Jean Marie Dongou
FullnameJean Marie Dongou Tsafack[1]
Birth date20 April 1995 (age 31)[1]
Birth placeDouala, Cameroon
Height1.76 m[1]
PositionForward
Youthclubs 1Samuel Eto'o Academy
Youthyears 22008–2013
Youthclubs 2Barcelona
Years 12012–2016
Clubs 1Barcelona B
Caps 1132
Goals 129
Years 22013–2014
Clubs 2Barcelona
Caps 21
Goals 20
Years 32016–2017
Clubs 3Zaragoza
Caps 331
Goals 37
Years 42017–2018
Clubs 4Gimnàstic
Caps 48
Goals 40
Years 52018–2019
Clubs 5Lugo
Caps 512
Goals 51
Years 62019
Clubs 6→ Lleida Esportiu (loan)
Caps 68
Goals 60
Years 72020–2021
Clubs 7Honka
Caps 726
Goals 710
Years 82022
Clubs 8Zamora
Caps 812
Goals 81
Years 92022
Clubs 9Anagennisi Karditsa
Caps 92
Goals 90
Years 102023
Clubs 10Osaka
Caps 104
Goals 100
Nationalyears 12012
Nationalteam 1Cameroon U20
Nationalcaps 14
Nationalgoals 12
Club-update00:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Jean Marie Dongou Tsafack (born 20 April 1995), known as Dongou, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in Douala, Dongou joined FC Barcelona in 2008 at the age of 13, arriving through the Samuel Eto'o Foundation.[2][3] He made his Segunda División debut for the B team on 28 January 2012 before celebrating his 17th birthday, in a match against SD Huesca where he came on as an 85th-minute substitute for Rodri.[4]

Still in the league competition, and still a junior, Dongou scored his first goal for the Catalans' reserves on 25 March 2012, helping to a 2–1 home defeat of CD Alcoyano.[5] He made his first appearances with the main squad during the 2013 preseason, netting twice in his second in a 7–0 rout of Vålerenga Fotball.[6]

Dongou made his competitive debut with Barcelona on 6 December 2013, replacing Alexis Sánchez for the last 12 minutes of the 4–1 win at FC Cartagena in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey and closing the score.[7] His first game in the UEFA Champions League came five days later, when he featured nine minutes in a 6–1 rout of Celtic in the group stage.[8] He completed a trio of debuts on 19 January of the following year, again coming from the bench away against Levante UD in the La Liga 1–1 draw.[9]

On 22 January 2016, Dongou signed with division two club Real Zaragoza after agreeing to an 18-month deal.[10] On 23 August of the following year, he joined fellow league team Gimnàstic de Tarragona on a four-year contract.[11]

On 10 July 2018, Dongou moved to second-tier side CD Lugo for two years after cutting ties with Nàstic.[12] The following 30 January, he signed with Segunda División B's Lleida Esportiu on loan until the end of the season with an option to make the move permanent in case of promotion.[13]

Dongou terminated his contract with Lugo on 8 August 2019.[14] In February 2020, he joined FC Honka of the Finnish Veikkausliiga.[15]

On 24 September 2022, following a brief spell in Spain with lowly Zamora CF,[16] Dongou moved to the Super League Greece 2 with Anagennisi Karditsa FC.[17] He then spent a couple of months at J3 League club FC Osaka.[18]

Personal life

Dongou is a naturalised citizen of Spain.[10]

Career statistics

[19]

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B!colspan="2" |2011–12Segunda División122——122
!colspan="2" |2012–13Segunda División325——325
!colspan="2" |2013–14Segunda División308——308
!colspan="2" |2014–15Segunda División3911——3911
!colspan="2" |2015–16Segunda División B193——193
colspan="2" !colspan="2" |Total13229000013229
Barcelona2013–14La Liga10111[a]031
Zaragoza2015–16Segunda División17400—174
2016–17Segunda División14300—143
Total3170000317
Gimnàstic2017–18Segunda División8000—80
Lugo2018–19Segunda División12120—141
Lleida Esportiu2018–19Segunda División B8000—80
Honka2020Veikkausliiga137301[b]0177
2021Veikkausliiga133304[c]3206
Total261060533713
Zamora2021–22Primera División RFEF12100—121
Anagennisi Karditsa2022–23Super League Greece 22000—20
Osaka2023J.League 34000—40
Career total23647916325151
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Barcelona

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Dongou". Diario AS. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Dongou ilumina el sueño africano en La Masia azulgrana" [Dongou lights up African dream at the azulgrana La Masia] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ Adán, Ignacio (2 September 2015). "Los niños de Eto'o" [Eto'o's babies] (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Borrachera blaugrana con susto" [Blaugrana get drunk but also scared] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Dongou se estrena con un gol decisivo" [Dongou has debut with decisive goal] (in Spanish). Sport. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "El Barcelona le da la bienvenida al Tata Martino con una goleada en Noruega" [Barcelona welcome Tata Martino with rout in Norway] (in Spanish). La Capital. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ Bogunyà, Roger (6 December 2013). "FC Cartagena v FC Barcelona: Lethal reaction (1–4)". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. ^ Hunter, Graham (11 December 2013). "Neymar treble helps Barcelona canter past Celtic". UEFA. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  9. ^ Aldunate, Ramiro (19 January 2014). "Caparrós y el Tata frenan al Barça" [Caparrós and Tata stop Barça] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Dongou, primer fichaje del Real Zaragoza en el mercado de invierno" [Dongou, Real Zaragoza's first signing of the winter transfer window] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Dongou, nou fitxatge del Nàstic" [Dongou, new signing of Nàstic] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  12. ^ Izquierdo, Vicente M. & Lorenzo, Álvaro (10 July 2018). "Dongou deja el Nàstic y refuerza el ataque del Lugo" [Dongou leaves Nàstic and bolsters the attack of Lugo] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  13. ^ "El Lleida Esportiu incorpora el davanter Jean Marie Dongou" [Lleida Esportiu add forward Jean Marie Dongou] (in Catalan). Lleida Esportiu. 30 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Jean Marie Dongou deja de pertenecer al CD Lugo" [Jean Marie Dongou is no longer part of CD Lugo] (in Spanish). CD Lugo. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  15. ^ Gürler, Eren (11 February 2020). "Barcelona-kasvatti vahvistamaan FC Hongan hyökkäystä" [Barcelona boost to bolster FC Honka's attack] (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  16. ^ "El Zamora CF encuentra al ansiado delantero centro" [Zamora CF find striker they yearned for] (in Spanish). La Opinión de Zamora. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Στην Αναγέννηση ο Καμερουνέζος Jean Marie Dongou!" [Cameroonian Jean Marie Dongou to Anagennisi!] (in Greek). Karditsa Live. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  18. ^ "【FC大阪】FW ドングー選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ" [[FC Osaka] Announcement of the permanent transfer of forward Dongou] (in Japanese). PR Times. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
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  20. ^ Nash, Mathew (21 September 2012). "Remember the name Viktor Fischer: Danish striker scores another hat-trick in NextGen Series". Here Is The City. Retrieved 5 January 2022.