Armel Disney Explained

Mamouna-Ossila
Fullname:Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila
Birth Date:7 January 1980
Birth Place:Brazzaville, Congo
Position:Striker
Years1:1996–2001
Years2:2002–2005
Years3:2005–2006
Years4:2006–2010
Years5:2007–2008
Years6:2008–2009
Years7:2010–2011
Years8:2011–2013
Clubs5:Internațional Curtea de Argeș (loan)
Clubs6:CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea (loan)
Clubs8:La Châtaigneraie
Caps2:49
Goals2:17
Caps3:28
Goals3:5
Caps4:22
Goals4:3
Caps6:7
Goals6:1
Caps7:3
Goals7:0
Totalcaps:109
Totalgoals:26
Nationalyears1:2001–2008
Nationalteam1:Congo
Nationalcaps1:21
Nationalgoals1:4

Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila (born 7 January 1980) is a retired Congolese football player. FIFA lists his name as Armel Mamouna-Ossila.[1]

Club career

Early career

Armel Disney was born on 7 January 1980 in Brazzaville, Congo, starting his career in 1996 at local club Étoile du Congo with whom he won two Congo Premier League titles and a Coupe du Congo.[2]

In 2002 he went to play in the Romanian second league at Internațional Pitești for three seasons, the highlight of this period being nine goals scored in the 2003–04 season.[2]

Pandurii Târgu Jiu and Farul Constanța

In 2005, Disney was transferred to first league team, Pandurii Târgu Jiu where in the first round of the season, on 7 August he made his Divizia A debut under coach Emil Săndoi in a 2–1 home loss in front of Farul Constanța.[3] He scored his first goal on the seventh round in a 2–1 home victory with Gloria Bistrița, one week later scoring again in another 2–1 win over CFR Cluj.[4] [5] Until the end of the season, Disney scored three more goals, the only one in a 1–0 with Argeș Pitești, one in a draw with Oțelul Galați and the last one in a loss with Vaslui.[6] [7] [8] [9]

In 2006, Disney was transferred from Pandurii to Farul Constanța where he started to play in European competitions, making three appearances in the Intertoto Cup, helping the club eliminate Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the second round, being eliminated in the third round by Auxerre.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] He made his Divizia A debut for his new club in the first round of the 2006–07 season, being used by coach Momčilo Vukotić in a 1–1 with UTA Arad, scoring his first goal the following round in a 3–1 win over Oțelul Galați.[15] [16] Until the end of the season he scored two more goals in a 1–1 with Național București and a 2–0 home victory over his former team, Pandurii.[17] [18] [19] In his only two seasons spent in the Romanian top-division, Disney amassed 50 appearances with eight goals scored.

Late career

In 2007, Disney was loaned by Farul at Internațional Curtea de Argeș in the third league, helping the club earn promotion to the second league.[20] [21] In the following season, he was loaned again by Farul, this time at CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea in the second league.[20]

Armel Disney ended his career in 2013 after playing a few seasons in the French lower leagues for Vendée Poiré sur Vie and La Châtaigneraie.[2]

International career

Armel Disney made his debut for Congo's national team under coach Paul Ebondzibato on 28 April 2001 in 2–0 win over Madagascar at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers where he also played his following game, a 1–1 with DR Congo.[22] After playing one game at the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, Disney was an important figure for the team's 2006 World Cup qualifiers campaign, appearing in nine games in which he scored four goals, two in victories with Liberia and Mali and two in losses in front of Zambia and Togo. In the following years he played five games at the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifiers and three at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, having a total of 21 appearances with four goals scored for The Red Devils.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Armel Disney goal.

List of international goals scored by Armel Disney
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 20 June 2004 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo 2–0 3–0 2006 World Cup qualifiers
2 4 July 2004 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo 1–0 1–0 2006 World Cup qualifiers
3 10 October 2004 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo 2–3 2–3 2006 World Cup qualifiers
4 8 October 2005 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo 2–1 2–3 2006 World Cup qualifiers

Honours

Étoile du Congo

Internațional Curtea de Argeș

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA.com. Armel Mamouna-Ossila. 17 April 2024.
  2. News: Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale. Armel Mamouna-Ossila ouvre la boîte à souvenirs. Armel Mamouna-Ossila opens the souvenir box. fr. 21 April 2020.
  3. Web site: WorldFootball. Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Farul Constanța 1 – 2. 16 April 2024.
  4. Web site: WorldFootball. Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Gloria Bistrița 2 – 1. 16 April 2024.
  5. Web site: WorldFootball. CFR Cluj vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 – 2. 16 April 2024.
  6. Web site: FC Arges-Pandurii 0-1: Circarul. Hotnews.ro. ro. FC Arges-Pandurii 0-1: The circus guy . 5 November 2005. 16 April 2024.
  7. Web site: WorldFootball. Argeș Pitești vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 – 1. 16 April 2024.
  8. Web site: WorldFootball. Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Oțelul Galați 2 – 2. 16 April 2024.
  9. Web site: WorldFootball. FC Vaslui vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu. 16 April 2024.
  10. Web site: Armel Disney, la Farul Constanta. Romanialibera.ro. ro. Armel Disney to Farul Constanta . 16 June 2006. 16 April 2024.
  11. Web site: FIFA. Le Congo compte sur son duo. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006223416/http://fr.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=895984.html. dead. 6 October 2008. 2 October 2005. 13 May 2009.
  12. Web site: Finala Cupei UEFA-Intertoto. Romanialibera.ro. ro. The final of the UEFA-Intertoto . 15 July 2006. 16 April 2024.
  13. Web site: Farul, cea mai bună performanță europeană, în urmă cu 28 de ani, în Cupa Intertoto! . Sport.ro. ro. Farul, the best European performance, 28 years ago, in the Intertoto Cup! . 24 August 2023. 16 April 2024.
  14. Web site: WorldFootball. Armel Disney. UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006/2007. 16 April 2024.
  15. Web site: WorldFootball. UTA Arad vs. Farul Constanța 1 – 1. 16 April 2024.
  16. Web site: WorldFootball. Farul Constanța vs. Oțelul Galați 3 – 1. 16 April 2024.
  17. Web site: WorldFootball. Farul Constanța vs. Național București 1 – 1. 16 April 2024.
  18. Web site: WorldFootball. Farul Constanța vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2 – 0. 16 April 2024.
  19. Web site: Ceahlaul – Poli 1-2 si Farul – Pandurii 2-0. Libertatea.ro. ro. Ceahlaul – Poli 1-2 and Farul – Pandurii 2-0 . 29 September 2005. 16 April 2024.
  20. News: Gazeta de Sud. Disney, la Vâlcea. Disney at Vâlcea. ro. 26 February 2009.
  21. Web site: Farul l-a împrumutat pe Armel Disney la Internațional Pitești. Cugetliber.ro. ro. Farul loaned Armel Disney to International Pitesti. 7 September 2007. 16 April 2024.
  22. News: Congo vs. Madagascar, 28 April 2001. National-football-teams.com. 17 April 2024.