Fabrice Ondoa

Fabrice Ondoa

Ondoa with Barcelona in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Fabrice Ondoa Ebogo
Date of birth	24 December 1995
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Gimnàstic
Number	40
Youth career
2006–2009	Samuel Eto'o Academy
2009–2014	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2014–2016	Barcelona B	0	(0)
2016–	Pobla Mafumet	2	(0)
2016–	Gimnàstic	0	(0)
National team^‡
2014–	Cameroon	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2015

Joseph Fabrice Ondoa Ebogo (born 24 December 1995) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Spanish club Gimnàstic de Tarragona and the Cameroon national team as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Yaoundé, Ondoa joined FC Barcelona in 2009, aged 13, after starting it out at Samuel Eto'o Foundation.^[1] He progressed through the club's youth system, and renewed his link with the Catalans until 2017 in 2014.^[2]

In June 2014 Ondoa was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División. However, he was only used as a backup to Adrián Ortolá during the campaign.

On 7 January 2016 Ondoa signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Gimnàstic de Tarragona also in the second level, after rescinding his link with Barça.^[3]

International career

On 24 August 2014, Ondoa was called up to Cameroon for the matches against DR Congo and Ivory Coast.^[4] On 6 September 2014 he made his international debut, starting in a 2–0 win against DR Congo,^[5] and being later praised by manager Volker Finke.^[6]

Ondoa and Barcelona teammate Macky Bagnack were included in the 23-man squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.^[7] He played all three of their matches at the tournament in Equatorial Guinea, as they came last in their group.

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 June 2015^[8]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona B	2014–15	Segunda División	0	0	—						0	0
	2015–16	Segunda División B	0	0	—						0	0
	Total		0	0	—						0	0
Career totals			0	0	—						0	0

International

As of 7 June 2015^[9]

Cameroon national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	6	0
2015	7	0
Total	13	0

Honours

Barcelona

• UEFA Youth League: 2013–14^[10]

References

1. "Ondoa: el relevo de Valdés" [Ondoa: Valdés' replacement] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
2. "Ondoa, la pantera negra del Barça de la generación del 95" [Ondoa, the black panther of Barça from the 95' generation] (in Spanish). Sport. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
3. "El Nàstic ficha a Fabrice Ondoa" [Nàstic signs Fabrice Ondoa] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic's official website. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
4. "Ondoa, Bagnack y Dongou, convocados con la selección de Camerún" [Ondoa, Bagnack and Dongou, called up to Cameroon national team] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
5. "Ondoa, titular en la victoria de Camerún" [Ondoa, starter in Cameroon's victory] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
6. "Cameroon boss praises 18-year old Ondoa". African Football. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
7. "Ondoa i Macky, a la Copa d’Àfrica" [Ondoa and Macky, to the African Cup of Nations] (in Catalan). Barcelona's official website. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
8. Fabrice Ondoa profile at Soccerway
9. Fabrice Ondoa at National-Football-Teams.com
10. "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

External links

• Barcelona official profile (Spanish)
• Fabrice Ondoa profile at BDFutbol