Francisco Ondo

Cameroonian footballer

Francisco OndoPersonal information

Full name|  Franklin Bama Yangoua,[1] or Francisco Obama Ondo[2][3]
Date of birth|  9 September 1996,[1] 15 May 1996[2] or 10 November 1996[3]
Place of birth|  Yaoundé, Cameroon
Position(s)|  defender
Team information

Current team

|  AS Vita Club
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2013–2014|  Akonangui FC|  |
2015|  Leones Vegetarianos FC|  |
2015–2016|  FC Cape Town|  11|  (0)
2016–|  AS Vita Club|  |
International career
2014|  Equatorial Guinea|  3|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franklin Bama Yangoua or Francisco Obama Ondo (born 9 September 1996, 15 May 1996 or 10 November 1996) is a naturalized Equatoguinean professional footballer originally from Cameroon. He is playing for AS Vita Club in DR Congo.

After winning the Equatoguinean Primera División in 2013, he competed for Akonangui FC at the 2014 CAF Champions League in February 2014.[1] On 4 May 2014, he was called up to the Equatorial Guinea national team for two 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Mauritania.[4] So far, he was known as Franklin Bama Yangoua, his date of birth being 9 September 1996.[1] However, when the first leg took place in Nouakchott two weeks later, he was an unused substitute under the name Francisco Obama Ondo and the date of birth 15 May 1996.[5][2] In February 2015, he competed for Leones Vegetarianos FC at the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup, again under the name Francisco Obama Ondo, but with another date of birth: 10 November 1996.[3]

His original name is Franklin Bama Yangoua, which he changed to Francisco Obama Ondo after moving to Equatorial Guinea in 2013 to play for Akonangui FC. After living there for one year, he was called up to the Equatorial Guinea national football team even though he had no ancestry from there nor had the means to have citizenship. The Confederation of African Football rules indicated that a player is required to be naturalized for at least five years before granted national team permission. He clandestinely managed to elude this until 2017.[6] [7]

## Transfers

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Arranged to be sold in May 2016,[8] he was part of the 'mass exodus' of FC Cape Town in which they sold almost half their team.[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Bama Yangoua, Franklin profile". CAF.
2. ^ a b c "Francisco Obama Ondo (Equatorial Guinea national team) profile". CAF.
3. ^ a b c "Francisco Obama Ondo profile". CAF.
4. ^ Monsuy, David (5 May 2014). "Goikoetxea publishes the list to play against Mauritania". guineaecuatorialpress.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
5. ^ "Match Report". CAF. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
6. ^ Chuma, Festus (21 February 2017). "SCANDAL: The story of Francisco Obama Ondo and AS Vita Club". Soka25east. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2017.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. ^ "FC Cape Town keen to sell Gwala, Ondo, claim Munetsi is joining PSL club". 3 May 2016.
9. ^ "FC Cape Town Have Got Rid of Half Their Team". 6 August 2016.

## External links

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* Francisco Ondo at National-Football-Teams.com

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