David Cedric Yannick Evina-Si (born 16 November 1991) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a defender or

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Club career

Arsenal

As a nine-year-old playing district football in

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, Evina was invited by

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's scouting team for a trial. He then signed up and made his way up through the club's youth teams. He signed professional terms with the club in August 2009 and then followed this up with captaining the club's 2009–10 FA Youth Cup side, as well being a key part of the FA Premier Academy League winning team. He also played 11 times for the Reserves. On 5 October 2010, he joined

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on loan until 4 January 2011. He made his

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debut on 9 October 2010 in a League One match against

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. He scored his first ever professional goal against

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on 27 November 2010.

Oldham Athletic

On 28 January 2011, Evina was signed on a free transfer by

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after being released from Arsenal and impressing on his loan. Evina's first goal after signing came in a 4–0 win against

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with a strike in the top right hand corner. Evina went on to make a further 14 appearances for Oldham, predominantly occupying the left-back spot and occasionally left-wing. His impressive performances during the season earned Evina Oldham's Young Player of the Year award. At the end of the

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season he was offered a new contract by Oldham. On 9 June it was confirmed by the club that Evina had rejected a new contract due to personal reasons. Evina stated in an interview with the club that "Manchester is a long way from home and I decided I wanted to be closer to my family", and went on to state it was nothing to do with the club or the monetary contract.

Charlton Athletic

Evina signed a two-year contract at

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in June 2011. He found first team opportunities limited at Charlton in the 2011–12 season and made only one start for the club. Following an injury to regular left-back Rhoys Wiggins against

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at the start of the

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season, Evina was subsequently handed a run of games in the side. However, he too picked up an injury which left him out of the side for almost two months. With

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still sidelined, Evina returned to the fold and impressed the fans with some solid performances. On 19 July 2013, Evina signed a new one-year deal. On 22 May 2014, he was released from

Doncaster Rovers

Evina signed for

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on 30 July 2014 on a two-year contract. On 12 December 2015, Evina signed a new two and a half-year contract which will see him remain at Keepmoat Stadium until the summer of 2018. On 30 June 2017, Evina joined League Two side

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on a season-long loan.

Notts County

On 14 September 2018, Evina signed for

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. He was released by Notts County at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Romford

On 15 January 2020, Evina signed for

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. However, after a couple of training sessions with Romford in January, he decided it wasn’t for him and extended his hiatus to work on projects outside of football.CEDRIC EVINA: ‘LETTING WOJCIECH SZCZESNY GO WAS ONE OF ARSENAL’S BIGGEST MISTAKES’
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International career

Evina is eligible to play for three countries,

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, where he was born,

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, where he grew up and

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, where he has lived for several years. He was named in the provisional squad for France's Under-20 team for the 2011

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, however he did not make the final cut and was not chosen for the final squad.

Career statistics

Honours

*Oldham Athletic Young Player of the Year Award: 2011

References

External links

*
Arsenal profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evina, Cedric 1991 births Living people Cameroonian footballers Men's association football defenders Arsenal F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Notts County F.C. players English Football League players Place of birth missing (living people) Romford F.C. players