Oumar Gonzalez
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File:Cameroon v Guinea IMG 8726 (Oumar Gonzalez).jpg Gonzalez with Cameroon in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Raed | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | US Baille | ||
| 2008–2013 | Air Bel | ||
| 2013–2015 | Metz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Metz B | 11 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Épinal (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | → Rodez (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Villefranche (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Chambly | 40 | (2) |
| 2019–2021 | Chambly B | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Ajaccio | 64 | (3) |
| 2023– | Al-Raed | 56 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Cameroon U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | Cameroon | 9 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 January 2024 | |||
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Oumar Gonzalez (born 25 February 1998) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed and the Cameroon national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]On 10 August 2015, Gonzalez signed his first professional contract with Metz.[1] After several seasons out on loan at different clubs,[2] he signed with Chambly on 7 June 2019.[3] Gonzalez made his professional debut with the club in a 1–0 Ligue 2 win over Valenciennes on 26 July 2019.[4]
On 17 August 2023, Gonzalez joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed.[5]
International career
[edit | edit source]Gonzalez represented the Cameroon U23s at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.[6]
He made his senior international debut for Cameroon on 10 June 2023, in a friendly match against Mexico, playing the full 90 minutes.
On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Cameroonian players selected by Rigobert Song to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in Cameroon, Gonzalez took his adoptive Mexican father's Spanish surname.[7] He holds Cameroonian, French and Mexican nationalities.[8][9]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played on 26 May 2025[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metz B | 2015–16 | CFA 2 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Épinal (loan) | 2016–17 | National | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| Rodez (loan) | 2017–18 | National | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Villefranche (loan) | 2018–19 | National | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| Chambly | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 2 | ||||
| Chambly B | 2019–20 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ajaccio | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 66 | 3 | |||||
| Al-Raed | 2023–24 | Saudi Pro League | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||
| 2024–25 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 58 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 62 | 6 | |||||
| Career total | 240 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 17 | ||
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Oumar Gonzalez at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Oumar Gonzalez – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Douala
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- Cameroon men's youth international footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football full-backs
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Saudi First Division League players
- FC Metz players
- SAS Épinal players
- Rodez AF players
- FC Villefranche Beaujolais players
- FC Chambly Oise players
- AC Ajaccio players
- Al Raed S.FC players
- Cameroonian emigrants to France
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 21st-century French sportsmen