Gilles Daniel Mbang Ondo (born 10 October 1985) is a

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...

ese

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who plays for Þróttur Vogum in the 2. deild karla.

Personal life

Gilles shares a dual-citizenship between

and

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. His younger brother, Loïc Mbang Ondo plays for

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

ic club,

Kórdrengir Kórdrengir are an Icelandic football club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. History The club was founded in 2017. It first participated in the Icelandic tier-5 league, 4. deild karla, in 2017. In 2018 they achieved promotion to 3. deild karla, in ...

Club career

Youth career

Born in Libreville,

, Gilles, when he was 10 months old, moved along with his family to

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. He began his footballing career in 1995 at the age of 9 with Sens-based, FC Sens. In 1999, he moved back to Paris where he began playing for the

Paris Saint-Germain Academy The Paris Saint-Germain Academy, commonly known as the PSG Academy, is the youth system of both Paris Saint-Germain (men's team) and Paris Saint-Germain Féminine (women's team). Established in 1970, the academy is managed by the Associa ...

till 2003. He then moved to

Auxerre Auxerre ( , ) is the capital of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in Burgundy. Auxerre's population today is about 35,000; the urban area (''aire d'attraction'') comprises roughly 113,000 inhabitants. Residents of Auxerre are r ...

, where he played for the U-18 and U-21 teams of Ligue 1 club,

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division ...

. He also made an appearance for the Auxerre-based club's reserve squad in the 2005–06 season of Championnat de France Amateur and helped his side secure the 3rd position in the Group A of the competition.

Eisenstadt

Gilles first moved out of France in 2007 to

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where on 1 July 2007, he signed a six-month contract with

Austrian Regional League The Austrian Regionalliga (german: Regionalliga or plural , means Regional League) is the third-highest division in Austrian football, after the Austrian Bundesliga and the Second League. It is divided into 5 groups: East (), covering the stat ...

club,

SC Eisenstadt SC Eisenstadt (Croatian: NK Željezno) was an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club based in Eisenstadt. Established in 1907, it played in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. It folded in 2008. In 2018 SC Eisenstadt started again i ...

. He scored 4 goals in 13 appearances in the 2007–08 season of the Austrian Regional League for the Eisenstadt-based club.

Grindavík

In 2008, he again made a move out of France and this time to

where on 1 January 2008, he signed a three-year contract with Úrvalsdeild karla club,

Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town on the Southern Peninsula of Iceland not far from the tuya Þorbjörn. It is one of the few cities with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work in the fishing industry. The Blue Lagoon, Grindavík ...

. He scored his first Úrvalsdeild goal on 27 July 2008 in a 5–3 loss against Valur. He scored 3 goals in 9 appearances in the 2008 Úrvalsdeild. He made his first appearance and scored his first goal in the

2009 Úrvalsdeild The 2009 season of Úrvalsdeild karla was the 98th season of top-tier football in Iceland. It is also known as ''Pepsideild'' for sponsoring reasons. It began on 10 May 2009 and ended on 26 September 2009. Defending champions FH earned their sec ...

on 10 May 2009 in a 3–1 loss against

Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, commonly known as Stjarnan, is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.and in the top 10 in the World and they have won the League ...

. He also made his debut and scored his first goal in the Icelandic Cup on 18 June 2009 in the third round of the 2009 Icelandic Cup in a 3–1 win over

Íþróttabandalag Akraness Íþróttabandalag Akraness (abbreviated ÍA), is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, ...

. All the three goals for the Grindavík-based club came from Gilles. He scored 11 goals in 21 appearances in the 2009 Úrvalsdeild and thus winning the Grindavík Player of the Year award in 2009. In the

2010 Úrvalsdeild The 2010 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 99th season of top-tier football in Iceland. It was also known as ''Pepsideild'' for sponsoring reasons. It began on 10 May 2010 and ended on 25 September 2010. Breiðablik won their first title, winning t ...

, he made his first appearance on 11 May 2010 in a 4–0 loss against Stjarnan and scored his first goal on 25 May 2010 in a 2–1 loss against Valur. He also made an appearance in the fourth round of the 2010 Icelandic Cup on 24 June 2010 in a 1–1 draw against Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar which was later won by the

Akureyri Akureyri (, locally ) is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, after Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær and Kópavogur, and the largest town outside Iceland's more populated southwest corner. Nickn ...

-based club 5–4 on penalties. Gilles successfully converted the fourth penalty for his side in the penalty shootout but his side failed to pull out a win against Akureyri-based club. He scored 14 goals in 20 appearances in the 2010 Úrvalsdeild, thus finishing as the top scorer of the 2010 edition of the first-tier

and sharing the award with,

internationals,

Alfreð Finnbogason Alfreð Finnbogason (born 1 February 1989) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub and the Iceland national team. With Heerenveen, Alfreð was the Dutch Eredivisie's top scorer ...

and Atli Viðar Björnsson and also ending his three-year long spell with the

-based club. He also won the Grindavík Player of the Year award for a second consecutive year in a row and also received the Player of the Year Award from the

Football Association of Iceland The Football Association of Iceland ( is, Knattspyrnusamband Íslands, KSÍ) is the governing body of football in Iceland. It was founded on 26 March 1947, joined FIFA the same year, and UEFA in 1954. It organises the football league, Úrvalsdei ...

in his final season with the Grindavík-based club.

Stabæk

In 2011, he moved to

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

where on 1 January 2011, he signed a one-year contract with

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-based, Stabæk Football Club. He made his

Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

debut on 20 March 2011 in a 7–0 loss against

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founded in ...

and scored his first goal on 3 April 2011 in a 2–1 win over Rosenborg BK. He also made his

Norwegian Football Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest footba ...

debut on 1 May 2011 in the first round of the competition in a 1–0 win over Holmlia SK. He scored 1 goal in 3 appearances in the 2011 Norwegian Football Cup and 4 goals in 25 appearances in the

2011 Tippeligaen The 2011 Tippeligaen was the 67th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 20 March 2011 and ended on 27 November 2011. Rosenborg were the defending champions, having secured their twenty-second League Cham ...

for the Bærum-based club.

Sandnes Ulf

On 1 January 2012, he signed a six-month contract with another Tippeligaen club,

Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian association football club from Sandnes, Rogaland, currently playing in the 1. divisjon, the second highest division in the Norwegian football league system. The club play their home matches at Øster Hus Arena. The cl ...

. He made his first appearance for the club and scored his first goal on 26 March 2012 in a 2–2 draw against

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 ...

. He scored 2 goals in 13 appearances in the

2012 Tippeligaen The 2012 Tippeligaen was the 68th completed season of top division football in Norway. The competition began on 23 March 2012 and ended on 18 November 2012, with a summer break from 28 May to 30 June. Molde were the defending champions, while Hø ...

Al-Nejmeh

In January 2013, he again moved out of France and this time to

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and more accurately to

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

where he signed a six-month contract with Al-Nejmeh SC. He made his

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...

debut and scored his first goal on 16 February 2013 in a 3–2 win over

Shabab Al-Ghazieh Chabab Ghazieh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الشباب الرياضي الغازيه, lit=Youth of Ghazieh Sporting Club), or simply Ghazieh, is a football club based in Ghazieh, Lebanon, that competes in the . Founded in 1961, the club plays t ...

. He scored 4 goals in 9 appearances in the

2012–13 Lebanese Premier League The 2012–13 Lebanese Premier League is the 52nd season of top-tier football in Lebanon. A total of twelve teams are competing in the league, with Safa the defending champions. The season kicked off on 28 September and finished on 16 June 2013, ...

and helped his side secure the 2nd position in the competition and also helped them earn a spot in the 2014 AFC Cup.

Al-Taawon

In late 2013, he again made a move out of France and this time to the

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and more accurately to the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

where he signed a one-year contract with

Ras al-Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة, historically Julfar) is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is the sixth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al A ...

-based, Al-Taawon C.S. Club. He made his UAE First Division debut and scored his first goal on 9 November 2013 in a 6–1 loss against

Fujairah Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...

-based, Al-Oruba. He scored 15 goals in 21 appearances in the 2013–14 edition of the competition which also included a hat-trick on 20 March 2014 in a 3–0 win over Al-Rams Club.

Ras Al-Khaimah

He then moved to another UAE First Division and Ras al-Khaimah-based club,

Ras Al-Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة, historically Julfar) is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is the sixth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al A ...

. He made his club debut in a UAE League Cup match on 11 October 2014 in a 4–1 loss against

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

-based,

Dubai CSC Dubai Cultural Sports Club () was a football club based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In 2017 merged with Al Shabab to join Al-Ahli to rebrand the club into Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC. History The club was relegated in 2007 to the UAE ...

and scored his first goal on 31 October 2014 in a 2–1 loss against

Al-Thaid Al Dhaid is a United Arab Emirates professional football (soccer) club. It is based in Dhaid, on the outskirts of the Emirate of Sharjah. The club plays in the UAE First Division League UAE First Division League is the second tier of football ...

in the same competition. He made his first appearance in the 2014–15 UAE First Division on 15 November 2014 in a 2–0 loss against Al-Shaab CSC and scored his first goal in the 2014–15 edition of the competition on 22 November 2014 in a 1–1 draw against Dibba Club. He scored 1 goal in 3 appearances in the 2014–15 UAE Arabian Gulf Cup and 3 goals in 9 appearances in the 2014–15 UAE First Division for the Ras al-Khaimah-based club.

Dibba Al-Hisn

In January 2015, he moved to

Dibba Al-Hisn Dibba Al-Hisn ( ar, دبا الحصن, ''white Dibba'') is a List of enclaves and exclaves#Subnational pene-enclaves/exclaves (inaccessible districts), pene-exclave of the emirate of Sharjah (emirate), Al-Sharjah, one of the seven United Arab Emi ...

where he signed a six-month contract with another UAE First Division club, Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club. He made his club debut and scored his first goal on 20 February 2015 in a 2–2 draw against Masafi Club. He scored 5 goals in 10 appearances in the 2014–15 UAE First Division for the Dibba Al-Hisn-based club and thus took his tally to 8 goals in the 2014–15 edition of the competition.

Al-Nahda

In September 2015, he again made a move out of France to the

and this time to

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

where on 22 September 2015, he signed a one-year contract with Al-Nahda Club. He made his debut for the club on 1 October 2015 in a 2–0 win over Al-Khaboura SC in the 2015–16 Oman Professional League Cup and scored his first goal in the same competition on 11 October 2015 in a 4–3 win over Sohar SC. He made his

Oman Professional League The Oman Professional League ( ar, دوري المحترفين عمان; known as the '' Omantel Professional League'' for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Omantel Elite League, is the top division of the Oman Football Association, ...

and scored his first goal in the competition on debut on 18 October 2015 in a 2–1 win over Muscat Club.

Þróttur Vogum

After one season with UMF Selfoss, he joined Þróttur Vogum in April 2019.

International career

Gilles is part of the first team squad of the

Gabon national football team The Gabon national football team (French: ''Équipe de football du Gabon'') represents Gabon in men's international football. The team's nickname is The Panthers and it is governed by the Gabonese Football Federation. They have never qualified ...

. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2007. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the ''Black Panthers'' in a friendly match on 12 June 2007 in a 3–0 win over Réunion. He made his FIFA official debut for the national side in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 7 September 2008 in a 3–0 win over Lesotho.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Al-Nejmeh **

: Runner-up

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Individual

* Úrvalsdeild top scorer: 2010 * Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year: 2010 *

Player of the Year : 2009, 2010

Personal life

Club career

Youth career

Eisenstadt

Grindavík

Stabæk

Sandnes Ulf

Al-Nejmeh

Al-Taawon

Ras Al-Khaimah

Dibba Al-Hisn

Al-Nahda

Þróttur Vogum

International career

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Club

Individual

References

External links