Prince Oniangué

Prince Alban Oniangué (born 4 November 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Caen and the Congo national team.

Prince Oniangué
Oniangué (right) and Benjamin Leroy
Personal information
Full name Prince Alban Oniangué[1]
Date of birth (1988-11-04) 4 November 1988
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Caen
Number 6
Youth career
–1999 Hérouville-Saint-Clair
1999–2005 Caen
2005–2008 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Rennes 5 (0)
2009–2010 → Angers (loan) 30 (1)
2010–2013 Tours 84 (13)
2013–2016 Reims 94 (17)
2016–2018 Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 (2)
2017 → Bastia (loan) 14 (3)
2018 → Angers (loan) 14 (1)
2018– Caen 72 (7)
National team‡
2008– Congo 41 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:24, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Paris, Oniangué joined the youth system at Rennes in 2005 from Caen and made his senior debut in 2008.[2] On 31 July 2009 Rennes announced that Oniangué would join Ligue 2 side Angers on loan for the 2009–10 season.[3] He made 31 appearances during the loan.[4]

He left Rennes and joined Ligue 2 club Tours on 6 August 2010, signing a three-year contract.[5] On 4 June 2013, Oniangué agreed to join Ligue 1 side Reims on a three-year contract.[6] In December 2014 he extended his contract at the club until 2019.[7]

On 15 August 2016, Oniangué signed a four-year contract with English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.[8] He made his club debut on 20 August 2016 coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 win against Birmingham City.[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 September 2016 in a 1–1 draw against Burton Albion.[10]

After falling out of favour with then Wolves head coach Paul Lambert, on 16 January 2017, Oniangué joined Ligue 1 club Bastia for the rest of the 2016–17 season.[11]

In January 2018, he joined Angers SCO for second half of the 2017–18 season.[4] On 12 July 2018, Oniangué moved to Ligue 1 club Caen on a permanent deal.[12]

International career

Oniangué made his debut for the Congo national team in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Sudan on 11 October 2008.

On 21 January 2015, Oniangué scored the only goal of a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations group match against Gabon to give Congo its first win at the Africa Cup of Nations since 1974.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 July 2018[14]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rennes 2008–09 Ligue 1 500000—50
2009–10 Ligue 1 000000—00
Total 500000—50
Angers (loan) 2009–10 Ligue 2 3011000—311
Total 3011000—311
Tours 2010–11 Ligue 2 3730000—373
2011–12 Ligue 2 1913011—232
2012–13 Ligue 2 2890000—289
Total 84133011—8814
Reims 2013–14 Ligue 1 35101021—3811
2014–15 Ligue 1 3230000—323
2015–16 Ligue 1 2740010—284
Total 94171031—9818
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2016–17 Championship 1020010—112
2017–18 Championship 000000—00
Career total 102001000112
Bastia (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 1 1530000—153
Angers (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 1410010—151
Career total 2523750620026339

International
As of match played 11 October 2018[15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Congo 200810
200910
201020
201131
201240
201350
201472
201593
201621
201750
201822
Total419

International goals
Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first.[15]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 November 2011Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe4–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.6 September 2014U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria Nigeria1–13–22015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.10 September 2014Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Congo Sudan2–02–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.10 January 2015Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal Cape Verde2–02–3Friendly
5.21 January 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea Gabon1–01–02015 Africa Cup of Nations
6.14 June 2015Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo Kenya1–11–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.4 June 2016Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Kenya1–01–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.25 March 2018Aimé Bergéal, Mantes-la-Jolie, France Guinea-Bissau
1–0
2–0
Friendly
9.11 October 2018Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo Liberia3–13–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 41. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. "Prince Oniangué". stade-rennais-online.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. "Oniangue prêté à Angers [Oniangue loaned to Angers]". L'Equipe (in French). 31 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. Okeleji, Oluwashina (6 January 2018). "Prince Oniangue: Congo international delighted to rejoin former club Angers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. "Oniangue file à Tours [Oniangue joins Tours]". L'Equipe (in French). 6 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  6. "Reims: P.Oniangue pour trois ans [Reims: P.Oniangue for three years]". franceinfo (in French). 4 June 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  7. "Reims: Oniangué prolonge [Reims: Oniangué extends]". footmercato.net (in French). 12 December 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  8. "WATCH: Wolves announce signing of Prince Oniangue". Express & Star. 15 August 2016.
  9. "Birmingham City 1-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers". BBC Sports. 20 August 2016.
  10. "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Burton Albion". BBC Sports. 10 September 2016.
  11. "Prince joins Bastia on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 16 January 2017.
  12. "Oniangue Departs For Caen". Wolverhampton Wanderers. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  13. "Gabon 0-1 Congo". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  14. "P. Oniangué". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  15. "Oniangué, Prince". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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