Personal information | |||
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Full name | Franck Olivier Ongfiang | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Bordeaux | |||
2001–2002 | Venezia | ||
2002–2003 | Palermo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2002 | Venezia | 1 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Palermo | 4 | (0) |
2003–2004 | → Cesena (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2004–2005 | → Martina (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2005–2008 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
2006–2007 | → Al Ain (loan) | ||
2007–2008 | → Sharjah SC (loan) | ||
2008–2010 | Al Ahly Tripoli | ||
2010–2011 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 20 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Sheikh Russel KC | ||
2013 | Benfica Luanda | ||
2014 | Sriwijaya | 15 | (1) |
International career | |||
2005 | Cameroon U20 | ||
2007 | Cameroon U23 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Franck Olivier Ongfiang (born 6 April 1985) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Born in Yaoundé, Ongfiang started his European career at France for Bordeaux. In the 2001–02 season, he was signed by Venezia and made his Serie A debut on 17 March 2002 against Chievo, substituted Arturo Di Napoli in the last minutes. The match ended in 1–1 draw. At that time he was the 4th all-time youngest Serie A foreign player, after Valeri Bojinov, Lampros Choutos and Claiton.[ citation needed]
In August 2002, after Venezia's owner Maurizio Zamparini purchased Palermo, he followed his team-mates likes Di Napoli, Kewullay Conteh, Mario Santana, Igor Budan, Stefano Morrone and Daniel Andersson, etc. transferred to the Sicily side. [1]
In 2003–04 season, he left for Cesena of Serie C1 on loan. [2] In the next season, played for Martina.
On 1 July 2005, he left for Espérance de Tunis [3] [4] and played at 2005 CAF Champions League. [5]
In 2007, he left for Al Ain and played at 2007 AFC Champions League. In mid-2008, he left for Al Ahly Tripoli. [6]
In March 2011 he signed for the Ukrainian side Zirka Kirovohrad. [7]
Ongfiang was the captain of Cameroon U20 team at 2005 African Youth Championship qualification. [8] [9]
Ongfiang was a member of Cameroon U23 team. He was called up to a 42-men preliminary squad for 2004 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament against Ivory Coast U23 team in February 2004. [10]
In November 2004, he was called up to the senior national team against Germany as reserve player. [11] He also capped for Cameroon Youth team at 2007 All-Africa Games. [6]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Franck Olivier Ongfiang | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Bordeaux | |||
2001–2002 | Venezia | ||
2002–2003 | Palermo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2002 | Venezia | 1 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Palermo | 4 | (0) |
2003–2004 | → Cesena (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2004–2005 | → Martina (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2005–2008 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
2006–2007 | → Al Ain (loan) | ||
2007–2008 | → Sharjah SC (loan) | ||
2008–2010 | Al Ahly Tripoli | ||
2010–2011 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 20 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Sheikh Russel KC | ||
2013 | Benfica Luanda | ||
2014 | Sriwijaya | 15 | (1) |
International career | |||
2005 | Cameroon U20 | ||
2007 | Cameroon U23 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Franck Olivier Ongfiang (born 6 April 1985) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Born in Yaoundé, Ongfiang started his European career at France for Bordeaux. In the 2001–02 season, he was signed by Venezia and made his Serie A debut on 17 March 2002 against Chievo, substituted Arturo Di Napoli in the last minutes. The match ended in 1–1 draw. At that time he was the 4th all-time youngest Serie A foreign player, after Valeri Bojinov, Lampros Choutos and Claiton.[ citation needed]
In August 2002, after Venezia's owner Maurizio Zamparini purchased Palermo, he followed his team-mates likes Di Napoli, Kewullay Conteh, Mario Santana, Igor Budan, Stefano Morrone and Daniel Andersson, etc. transferred to the Sicily side. [1]
In 2003–04 season, he left for Cesena of Serie C1 on loan. [2] In the next season, played for Martina.
On 1 July 2005, he left for Espérance de Tunis [3] [4] and played at 2005 CAF Champions League. [5]
In 2007, he left for Al Ain and played at 2007 AFC Champions League. In mid-2008, he left for Al Ahly Tripoli. [6]
In March 2011 he signed for the Ukrainian side Zirka Kirovohrad. [7]
Ongfiang was the captain of Cameroon U20 team at 2005 African Youth Championship qualification. [8] [9]
Ongfiang was a member of Cameroon U23 team. He was called up to a 42-men preliminary squad for 2004 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament against Ivory Coast U23 team in February 2004. [10]
In November 2004, he was called up to the senior national team against Germany as reserve player. [11] He also capped for Cameroon Youth team at 2007 All-Africa Games. [6]