Jean Emile Junior Onana Onana (born 8 January 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.[1][2]

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Jean Onana
Onana with Beşiktaş in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jean Emile Junior Onana Onana
Date of birth (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Beşiktaş
Number 71
Youth career
0000–2019 Nkufo Academy
2019Leixões (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Leixões 1 (0)
2020–2021 Lille B 1 (0)
2020–2021 Lille 1 (0)
2020–2021Mouscron (loan) 28 (2)
2021–2022 Bordeaux 26 (3)
2022–2023 Lens 21 (0)
2023– Beşiktaş 7 (0)
2024Marseille (loan) 13 (1)
International career
2020–2022 Cameroon 10 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 September 2022
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Club career

On 31 January 2020, Onana joined Lille from Leixões.[3] Onana made his professional debut with Lille in a 2–1 Ligue 1 loss to Marseille on 16 February 2020.[4] In August 2020, he joined Belgian club Mouscron along with some Lille players on loan,[5] where he received a red card in a Division A match defeat to Kortrijk on 13 September.[6]

On 30 August 2021, Onana moved to Ligue 1 club Bordeaux on a five-year contract.[7] On 1 September 2022, he signed for his former club Lille's rivals Lens on a five-year contract.[8] He made his first appearance with Lens on 4 September 2022 against Reims.

On 21 July 2023 Onana moved to Süper Lig club Beşiktaş.[9]

On 11 December 2023, it was officially announced that Onana has been excluded from the Beşiktaş squad along with Vincent Aboubakar, Valentin Rosier, Rachid Ghezzal and Eric Bailly due to poor performance and incompatibility within the team.[10] On 8 January 2024, Beşiktaş sent Onana on loan to Ligue 1 club Marseille until the end of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.[11]

International career

Onana made his Cameroon national team debut on 8 October 2020 in a friendly against Japan.[12][13]

Personal life

In the early morning of 20 May 2024, Onana and OM teammate Faris Moumbagna were the victims of an armed robbery attempt while they were in their cars as they were leaving La Commanderie. Although neither were injured, two bullet holes were found on the driver's door on one of the vehicles.[14]

He is not related to André Onana despite sharing same surname.

Career statistics

As of match played 19 May 2024[15]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leixões 2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 1010
Lille 2019–20 Ligue 1 10000010
Mouscron (loan) 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 28210292
Bordeaux 2021–22 Ligue 1 23300233
2022–23 Ligue 2 300030
Total 26300263
Lens 2022–23 Ligue 1 21020230
Beşiktaş 2023–24 Süper Lig 40006[b]0100
Marseille (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 1311000141
Career total 94440601044
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International

As of match played 23 September 2022[16]
More information National team, Year ...
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 202010
202120
202270
Total100
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Honours

Beşiktaş

References

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