| Jérôme Onguéné | |
| Full Name: | Jérôme Junior Onguéné[1] |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Mbalmayo, Cameroon |
| Height: | 1.86 m[2] |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Clubnumber: | 41 |
| Youthclubs1: | AS Illzach Modenheim |
| Youthclubs2: | Sochaux |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2011 |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2013 |
| Years1: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Sochaux |
| Caps1: | 45 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | VfB Stuttgart |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs4: | → FC Liefering (loan) |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Red Bull Salzburg |
| Caps5: | 56 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 2021 |
| Clubs6: | → Genoa (loan) |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022– |
| Clubs7: | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2023 |
| Clubs8: | → Red Bull Salzburg (loan) |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs9: | → Servette (loan) |
| Caps9: | 2 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam2: | France U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam3: | France U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam4: | France U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 2 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam5: | France U20 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 1 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam6: | Cameroon |
| Nationalcaps6: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 25 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 22:56, 10 August 2022 (UTC) |
Jérôme Junior Onguéné (born 22 December 1997) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for German club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Cameroon national team.
On 31 January 2017, Onguéné moved to VfB Stuttgart.[3] He was loaned to Red Bull Salzburg on 31 August 2017 until the end of the season.[4] In June 2018 Onguéné moved permanently to Salzburg.[5]
On 15 January 2021, Onguéné moved to Serie A club Genoa, on a loan until the end of the season. The loan included an option to buy.[6]
On 25 March 2022, Onguéné signed a five-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, effective 1 July 2022.[7] On 5 January 2023, Onguéné returned to Red Bull Salzburg on loan until the end of the season having failed to make an appearance for Frankfurt.[8] He did not make any appearances for Red Bull during this stint, mostly dealing with knee issues. On 4 August 2023, Onguéné moved on a new loan to Servette in Switzerland.[9]
Onguéné won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with France. In August 2018 Onguéné switched his allegiance to Cameroon and was nominated for the match against Comoros in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B.[10] He made his debut for Cameroon in a 1–0 win over Malawi national football team on 12 October 2018.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sochaux II | 2013–14 | CFA 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | CFA 2 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| 2015–16 | CFA 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||||||
| Sochaux | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 57 | 1 | |||||
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| FC Liefering (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian First League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 5 | |||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | |||
| 2019–20 | Austrian Bundesliga | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 34 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Austrian Bundesliga | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 11 | 17 | 1 | — | 21 | 1 | — | 111 | 13 | |||||
| Genoa (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg (loan) | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 154 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 14 | |||