Armel Disney
{{short description|Congolese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mamouna-Ossila
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| fullname = Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila
| height = {{height|m=1.76}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|1|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brazzaville, Congo
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Striker
| youthyears1=
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| years1 = 1996–2001 | years2 = 2002–2005 | years3 = 2005–2006 | years4 = 2006–2010 | years5 = 2007–2008 | years6 = 2008–2009 | years7 = 2010–2011 | years8 = 2011–2013
| clubs1 = Étoile du Congo | clubs2 = Internațional Pitești | clubs3 = Pandurii Târgu Jiu | clubs4 = Farul Constanța | clubs5 = → Internațional Curtea de Argeș (loan) | clubs6 = → CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea (loan) | clubs7 = Vendée Poiré sur Vie{{efn|name="VPV"|The statistics for the 2009–10 season are unavailable.{{NFT|7735}}}} | clubs8 = La Châtaigneraie
| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 49 | goals2 = 17 | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 5 | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 3 | caps5 = | goals5 = | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = | goals8 =
| totalcaps = 109 | totalgoals = 26
| nationalyears1= 2001–2008
| nationalteam1= Congo
| nationalcaps1= 21 | nationalgoals1 = 4
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Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila (born 7 January 1980) is a retired Congolese football player. FIFA lists his name as Armel Mamouna-Ossila.{{cite web|publisher=FIFA.com|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305160627/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=183582/index.html|title=Armel Mamouna-Ossila|access-date=17 April 2024}}
Club career
=Early career=
Disney was born on 7 January 1980 in Brazzaville, Congo, starting his career in 1996 at local club Étoile du Congo with whom he won two Congo Premier League titles and a Coupe du Congo.{{cite news|publisher=Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale|title=Armel Mamouna-Ossila ouvre la boîte à souvenirs|trans-title=Armel Mamouna-Ossila opens the souvenir box|url=https://www.adiac-congo.com/content/armel-mamouna-ossila-ouvre-la-boite-souvenirs-115495|language=fr|date=21 April 2020}}
In 2002 he went to play in the Romanian second league at Internațional Pitești for three seasons, the highlight of this period being nine goals scored in the 2003–04 season.{{RomanianSoccer|592/mamouma-armel-ossilia-disney}}
=Pandurii Târgu Jiu and Farul Constanța=
In 2005, Disney was transferred to first league team, Pandurii Târgu Jiu where in the first round of the season, on 7 August he made his Divizia A debut under coach Emil Săndoi in a 2–1 home loss to Farul Constanța.{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-pandurii-targu-jiu-farul-constanta/|title=Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Farul Constanța 1 – 2|access-date=16 April 2024}} He scored his first goal on the seventh round in a 2–1 home victory against Gloria Bistrița, one week later scoring again in another 2–1 win over CFR Cluj.{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-pandurii-targu-jiu-gloria-bistrita/|title=Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Gloria Bistrița 2 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-cfr-cluj-pandurii-targu-jiu/|title=CFR Cluj vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 – 2|access-date=16 April 2024}} Until the end of the season, Disney scored three more goals, the only one in a 1–0 win over Argeș Pitești, one in a draw against Oțelul Galați and the last one in a loss to Vaslui.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1201883-arges-pandurii-0-1-circarul.htm|title=FC Arges-Pandurii 0-1: Circarul|publisher=Hotnews.ro|language=ro|trans-title=FC Arges-Pandurii 0-1: The circus guy |date=5 November 2005|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-arge-piteti-pandurii-targu-jiu/|title=Argeș Pitești vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-pandurii-targu-jiu-oelul-galai/|title=Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Oțelul Galați 2 – 2|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-fc-vaslui-pandurii-targu-jiu/|title=FC Vaslui vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu|access-date=16 April 2024}}
In 2006, Disney was transferred from Pandurii to Farul Constanța where he started to play in European competitions, making three appearances in the Intertoto Cup, helping the club eliminate Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the second round, being eliminated in the third round by Auxerre.{{cite web|url=https://romanialibera.ro/special/armel-disney-la-farul-constanta-41725/|title=Armel Disney, la Farul Constanta|publisher=Romanialibera.ro|language=ro|trans-title=Armel Disney to Farul Constanta |date=16 June 2006|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|title=Le Congo compte sur son duo|url=http://fr.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=895984.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006223416/http://fr.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=895984.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2008|date=2 October 2005|access-date=13 May 2009}}
{{cite web|url=https://romanialibera.ro/special/finala-cupei-uefa-intertoto-39182/|title=Finala Cupei UEFA-Intertoto|publisher=Romanialibera.ro|language=ro|trans-title=The final of the UEFA-Intertoto |date=15 July 2006|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.ro/conference-league/farul-cea-mai-buna-performanta-europeana-in-urma-cu-28-de-ani-in-cupa-intertoto.html|title=Farul, cea mai bună performanță europeană, în urmă cu 28 de ani, în Cupa Intertoto! |publisher=Sport.ro|language=ro|trans-title=Farul, the best European performance, 28 years ago, in the Intertoto Cup! |date=24 August 2023|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/armel-disney/ui-cup-2006-2007/farul-constanta/3/|title=Armel Disney. UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006/2007|access-date=16 April 2024}} He made his Divizia A debut for his new club in the first round of the 2006–07 season, being used by coach Momčilo Vukotić in a 1–1 draw against UTA Arad, scoring his first goal the following round in a 3–1 win over Oțelul Galați.{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2006-2007-uta-arad-farul-constanta/|title=UTA Arad vs. Farul Constanța 1 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2006-2007-farul-constanta-oelul-galai/|title=Farul Constanța vs. Oțelul Galați 3 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}} Until the end of the season he scored two more goals in a 1–1 draw against Național București and a 2–0 home victory over his former team, Pandurii.{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2006-2007-farul-constanta-progresul-bucuresti/|title=Farul Constanța vs. Național București 1 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2006-2007-farul-constanta-pandurii-targu-jiu/|title=Farul Constanța vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2 – 0|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/ceahlaul-poli-1-2-si-farul-pandurii-2-0-158369|title=Ceahlaul – Poli 1-2 si Farul – Pandurii 2-0|publisher=Libertatea.ro|language=ro|trans-title=Ceahlaul – Poli 1-2 and Farul – Pandurii 2-0 |date=29 September 2005|access-date=16 April 2024}} In his only two seasons spent in the Romanian top-division, Disney amassed 50 appearances with eight goals scored.
=Late career=
In 2007, Disney was loaned by Farul at Internațional Curtea de Argeș in the third league, helping the club earn promotion to the second league.{{cite news|publisher=Gazeta de Sud|title=Disney, la Vâlcea|trans-title=Disney at Vâlcea|url=https://www.gds.ro/Sport/2009-02-26/Disney-la-Valcea/|language=ro|date=26 February 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://cugetliber.ro/stiri-sport-farul-l-a-imprumutat-pe-armel-disney-la-international-pitesti-4264|title=Farul l-a împrumutat pe Armel Disney la Internațional Pitești|publisher=Cugetliber.ro|language=ro|trans-title=Farul loaned Armel Disney to International Pitesti|date=7 September 2007|access-date=16 April 2024}} In the following season, he was loaned again by Farul, this time at CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea in the second league.
Disney ended his career in 2013 after playing a few seasons in the French lower leagues for Vendée Poiré sur Vie and La Châtaigneraie.
International career
Disney made his debut for Congo's national team under coach Paul Ebondzibato on 28 April 2001 in 2–0 win over Madagascar at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers where he also played his following game, a 1–1 draw against DR Congo.{{cite news|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/21959/Congo_Madagascar.html|title=Congo vs. Madagascar, 28 April 2001|publisher=National-football-teams.com|access-date=17 April 2024}} After playing one game at the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, Disney was an important figure for the team's 2006 World Cup qualifiers campaign, appearing in nine games in which he scored four goals, two in victories over Liberia and Mali and two in losses to Zambia and Togo. In the following years he played five games at the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifiers and three at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, having a total of 21 appearances with four goals scored for The Red Devils.
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Armel Disney goal.
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1 | 20 June 2004 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo | {{Fb|LBR}} | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | style="text-align:center"|3–0 | 2006 World Cup qualifiers |
| style="text-align:center"|2 | 4 July 2004 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo | {{Fb|MLI}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | 2006 World Cup qualifiers |
| style="text-align:center"|3 | 10 October 2004 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo | {{Fb|ZAM}} | style="text-align:center"|2–3 | style="text-align:center"|2–3 | 2006 World Cup qualifiers |
| style="text-align:center"|4 | 8 October 2005 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo | {{Fb|TOG}} | style="text-align:center"|2–1 | style="text-align:center"|2–3 | 2006 World Cup qualifiers |
Honours
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|163550|A. Mamouna-Ossila}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|armel-disney-mamouna-ossila|Armel Disney Mamouna-Ossila}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|armel-disney|Armel Disney}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Disney, Armel}}
Category:Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Category:Étoile du Congo players
Category:FCV Farul Constanța players
Category:CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players
Category:FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș players
Category:SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea players
Category:Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie Football players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Category:Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Romania