Prince Oniangué


Prince Alban Oniangué is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Caen and the Congo national team.

Club career

Born in Paris, Oniangué joined the youth system at Rennes in 2005 from Caen and made his senior debut in 2008. On 31 July 2009 Rennes announced that Oniangué would join Ligue 2 side Angers on loan for the 2009–10 season. He made 31 appearances during the loan.
He left Rennes and joined Ligue 2 club Tours on 6 August 2010, signing a three-year contract. On 4 June 2013, Oniangué agreed to join Ligue 1 side Reims on a three-year contract. In December 2014 he extended his contract at the club until 2019.
On 15 August 2016, Oniangué signed a four-year contract with English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee. He made his club debut on 20 August 2016 coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 win against Birmingham City. He scored his first goal for the club on 10 September 2016 in a 1–1 draw against Burton Albion.
After falling out of favour with then Wolves head coach Paul Lambert, on 16 January 2017, Oniangué joined Ligue 1 club Bastia for the rest of the 2016–17 season.
In January 2018, he joined Angers SCO for second half of the 2017–18 season. On 12 July 2018, Oniangué moved to Ligue 1 club Caen on a permanent deal.

International career

Oniangué made his debut for the Congo national team in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Sudan on 11 October 2008.
On 21 January 2015, Oniangué scored the only goal of a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations group match against Gabon to give Congo its first win at the Africa Cup of Nations since 1974.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 November 2011Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe4–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.6 September 2014U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Nigeria1–13–22015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.10 September 2014Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Congo2–02–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.10 January 2015Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal2–02–3Friendly
5.21 January 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea1–01–02015 Africa Cup of Nations
6.14 June 2015Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo1–11–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.4 June 2016Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya1–01–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.25 March 2018Aimé Bergéal, Mantes-la-Jolie, France
1–0
2–0
Friendly
9.11 October 2018Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo3–13–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification