Armel Disney

Congolese footballer

Mamouna-OssilaPersonal information

Full name|  Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila
Date of birth|  (1980-01-07) 7 January 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth|  Brazzaville, Congo
Height|  1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)|  Striker
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1996–2001|  Étoile du Congo|  |
2002–2005|  Internațional Pitești|  49|  (17)
2005–2006|  Pandurii Târgu Jiu|  28|  (5)
2006–2010|  Farul Constanța|  22|  (3)
2007–2008|  → Internațional Curtea de Argeș (loan)|  |
2008–2009|  → CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea (loan)|  7|  (1)
2010–2011|  Vendée Poiré sur Vie[a]|  3|  (0)
2011–2013|  La Châtaigneraie|  |
Total|  |  109|  (26)
International career
2001–2008|  Congo|  21|  (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila (born 7 January 1980) is a retired Congolese football player. FIFA lists his name as Armel Mamouna-Ossila.[2]

## Club career

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### Early career

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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.[1][3]

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.[1][3][4]

### Pandurii Târgu Jiu and Farul Constanța

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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.[4][5] 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][6][7] 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.[4][8][9][10][11]

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.[4][12][13][14][15][16] 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.[4][17][18] 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.[4][19][20][21] In his only two seasons spent in the Romanian top-division, Disney amassed 50 appearances with eight goals scored.[4]

### Late career

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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.[1][4][22][23] In the following season, he was loaned again by Farul, this time at CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea in the second league.[1][4][22]

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.[1][3]

## International career

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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.[1][24] 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.[1] 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.[1][3]

### International goals

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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[1] No.  | Date  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Competition

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1 | 20 June 2004 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo |  Liberia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 World Cup qualifiers
2 | 4 July 2004 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo |  Mali | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 World Cup qualifiers
3 | 10 October 2004 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo |  Zambia | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2006 World Cup qualifiers
4 | 8 October 2005 | Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo |  Togo | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2006 World Cup qualifiers

## Honours

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Étoile du Congo

* Congo Premier League: 2000, 2001[1]
* Coupe du Congo: 2000[1]

Internațional Curtea de Argeș

* Liga III: 2007–08[4]

## Notes

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1. ^ The statistics for the 2009–10 season are unavailable.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Armel Disney at National-Football-Teams.com
2. ^ "Armel Mamouna-Ossila". FIFA.com. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
3. ^ a b c d "Armel Mamouna-Ossila ouvre la boîte à souvenirs" [Armel Mamouna-Ossila opens the souvenir box] (in French). Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale. 21 April 2020.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Armel Disney at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
5. ^ "Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Farul Constanța 1 – 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
6. ^ "Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Gloria Bistrița 2 – 1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
7. ^ "CFR Cluj vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 – 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
8. ^ "FC Arges-Pandurii 0-1: Circarul" [FC Arges-Pandurii 0-1: The circus guy] (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
9. ^ "Argeș Pitești vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 – 1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
10. ^ "Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Oțelul Galați 2 – 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
11. ^ "FC Vaslui vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
12. ^ "Armel Disney, la Farul Constanta" [Armel Disney to Farul Constanta] (in Romanian). Romanialibera.ro. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
13. ^ "Le Congo compte sur son duo". FIFA. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
14. ^ "Finala Cupei UEFA-Intertoto" [The final of the UEFA-Intertoto] (in Romanian). Romanialibera.ro. 15 July 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
15. ^ "Farul, cea mai bună performanță europeană, în urmă cu 28 de ani, în Cupa Intertoto!" [Farul, the best European performance, 28 years ago, in the Intertoto Cup!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
16. ^ "Armel Disney. UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006/2007". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
17. ^ "UTA Arad vs. Farul Constanța 1 – 1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
18. ^ "Farul Constanța vs. Oțelul Galați 3 – 1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
19. ^ "Farul Constanța vs. Național București 1 – 1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
20. ^ "Farul Constanța vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
21. ^ "Ceahlaul – Poli 1-2 si Farul – Pandurii 2-0" [Ceahlaul – Poli 1-2 and Farul – Pandurii 2-0] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 29 September 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
22. ^ a b "Disney, la Vâlcea" [Disney at Vâlcea] (in Romanian). Gazeta de Sud. 26 February 2009.
23. ^ "Farul l-a împrumutat pe Armel Disney la Internațional Pitești" [Farul loaned Armel Disney to International Pitesti] (in Romanian). Cugetliber.ro. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
24. ^ "Congo vs. Madagascar, 28 April 2001". National-football-teams.com. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

## External links

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* Armel Disney at Soccerway
* Armel Disney at WorldFootball 1
* Armel Disney at WorldFootball 2

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals