Jacques Ekomié

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jacques Ekomié

| image = Ekomie asse sco 2425.png

| caption = Ekomié with Angers in 2025

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|8|19|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.footballcritic.com/jacques-ekomie/profile/428036 |title=Jacques Ekomie |access-date=2 January 2022 |website=FootballCritic}}

| birth_place = Libreville, Gabon{{Cite web |url=https://www.girondins.com/en/player/33415/jacques-ekomie |title=Jacques Ekomie |access-date=31 July 2022 |publisher=Barmitzva fc |language=fr}}

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Defender{{WorldFootball.net|jacques-ekomie}}

| currentclub = Angers

| clubnumber = 3

| youthclubs2 = Bordeaux

| years1 = 2021–2023

| clubs1 = Bordeaux B

| caps1 = 36

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2023–2024

| clubs2 = Bordeaux

| caps2 = 30

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2024–

| clubs3 = Angers

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2021

| youthclubs1 = {{Interlanguage link|SA Mérignac|lt=Mérignac|fr|Sport athlétique mérignacais (football)}}

| youthyears2 = 2021–2022

| nationalyears1 = 2023–

| nationalteam1 = Gabon

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 20 December 2024

| ntupdate = 19:09, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

}}

Jacques Ekomié (born 19 August 2003) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a defender for {{French football updater|Angers}} club Angers and the Gabon national team.{{Soccerway|id=780546}}

Career

Ekomié joined Bordeaux from {{Interlanguage link|SA Mérignac|lt=Mérignac|fr|Sport athlétique mérignacais (football)}} in January 2021.{{Cite web |date=16 January 2021 |title=Un jeune latéral gabonais intègre le centre de formation des Girondins |trans-title=A young Gabonese full-back joins the academy of the Girondins |url=https://girondins4ever.com/breves/20210116/377348-un-jeune-lateral-gabonais-integre-le-centre-de-formation-des-girondins/ |access-date=7 January 2022 |website=Girondins4Ever |language=fr}} He made his professional debut for the club in a 3–0 Coupe de France loss to Brest on 2 January 2022.

On 31 July 2024, Ekomié joined Ligue 1 club Angers on a three-year contract.{{cite web |url=https://angers-sco.fr/bienvenue-a-angers-sco-jacques-ekomie/ |trans-title=Welcome to Angers SCO Jacques Ekomié! |title=Bienvenue à Angers SCO Jacques Ekomié! |language=French |website=angers-sco.fr |date=31 July 2024 |accessdate=31 July 2024}}

International career

Ekomié debuted for the Gabon national team in a 1–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Sudan on 23 March 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.webgirondins.com/actualite-girondins-girondins-du-temps-de-jeu-et-une-defaite-pour-jacques-ekomie-119833 |title=Girondins : du temps de jeu et une défaite pour Jacques Ekomié |date=March 28, 2023 |website=WebGirondins}}

Personal life

Jacques's father Jean-Jacques is a professor.{{Cite web |last=Malouana |first=Biggie |date=15 January 2021 |title=Football : Bordeaux donne sa chance au fils de Jean-Jacques Ekomie |trans-title=Football: Bordeaux gives a chance to the son of Jean-Jacques Ekomie |url=https://www.gabonreview.com/football-bordeaux-donne-sa-chance-au-fils-de-jean-jacques-ekomie/ |access-date=7 January 2022 |website=Gabonreview.com |language=fr}}