Juvenal Edjogo-Owono
{{Short description|Equatoguinean football player and manager}}
{{EngvarB|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{family name hatnote|Edjogo Owono|Montalbán|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Juvenal
| image =
| fullname = Juvenal Edjogo Owono Montalbán
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|4|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sabadell, Spain
| height = 1.77 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Porcinos FC (KL)
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Can Rull
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Sabadell
| youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = Espanyol
| years1 = 1998–1999 | clubs1 = Vilassar Mar | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1999–2003 | clubs2 = Espanyol B | caps2 = 85 | goals2 = 15
| years3 = 2001–2002 | clubs3 = → Levante (loan) | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2003–2004 | clubs4 = Racing Santander | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2004 | clubs5 = Castellón | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 5
| years6 = 2004–2005 | clubs6 = Alavés | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2005–2007 | clubs7 = Recreativo | caps7 = 26 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2007 | clubs8 = Tenerife | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 2
| years9 = 2007–2008 | clubs9 = Cartagena | caps9 = 29 | goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2008–2013 | clubs10 = Sabadell | caps10 = 157 | goals10 = 19
| years11 = 2013–2014 | clubs11 = Cornellà | caps11 = 15 | goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2014–2016 | clubs12 = Santa Coloma | caps12 = | goals12 =
| years13 = 2016–2017 | clubs13 = Joventut Ribetana | caps13 = | goals13 =
| totalcaps = 380 | totalgoals = 45
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2015 | nationalteam1 = Equatorial Guinea | nationalcaps1 = 39 | nationalgoals1 = 8
| manageryears1= 2023–
| managerclubs1= Porcinos FC (KL)
}}
Juvenal Edjogo Owono Montalbán (born 3 April 1979), known mononymously as Juvenal, is a football manager and former professional player who operated as a midfielder. Born and raised in Spain to an Equatoguinean father and a Spanish mother, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.
Club career
Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain to an Equatoguinean father and a Spanish mother, Juvenal played in the lower leagues in four of his first five years as a senior, including three with RCD Espanyol's reserves, who loaned him to Levante UD in 2001 for his first professional experience (Segunda División). In the 2003–04 season he was part of Racing de Santander's La Liga roster, but did not appear in the competition for the Cantabrians, being released in the January transfer window.
In the following two seasons, Juvenal played in the second level, achieving top-flight promotions with both Deportivo Alavés and Recreativo de Huelva. In the 2006–07 campaign he failed that objective with CD Tenerife, also appearing in less than one half of the league games.
In the summer of 2008, after one season in Segunda División B with FC Cartagena, the 29-year-old Juvenal returned to his hometown and signed for CE Sabadell FC, contributing with 34 appearances and five goals in his third year as the Arlequinats returned to the second tier after an absence of 18 years.
International career
Juvenal qualified for Equatorial Guinea because of his father, born in Niefang – his mother hailed from Andalusia.{{cite news|url=https://www.elmundo.es/deportes/2013/11/16/528746cc0ab74015508b4580.html|title=El acento español de Guinea|trans-title=Guinea's Spanish accent|publisher=El Mundo|last=Beltrán|first=Fernando|language=es|date=16 November 2013|access-date=20 November 2018}} He made his debut for the national team in 2003 and, between that year and 2008, appeared in eight FIFA World Cup qualification matches, scoring on 7 June 2008 in a 1–4 away defeat against South Africa for the 2010 edition.{{FIFA player|206466|Juvenal}}
In late 2007, Juvenal played in unofficial games against the Region of Murcia[http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/otras/es/desarrollo/1072460.html Murcia gana por la mínima a Guinea Ecuatorial (Murcia gets minimal advantage over Guinea Equatorial)]; Marca, 26 December 2007 (in Spanish) and Extremadura.[http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/otras/es/desarrollo/1073194.html La selección extremeña inicia su andadura con una victoria (Extremaduran autonomous team gets going with win)]; Marca, 28 December 2007 (in Spanish) Two months before his 36th birthday, and immediately after the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, he retired from international football.[http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=6229 Resultado histórico del Nzalang pese a la derrota con la RD Congo (Historical result of Nzalang despite the defeat with the DR Congo)]; Equatorial Guinea Press, 7 February 2015 (in Spanish)
Personal life
Juvenal's younger brothers, Alberto and José, are also former footballers. They competed exclusively in the Spanish lower leagues or amateur championships.[http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/2008/07/25/pagina-43/791075/pdf.html?search=jugador,%22san%20pedro%22%20futbol La Liga más atractiva (The most attractive League)]; Mundo Deportivo, 23 October 2004 (in Spanish)
Juvenal criticised !voting system Ballon d'Or what was later eoched by some media outles[https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/balon-oro/los-votos-perdidos-del-balon-oro-3007672 Los votos 'perdidos' del Balón de Oro][https://theindependent.sg/edjogo-ballon-dor-no-value/ Juvenal Edjogo: 'These awards have no value' — Former player shocked that his vote changed during 2013 Ballon d'Or involving Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi]
Career statistics
=Club=
| 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 |
| Levante
|2001–02{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j4535.html|title=Juvenal: Juvenal Edjogo-Owono Montalbán|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=20 March 2015}} |19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | ||
| Racing Santander
|Segunda División |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup|name=UI}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Castellón
|13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearances in Promotion Play-offs|name=PPO}} | 1 | 17 | 5 | |
| Alavés
|Segunda División |19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Recreativo
|Segunda División |26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 1 | ||
| Tenerife
|Segunda División |13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 2 | ||
| Cartagena
|Segunda División |29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="6"|Sabadell
|Segunda División B |36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=PPO}} | 0 | 39 | 5 | |
| 2009–10
|Segunda División B |32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2010–11
|Segunda División B |34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=PPO}} | 0 | 35 | 5 | |
| 2011–12
|Segunda División |27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13
|Segunda División |24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!153 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 160 | 19 | |
| Cornellà
|15 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Santa Coloma
|2014–15{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/juvenal-juvenal/60323/|title=Juvenal|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=20 March 2015}} |16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League|name=UCL}} | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!303 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 330 | 32 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Juvenal goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Juvenal Edjogo-Owono{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/2198/Juvenal_Edjogo.html|title=Edjogo, Juvenal|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=19 February 2018}} |
| 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
|25 March 2007 |Estadio Internacional, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |{{fb|RWA}} |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |style="text-align:center"|3–1 |
| style="text-align:center"|2
|9 September 2007 |Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |{{fb|CMR}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|3
|7 June 2008 |Super Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa |{{fb|ZAF}} |style="text-align:center"|1–4 |style="text-align:center"|1–4 |
| style="text-align:center"|4
|11 November 2012 |Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |{{fb|Madagascar}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |
| style="text-align:center"|5
|rowspan="2"|9 June 2012 |rowspan="2"|Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Sierra Leone}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–2 |rowspan="2"|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|6
|style="text-align:center"|2–2 |
| style="text-align:center"|7
|16 June 2013 |Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |{{fb|Tunisia}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–1 |2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|8
|7 September 2013 |National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone |{{fb|SLE}} |style="text-align:center"|1–3 |style="text-align:center"|2–3 |2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
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