Lucien Fridolin Owona-Ndong (born 9 August 1990) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a central defender for Spanish club UE Cornellà.

Club career

Owona was born in Douala, and made his senior debut with

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in 2005. After spells at AS Cetef de Bonabéri and

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, he agreed to a contract with Paris Saint-Germain on 10 September 2009. After only appearing for PSG's B-team in

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, Owona moved to Spain and joined Real Oviedo Vetusta on 31 January 2011. Although he did not play with the side due to bureaucratic problems, he was still promoted to

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on 28 May. After leaving Oviedo, Owona continued to appear in the third level but also in Tercera División in the following years, representing SD Noja,

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(two stints) and Caudal Deportivo. In 2015, while representing Villanovense, he suffered racial abuse from the supporters of

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. On 17 January 2017, Owona signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with

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side AD Alcorcón. He made his professional debut the following day, starting in a 0–2 Copa del Rey home loss against Deportivo Alavés. Owona scored his first professional goal on 19 February 2017, netting the first in a 1–1 home draw against Real Zaragoza. On 22 July he terminated his contract, and signed a three-year deal with fellow second-tier club UD Almería just hours later. On 22 January 2020, after suffering a serious injury, Owona cut ties with the ''Rojiblancos''. On 23 September, after nine months without a club, he signed for Extremadura UD in the third tier.

International career

After representing Cameroon at under-20 level, Owona was included in Hugo Broos's final 23-man squad for the

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. After failing to appear during the whole tournament, Owona made his full international debut on 13 June 2017, starting in a 0–4

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loss against

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Owona, Lucien 1990 births Living people Footballers from Douala Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Les Astres FC players Championnat National 2 players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Oviedo Vetusta players Real Oviedo players Arroyo CP players CF Villanovense players Caudal Deportivo footballers AD Alcorcón footballers UD Almería players Extremadura UD footballers UE Cornellà players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Cameroon men's youth international footballers Cameroon men's international footballers 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players