Jérôme Onguéné
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| Full name | Jérôme Junior Onguéné[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mbalmayo, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Petrolul Ploiești | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Illzach Modenheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Sochaux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Sochaux B | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Sochaux | 45 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | VfB Stuttgart | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | VfB Stuttgart II | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 17 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Liefering (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Red Bull Salzburg | 56 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Genoa (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Servette (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Petrolul Ploiești | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | France U16 | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | France U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U19 | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | France U20 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Cameroon | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jérôme Junior Onguéné (born 22 December 1997) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.
Club career
On 31 January 2017, Onguéné moved to VfB Stuttgart.[3] He was loaned to Red Bull Salzburg on 31 August 2017 until the end of the season.[4] In June 2018 Onguéné moved permanently to Salzburg.[5]
On 15 January 2021, Onguéné moved to Serie A club Genoa, on a loan until the end of the season.[6] The loan included an option to buy.[6]
On 25 March 2022, Onguéné signed a five-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, effective 1 July 2022.[7] On 5 January 2023, Onguéné returned to Red Bull Salzburg on loan until the end of the season having failed to make an appearance for Frankfurt.[8] He did not make any appearances for Red Bull during this stint, mostly dealing with knee issues. On 4 August 2023, Onguéné moved on a new loan to Servette in Switzerland.[9]
International career
Onguéné won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with France. In August 2018 Onguéné switched his allegiance to Cameroon and was nominated for the match against Comoros in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B.[10] He made his debut for Cameroon in a 1–0 win over Malawi national football team on 12 October 2018.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 December 2025[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sochaux B | 2013–14 | CFA | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | CFA | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||||
| 2015–16 | CFA 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| Sochaux | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 57 | 1 | ||||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2016–17 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 22 | 5 | ||
| Liefering (loan) | 2017–18 | Erste Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 6[d] | 1 | — | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[e] | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[e] | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Total | 56 | 7 | 13 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | — | 89 | 8 | ||||
| Genoa (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Servette (loan) | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2025–26 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 160 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 14 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, Austrian Cup, Swiss Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 6 February 2022[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
Honours
VfB Stuttgart
Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Austrian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
Servette
France U19
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2021[14]
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Republic of Korea 2017: List of players" (PDF). 9 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "Jérôme Onguéné". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Jérôme Onguéné sign VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Jérôme Onguéné released on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Jérôme Onguéné makes permanent Salzburg move". VfB Stuttgart. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Onguene done deal for Genoa". Football Italia. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Jérôme Onguéné to join in the summer". Eintracht Frankfurt. 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Jerome Onguene signs loan deal until summer". www.redbullsalzburg.at/en. 5 January 2023. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "JÉRÔME ONGUÉNÉ PRÊTÉ AU SERVETTE FC" [JÉRÔME ONGUÉNÉ LOANED TO SERVETTE FC] (in French). Servette FC. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Comores-Cameroun : Les 23 de Clarence Seedorf" (in French). Cameroonian Football Federation. 20 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Cameroon overcome Malawi in Yaounde". Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Jérôme Onguéné at Soccerway
- ^ "Jérôme Onguéné". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links
- Jérôme Onguéné at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Jérôme Onguéné – UEFA competition record (archive)