Stephane Onesime Emaná (born 17 June 1994) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays for Spanish club Salamanca UDS as a

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Club career

Born in

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the Capital city, capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre Region o ...

, Emaná graduated from

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' youth system, but left the club in September 2011, after failing to obtain a Spanish nationality. Late in the month he joined

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, and made his senior debut in the 2011–12 campaign by scoring 15 goals in only 19 matches with the reserve side in

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. In July 2012 Emaná was called up to the pre-season with the main squad, but subsequently remained with the B's. He made his professional debut on 17 February of the following year, in a 0–3

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away loss against

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. On 26 July 2013 Emaná signed a two-year deal with

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

, being assigned to its

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also in the fourth level. On 4 January 2016 he extended his contract until 2019, after appearing once with the first team in

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. Emaná appeared with the main squad for the second time on 9 January 2016, coming on as a first-half substitute for injured Marcos de la Espada in a 1–2 home loss against

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; his brother also appeared for ''Nàstic'' in the match. Eight days later he scored his first professional goal, netting the last in a 3–1 win at

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, receiving an assist from his brother. On 18 January 2018, Emaná was loaned to

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in the third division, for six months. Upon returning, he terminated his contract on 1 August, and signed for

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two days later. His first season at the team from

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ended in early February 2019 due to an ankle injury.

Personal life

His older brother,

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, is also a footballer. A

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, he represented

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

in more than 40 occasions.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Emana, Stephane 1994 births Footballers from Yaoundé Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Xerez CD B players Xerez CD footballers CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Atlético Madrid B players Hércules CF players CD Ebro players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers CD Teruel footballers Águilas FC players Salamanca CF UDS players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain