Amadou Onana
Onana playing for Lille in 2021
Personal information
Full name Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 22)[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
0000–2017 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 52 (3)
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 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:03, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 13 October 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] On 19 December 2023, Onana missed what would have been the winning penalty for Everton in their 2023–24 EFL Cup quarter-final against Fulham. With the penalties standing at 4–3 in Everton's favour, Onana attempted a penalty with no run up. Onana proceeded to pass the ball along the ground past Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno who easily saved the attempt. Fulham would go on to win 7–6 in the penalty shootout.[10]

International career

On 18 May 2022, Onana was named in the Belgium senior squad for the four 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches in June 2022 against Netherlands, Poland (twice) and Wales respectively.[11] 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.[12] He made two appearances at the tournament, appearing as a substitute in the first group game against Canada and starting against Morocco in the second. He was suspended for Belgium's final match, as the team drew 0–0 with Croatia and were eliminated.[13]

Personal life

Onana was born in Dakar, Senegal to a Senegalese mother and a Cameroonian father.[14][15][16] At the age of 11, Onana, with his mother and sister, moved to Brussels, Belgium to join his father.[17]

Onana is a Muslim.[18] He is fluent in five languages: Wolof, French, Dutch, German and English.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 February 2024[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
2023–24 Premier League 19 2 3 0 4 1 — 26 3
Total 52 3 4 0 5 1 — 61 4
Career total 110 6 6 3 5 1 9 0 131 8
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 13 October 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2022 4 0
2023 5 0
Total 9 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. Archived from the original on 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. ^ "Everton 1-1 Fulham (7-6 to Fulham on pens): Tosin Adarabioyo scores winning penalty". www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Roberto Martinez selects 26 Devils for the World Cup". Royal Belgian Football Association. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  13. ^ "How much will Belgium need to rebuild Amadou Onana after Belgium's World Cup catastrophe?". The Athletic. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Amadou Onana : le Capitaine des Diablotins est peut-être le chaînon manquant en milieu de terrain".
  16. ^ "Football (mercato) : qui est Amadou Onana, la nouvelle recrue du LOSC ?". 5 August 2021.
  17. ^ a b "LONG READ: ONANA'S PERSEVERANCE AND PRIDE". Everton F.C. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Abdoulaye Doucoure: Everton midfielder on Islam, Ramadan, Idrissa Gueye and Amadou Onana". BBC Sport. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Arthur Theate". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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