| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sylvain Alex Ovono | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-08-27) 27 August 1972 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Sivasspor | ||
| 1998 | Vanspor | 6 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Naval | 12 | (1) |
| 2000 | Keratsini | ||
| 2000–2001 | Portimonense | 12 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Espinho | ||
| 2003–2004 | Moura | ||
| 2004–2005 | Pombal | 24 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Castrense | ||
| 2006–2007 | Gândara | ||
| 2007–2008 | Lusitânia | 13 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Sourense | 18 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sylvain Alex Ovono (born 27 August 1972) is a retired Cameroonian footballer, who played as a forward.
Football career
Born in Yaoundé, Ovono began playing football in Europe in Turkey, starting with modest Sivasspor, then switching to the Süper Lig in the 1997–98 season, appearing very rarely for the last-placed team, Belediye Vanspor.
In the following decade, almost uninterrupted, he played in Portugal, mostly in the lower leagues. The best he achieved was appearing two seasons in the second division for Associação Naval 1º de Maio (only 12 matches over the course of two seasons combined). After a very brief spell in Greece, he resumed his career in the country, appearing for seven different clubs (notably Portimonense SC, when it was in the third level).
In 2001, Ovono had an unsuccessful trial at 1. FC Union Berlin in Germany. After returning to Portugal, he eventually retired at the age of 33, his last club being Grupo Desportivo Sourense in Soure.
References
- ^ "Sylvain Ovono". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
Born: 27.08.1972
- ^ "SYLVLEN ALEX OVONO". tff.org. Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
Date of Birth: 27 August 1972
- "1. FC Union: Ofodile geht, Ovono kommt" [1. FC Union: Ofodile goes, Ovono comes]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 10 July 2001.;
External links
- Sylvain Ovono at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com) (in Turkish)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Yaoundé
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Süper Lig players
- Sivasspor footballers
- Vanspor footballers
- Associação Naval 1º de Maio players
- Portimonense S.C. players
- S.C. Espinho players
- S.C. Pombal players
- S.C. Lusitânia players
- G.D. Sourense players
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece