Jean Marie Dongou

Jean Marie Dongou
Dongou playing for Barcelona B in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jean Marie Dongou Tsafack[1]
Date of birth (1995-04-20) 20 April 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Samuel Eto'o Academy
2008–2013 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Barcelona B 132 (29)
2013–2014 Barcelona 1 (0)
2016–2017 Zaragoza 31 (7)
2017–2018 Gimnàstic 8 (0)
2018–2019 Lugo 12 (1)
2019 → Lleida Esportiu (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 Honka 26 (10)
2022 Zamora 12 (1)
2022 Anagennisi Karditsa 2 (0)
2023 FC Osaka 4 (0)
International career
2012 Cameroon U20 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Jean Marie Dongou Tsafack (born 20 April 1995), known as Dongou, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in Douala, Dongou joined FC Barcelona in 2008 at the age of 13, arriving through the Samuel Eto'o Foundation.[2][3] He made his Segunda División debut for the B team on 28 January 2012 before celebrating his 17th birthday, in a match against SD Huesca where he came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Rodri.[4]

Still in the league competition, and still a junior, Dongou scored his first goal for the Catalans' reserves on 25 March 2012, helping to a 2–1 home defeat of CD Alcoyano.[5] He made his first appearances with the main squad during the 2013 preseason, netting twice in his second in a 7–0 rout of Vålerenga Fotball.[6]

Dongou made his competitive debut with Barcelona on 6 December 2013, replacing Alexis Sánchez for the last 12 minutes of the 4–1 win at FC Cartagena in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey and closing the score.[7] His first game in the UEFA Champions League came five days later, when he featured nine minutes in a 6–1 rout of Celtic in the group stage.[8] He completed a trio of debuts on 19 January of the following year, again coming from the bench away against Levante UD in the La Liga 1–1 draw.[9]

On 22 January 2016, Dongou signed with division two club Real Zaragoza after agreeing to an 18-month deal.[10] On 23 August of the following year, he joined fellow league team Gimnàstic de Tarragona on a four-year contract.[11]

On 10 July 2018, Dongou moved to second-tier side CD Lugo for two years after cutting ties with Nàstic.[12] The following 30 January, he signed with Segunda División B's Lleida Esportiu on loan until the end of the season with an option to make the move permanent in case of promotion.[13]

Dongou terminated his contract with Lugo on 8 August 2019.[14] In February 2020, he joined FC Honka of the Finnish Veikkausliiga.[15]

On 24 September 2022, following a brief spell in Spain with lowly Zamora CF,[16] Dongou moved to the Super League Greece 2 with Anagennisi Karditsa FC.[17] On 19 April 2023, following a short stint in Greece, he joined Japanese Third Division club FC Osaka.[18] After playing only 4 games without scoring, Osaka terminated his contract.[19]

Personal life

Dongou is a naturalised citizen of Spain.[10]

Career statistics

As of 8 December 2023[20]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2011–12 Segunda División 12 2 — — 12 2
2012–13 32 5 — — 32 5
2013–14 30 8 — — 30 8
2014–15 39 11 — — 39 11
2015–16 Segunda División B 19 3 — — 19 3
Total 132 29 0 0 0 0 132 29
Barcelona 2013–14 La Liga 1 0 1 1 1[a] 0 3 1
Real Zaragoza 2015–16 Segunda División 17 4 0 0 — 17 4
2016–17 14 3 0 0 — 14 3
Total 31 7 0 0 0 0 31 7
Gimnàstic 2017–18 Segunda División 8 0 0 0 — 8 0
Lugo 2018–19 Segunda División 12 1 2 0 — 14 1
Lleida Esportiu 2018–19 Segunda División B 8 0 0 0 — 8 0
Honka 2020 Veikkausliiga 13 7 3 0 1[b] 0 17 7
2021 13 3 3 0 4[c] 3 20 6
Total 26 10 6 0 5 3 37 13
Zamora 2021–22 Primera Federación RFEF 12 1 0 0 — 12 1
Anagennisi Karditsa 2022–23 Super League Greece 2 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Osaka 2023 J.League 3 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Career total 236 47 9 1 6 3 251 51
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Barcelona

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dongou". Diario AS. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Dongou ilumina el sueño africano en La Masia azulgrana" [Dongou lights up African dream at the azulgrana La Masia]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ Adán, Ignacio (2 September 2015). "Los niños de Eto'o" [Eto'o's babies]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Borrachera blaugrana con susto" [Blaugrana get drunk but also scared]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Dongou se estrena con un gol decisivo" [Dongou has debut with decisive goal]. Sport (in Spanish). 25 March 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "El Barcelona le da la bienvenida al Tata Martino con una goleada en Noruega" [Barcelona welcome Tata Martino with rout in Norway]. La Capital (in Spanish). 27 July 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ Bogunyà, Roger (6 December 2013). "FC Cartagena v FC Barcelona: Lethal reaction (1–4)". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. ^ Hunter, Graham (11 December 2013). "Neymar treble helps Barcelona canter past Celtic". UEFA. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  9. ^ Aldunate, Ramiro (19 January 2014). "Caparrós y el Tata frenan al Barça" [Caparrós and Tata stop Barça]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Dongou, primer fichaje del Real Zaragoza en el mercado de invierno" [Dongou, Real Zaragoza's first signing of the winter transfer window]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 22 January 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Dongou, nou fitxatge del Nàstic" [Dongou, new signing of Nàstic] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  12. ^ Izquierdo, Vicente M.; Lorenzo, Álvaro (10 July 2018). "Dongou deja el Nàstic y refuerza el ataque del Lugo" [Dongou leaves Nàstic and bolsters the attack of Lugo]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  13. ^ "El Lleida Esportiu incorpora el davanter Jean Marie Dongou" [Lleida Esportiu add forward Jean Marie Dongou] (in Catalan). Lleida Esportiu. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Jean Marie Dongou deja de pertenecer al CD Lugo" [Jean Marie Dongou is no longer part of CD Lugo] (in Spanish). CD Lugo. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  15. ^ Gürler, Eren (11 February 2020). "Barcelona-kasvatti vahvistamaan FC Hongan hyökkäystä" [Barcelona boost to bolster FC Honka's attack] (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  16. ^ "El Zamora CF encuentra al ansiado delantero centro" [Zamora CF find striker they yearned for]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Στην Αναγέννηση ο Καμερουνέζος Jean Marie Dongou!" [Cameroonian Jean Marie Dongou to Anagennisi!] (in Greek). Karditsa Live. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  18. ^ "FW ドングー選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ". FC大阪 (in Japanese). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  19. ^ "FW ジャン・マリー・ドングー選手 契約解除のお知らせ". FC大阪 (in Japanese). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  20. ^ a b Jean Marie Dongou at Soccerway
  21. ^ Nash, Mathew (21 September 2012). "Remember the name Viktor Fischer: Danish striker scores another hat-trick in NextGen Series". Here Is The City. Retrieved 5 January 2022.