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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Olivier Ongfiang | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Bordeaux | |||
2001–2002 | Venezia | ||
2002–2003 | Palermo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002 | Venezia | 1 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Palermo | 4 | (0) |
2003–2004 | → Cesena (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2004–2005 | → Martina (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2005–2008 | Espérance de Tunis | ||
2006–2007 | → Al Ain (loan) | ||
2007–2008 | → Sharjah SC (loan) | ||
2008–2010 | Al Ahly Tripoli | ||
2010–2011 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 20 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Sheikh Russel KC | ||
2013 | Benfica Luanda | ||
2014 | Sriwijaya | 15 | (1) |
National team | |||
2005 | Cameroon U20 | ||
2007 | Cameroon U23 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:11, 9 September 2014 (UTC). |
Frank Olivier Ongfiang (born 6 April 1985) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Born in Yaoundé, Ongfiang started his European career at France for Bordeaux. In 2001–02 season, he was signed by Venezia and made his Serie A debut on 17 March 2002 against Chievo, substituted Arturo Di Napoli in the last minutes. The match ended in 1–1 draw. At that time he was the 4th all-time youngest Serie A foreign player, after Valeri Bojinov, Lampros Choutos and Claiton.
In August 2002, after Venezia's owner Maurizio Zamparini purchased Palermo, he followed his team-mates likes Di Napoli, Kewullay Conteh, Mario Santana, Igor Budan, Stefano Morrone and Daniel Andersson, etc. transferred to the Sicily side.
In 2003–04 season, he left for Cesena of Serie C1 on loan. In the next season, played for Martina.
On 1 July 2005, he left for Espérance de Tunis and played at 2005 CAF Champions League.
In 2007, he left for Al Ain and played at 2007 AFC Champions League. In mid-2008, he left for Al Ahly Tripoli.