Oumar Gonzalez
{{short description|Cameroonian footballer (born 1998)}}
{{distinguish|Omar Gonzalez}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Oumar Gonzalez
| image = Cameroon v Guinea IMG 8726 (Oumar Gonzalez).jpg
| caption = Gonzalez with Cameroon in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|02|25}}
| birth_place = Douala, Cameroon
| height = 1.86 m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Al-Raed
| clubnumber = 21
| youthyears1 = 2005–2008
| youthclubs1 = US Baille
| youthyears2 = 2008–2013
| youthclubs2 = Air Bel
| youthyears3 = 2013–2015
| youthclubs3 = Metz
| years1 = 2015–2019
| clubs1 = Metz B
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = → Épinal (loan)
| caps2 = 24
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = → Rodez (loan)
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2018–2019
| clubs4 = → Villefranche (loan)
| caps4 = 30
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2019–2021
| clubs5 = Chambly
| caps5 = 40
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2019–2021
| clubs6 = Chambly B
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2021–2023
| clubs7 = Ajaccio
| caps7 = 64
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2023–
| clubs8 = Al-Raed
| caps8 = 56
| goals8 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Cameroon U23
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2023–
| nationalteam2 = Cameroon
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 15 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 27 January 2024
}}
Oumar Gonzalez (born 25 February 1998) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed and the Cameroon national team.
Club career
On 10 August 2015, Gonzalez signed his first professional contract with Metz.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/sports/football/story/deux-nouveaux-professionnels-au-fc-metz-13055606|title=Deux nouveaux professionnels au FC Metz|website=L'essentiel|date=10 August 2015 }} After several seasons out on loan at different clubs,{{Cite web|url=https://rodezaveyronfootball.com/oumar-gonzalez-nouvelle-recrue/|title=Oumar Gonzalez, nouvelle recrue|date=31 August 2017}} he signed with Chambly on 7 June 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://maligue2.fr/2019/06/07/officiel-chambly-signe-oumar-gonzalez-en-provenance-de-metz/|title=Officiel : Chambly signe Oumar Gonzalez, en provenance de Metz|date=7 June 2019|website=MaLigue2}} Gonzalez made his professional debut with the club in a 1–0 Ligue 2 win over Valenciennes on 26 July 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/07/26/france/ligue-2/fc-chambly-thelle/valenciennes-anzin-football-club/3031018/|title=Chambly vs. Valenciennes - 26 July 2019 - Soccerway|website=Soccerway}}
On 17 August 2023, Gonzalez joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Raed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.akhbaar24.com/%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA-24/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%B6%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3-38579|title=رسمياً.. الرائد يضم المدافع الكاميروني 'غونزاليس'|date=17 August 2023|website=أخبار 24}}
International career
Gonzalez represented the Cameroon U23s at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/oise/football-le-reve-brise-d-oumar-gonzalez-19-11-2019-8197236.php|title=Football : le rêve brisé d'Oumar Gonzalez|first=Par Anthony YatkinLe 19 novembre 2019|last=à 19h02|date=19 November 2019|website=leparisien.fr}}
He made his senior international debut for Cameroon on 10 June 2023, in a friendly match against Mexico, playing the full 90 minutes.
On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Cameroonian players selected by Rigobert Song to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Personal life
Born in Cameroon, Gonzalez took his adoptive Mexican father's Spanish surname.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/oise/football-le-reve-brise-d-oumar-gonzalez-19-11-2019-8197236.php|title=Football : le rêve brisé d'Oumar Gonzalez|first=Par Anthony Yatkin Le 19 novembre 2019|last=à 19h02|date=19 November 2019|website=leparisien.fr}} He holds Cameroonian, French and Mexican nationalities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ligue2.fr/joueur|title=Joueur|website=Ligue2}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/un-mexicano-en-la-copa-africana-de-naciones|title=Un 'mexicano' en la Copa Africana de Naciones|language=es|website=Mediotiempo.com|date=2 February 2024 }}
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played on 27 May 2024}}{{Soccerway|oumar-gonzalez/420668}}
| 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"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Metz B
|11 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Épinal (loan)
|24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | ||||
| Rodez (loan)
|National |12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Villefranche (loan)
|National |30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 2 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Chambly
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 2 |21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21
|19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 2 | |||
| Chambly B
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||||
| rowspan="3"|Ajaccio
|Ligue 2 |34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23
|30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 66 | 3 | ||||
| Al-Raed
|31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 3 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!213 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 14 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|oumar-gonzalez/420668}}
- {{LFP|gonzalez-oumar}}
{{Al-Raed squad}}
{{Cameroon squad 2023 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Oumar}}
Category:Footballers from Douala
Category:Cameroonian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
Category:Cameroon men's international footballers
Category:Cameroon men's youth international footballers
Category:Naturalized citizens of France
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Championnat National players
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Saudi Pro League players
Category:FC Villefranche Beaujolais players
Category:FC Chambly Oise players
Category:Cameroonian emigrants to France
Category:Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia