Arthur Avom
{{Short description|Cameroonian footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Arthur Avom
| full_name = Arthur Avom Ebong{{Cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/player/ebong-arthur-avom/1465307|title=Full name|website=sofascore.com}}
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|12|15}}
| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Lorient
| clubnumber = 62
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2022–2023
| clubs1 = Fauve Azur
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2023–2024
| clubs2 = Lorient B
| caps2 = 18
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2024–
| clubs3 = Lorient
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2023–
| nationalteam1 = Cameroon
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 23:15, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 17 April 2025
}}
Arthur Avom Ebong (born 15 December 2004) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Lorient and the Cameroon national team.
Club career
Avom began his senior career at Cameroonian club Fauve Azur, based in the capital Yaoundé, playing 72 games for the club. There he would be spotted by Lorient in France, with whom he signed a 3 year deal with in 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://kick442.com/done-deal-arthur-avom-joins-lorient-on-a-three-year-deal/|title=Signs for Lorient|website=kick442.com}}
He would make his debut for the club in September of that year, coming on as a substitute for the reserve team in a 4-2 Championnat National 2 victory over Borgo.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/09/09/france/cfa/fc-lorient-ii/bastia-borgo/4165669/|title=Debut v Borgo|website=soccerway.com}} He would go on to make 18 appearances for the Lorient II team that season as the team was relegated.
The first team was relegated that same season{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/lorient/result/lorient-relegated-from-ligue-1-despite-final-day-miracle_544084.html|title=Lorient relegated|website=sportsmole.com}} and Avom became a regular fixture in the side for the 2024–25 season, scoring his first goal for the club and his first in European football in a 2-1 away win over Red Star in February 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/706970/lorient-red-star-fc-93|title=Avom First goal|website=espn.com}} Lorient were re-promoted to Ligue 1 that season at the first time of asking,{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/article/official-bill-foley-owned-fc-201100162.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB96A3YPyXm8WDLaksHeu8cZ_9xEysnSJD3zralmEys5vTmyPXL2lmJQQylBVD2AZurSsB0LUXc8alyalOhyCzU_d4bSgXw-38sq_Ij6UikoSU7r1w4MBiMg1jIvYWxAHtXivfnK_jrwWlHyVrWtNJmZYHQhuntUK0fFwER6f48p|website=sports.yahoo.com|title=Official-Bill Foley owned FC Lorient promoted back to Ligue 1 at first attempt}} with Avom making 32 league appearances, registering 2 goals and 6 assists from central midfield.
International career
Avom has made 2 appearances for the senior team, both in the 2022 African Nations Championship, a competition for players from the nations own domestic league. He made these appearances while he was at Fauve Azur. He was called up to the senior team in 2024 for World Cup qualifying, but made no appearances.{{Cite web|url=https://kick442.com/marc-brys-squad-as-arthur-avom-gets-maiden-indomitable-lions-call-up-for-afcon-qualifiers/|title=Avom called up|website=kick442.com}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|10 May 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Lorient B
|18 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 18 | 0 | |||
| Lorient
|32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 34 | 2 | ||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
Honours
Lorient
- Ligue 2: 2024–25{{Cite web |last=Lacaille |first=Tom |date=10 May 2025 |title=Lorient champion de Ligue 2, Martigues relégué en National, Guingamp jouera les play-offs de montée |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Lorient-champion-de-ligue-2-martigues-relegue-en-national-guingamp-jouera-les-play-offs-de-montee/1560660 |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=L'Équipe |language=Fr}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|arthur-ebong-avon/886547}}
{{FC Lorient squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avom, Arthur}}
Category:Cameroonian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
Category:Footballers from Yaoundé
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Cameroon men's international footballers
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers