| Jesús Owono | |
| Full Name: | Jesús Lázaro Owono Ngua Akeng[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Bata, Equatorial Guinea |
| Height: | 1.83 m[2] |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Alavés |
| Clubnumber: | 31 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Antiguoko |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Real Sociedad |
| Youthyears3: | 2016–2017 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Antiguoko (loan) |
| Youthyears4: | 2017–2019 |
| Youthclubs4: | Alavés |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Caps1: | 45 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021– |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Basque Country U16 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam2: | Equatorial Guinea |
| Nationalcaps2: | 30 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 3 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 20 November 2023 |
Jesús Lázaro Owono Ngua Akeng (born 1 March 2001) is an Equatoguinean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés and the Equatorial Guinea national team.[3]
Owono was born in Bata and moved to the Basque Country, Spain during his childhood. He joined Antiguoko at age 8.[4] He represented the Basque Country at under–16 level.[4]
Owono made his La Liga debut for Alavés on 2 January 2022. He is the first Equatorial Guinea international footballer born in the country to appear in a Spanish top-league match.
Owono, at the age of 17, received his first senior call up by Equatorial Guinea in September 2018.[5] He made his debut on 25 March 2019, playing the whole second half of a 3–2 friendly loss to Saudi Arabia.He was called up to the national team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| San Ignacio | 2019–20 | Tercera División | 24 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Tercera División | 21 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Alavés B | 2021–22 | Tercera División RFEF | 22 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Alavés | 2021–22 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Segunda División | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 73 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea | 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 24 | 0 | ||