

Jean Emile Junior Onana Onana (born 8 January 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Turkish Super League club Beşiktaş and the Cameroon national team.[1][2]

Jean Onana
Onana with Beşiktaş, 2023
Personal information
Full name Jean Emile Junior Onana Onana
Date of birth (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 71
Youth career
Nkufo Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Leixões 1 (0)
2020–2021 Lille B 1 (0)
2020–2021 Lille 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Mouscron (loan) 28 (2)
2021–2022 Bordeaux 26 (3)
2022–2023 Lens 21 (0)
2023– Beşiktaş 2 (0)
International career‡
2020– Cameroon 10 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:10, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

He has no relation to fellow Cameroonian André Onana despite sharing the exact same last name.

Club career

On 31 January 2020, Onana joined Lille from Leixões.[3] Onana made his professional debut with Lille in a 2–1 Ligue 1 loss to Marseille on 16 February 2020.[4] In August 2020, he joined Belgian club Mouscron along with some Lille players on loan,[5] where he received a red card in a Division A match defeat to Kortrijk on 13 September.[6]

On 30 August 2021, Onana moved to Ligue 1 club Bordeaux on a five-year contract.[7] On 1 September 2022, he signed for his former club Lille's rivals Lens on a five-year contract.[8] He made his first appearance with Lens on 4 September 2022 against Reims.

On July 21, 2023 Onana moved to Turkish Super League club Beşiktaş.[9]

International career

Onana made his Cameroon national team debut on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Japan.[10][11]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 June 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leixões 2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 10——10
Lille 2019–20 Ligue 1 10—0 010
Mouscron (loan) 2020–21 First Division A 28210—292
Bordeaux 2021–22 Ligue 1 23300—233
2022–23 Ligue 2 3000—30
Total 26300—263
Lens 2022–23 Ligue 1 21020—230
Career total 7733000803

Honours

Cameroon

References
  1. "Player". Ligue1. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. "Biography of Jean Onana | BeSoccer". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. "Le milieu camerounais Jean Onana est Lillois | Lille LOSC". www.losc.fr.
  4. "Lille vs. Olympique Marseille - 16 February 2020". Soccerway.
  5. "Royal Excel Mouscron sign Ivorian and Lille centre back". Goal.com. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. "KV Kortrijk vs. Excel Mouscron - 13 September 2020". Soccerway.
  7. "Junior Onana rejoint les Girondins" (in French). Bordeaux. 30 August 2021.
  8. "Jean Onana, du coffre dans l'entrejeu" (in French). RC Lens. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  9. "Jean Onana switches to Beşiktaş". bjk.com.tr. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  10. "Japan v Cameroon game report". ESPN. 8 October 2020.
  11. "Cameroon - J. Onana - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  12. "Jean Onana". Soccerway.
  13. AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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