Jérôme Junior Onguéné (born 22 December 1997) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Cameroon national team.

Jérôme Onguéné
Onguéné with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Jérôme Junior Onguéné[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 41
Youth career
2009–2011 AS Illzach Modenheim
2011–2013 Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Sochaux 45 (1)
2017–2018 VfB Stuttgart 0 (0)
2017–2018Red Bull Salzburg (loan) 17 (4)
2017–2018FC Liefering (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2022 Red Bull Salzburg 56 (7)
2021Genoa (loan) 4 (0)
2022– Eintracht Frankfurt 0 (0)
2023Red Bull Salzburg (loan) 0 (0)
2023–2024Servette (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2012–2013 France U16 16 (3)
2013 France U17 2 (0)
2014–2015 France U18 3 (0)
2015–2016 France U19 16 (2)
2016–2017 France U20 8 (1)
2018– Cameroon 10 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:56, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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On 31 January 2017, Onguéné moved to VfB Stuttgart.[3] He was loaned to Red Bull Salzburg on 31 August 2017 until the end of the season.[4] In June 2018 Onguéné moved permanently to Salzburg.[5]

On 15 January 2021, Onguéné moved to Serie A club Genoa, on a loan until the end of the season.[6] The loan included an option to buy.[6]

On 25 March 2022, Onguéné signed a five-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, effective 1 July 2022.[7] On 5 January 2023, Onguéné returned to Red Bull Salzburg on loan until the end of the season having failed to make an appearance for Frankfurt.[8] He did not make any appearances for Red Bull during this stint, mostly dealing with knee issues. On 4 August 2023, Onguéné moved on a new loan to Servette in Switzerland.[9]

International career

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Onguéné won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with France. In August 2018 Onguéné switched his allegiance to Cameroon and was nominated for the match against Comoros in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B.[10] He made his debut for Cameroon in a 1–0 win over Malawi national football team on 12 October 2018.[11]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 8 December 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sochaux II 2013–14 CFA 2 7 0 7 0
2014–15 CFA 2 19 0 19 0
2015–16 CFA 3 1 0 1 0
Total 27 0 27 0
Sochaux 2014–15 Ligue 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2015–16 Ligue 2 32 1 5 0 2 0 39 1
2016–17 Ligue 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 14 0
Total 45 1 5 0 7 0 57 1
VfB Stuttgart II 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest 2 0 2 0
FC Liefering (loan) 2017–18 Austrian First League 3 0 0 0 3 0
Red Bull Salzburg (loan) 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 17 4 4 1 1 0 22 5
Red Bull Salzburg 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 13 3 4 0 5 0 22 3
2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 23 1 5 0 6 1 34 2
2020–21 Austrian Bundesliga 9 1 2 0 4 0 15 1
2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 11 2 2 0 5 0 18 2
Total 73 11 17 1 21 1 111 13
Genoa (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 4 0 0 0 4 0
Red Bull Salzburg (loan) 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 154 12 22 1 7 0 21 1 0 0 204 14

Honours

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Red Bull Salzburg
France U19
Cameroon

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Republic of Korea 2017: List of players" (PDF). 9 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Jérôme Onguéné". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Jérôme Onguéné sign VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Jérôme Onguéné released on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Jérôme Onguéné makes permanent Salzburg move". VfB Stuttgart. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Onguene done deal for Genoa". Football Italia. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Jérôme Onguéné to join in the summer". Eintracht Frankfurt. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Jerome Onguene signs loan deal until summer". www.redbullsalzburg.at/en. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ^ "JÉRÔME ONGUÉNÉ PRÊTÉ AU SERVETTE FC" [JÉRÔME ONGUÉNÉ LOANED TO SERVETTE FC] (in French). Servette FC. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Comores-Cameroun : Les 23 de Clarence Seedorf" (in French). Cameroonian Football Federation. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Cameroon overcome Malawi in Yaounde".
  12. ^ Jérôme Onguéné at 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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