Jérôme Onguéné

Jérôme Junior Onguéné (born 22 December 1997) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for German club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Cameroon national team.

Club career
On 31 January 2017, Onguéné moved to VfB Stuttgart. He was loaned to FC Red Bull Salzburg on 31 August 2017 until the end of the season. In June 2018 Onguéné moved permanently to Salzburg.

On 15 January 2021, Onguéné moved to Serie A club Genoa, on a loan until the end of the season. The loan included an option to buy.

On 25 March 2022, Onguéné signed a five-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, effective 1 July 2022. On 5 January 2023, Onguéné returned to Red Bull Salzburg on loan until the end of the season having failed to make an appearance for Frankfurt. He did not make any appearances for Red Bull during this stint, mostly dealing with knee issues. On 4 August 2023, Onguéné moved on a new loan to Servette in Switzerland.

International career
Onguéné won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with France. In August 2018 Onguéné switched his allegiance to Cameroon and was nominated for the match against Comoros in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group B. He made his debut for Cameroon in a 1–0 win over Malawi national football team on 12 October 2018.

Honours

 * Red Bull Salzburg
 * Austrian Champion: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
 * Austrian Cup: 2019, 2020, 2021
 * France U19
 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2016
 * Cameroon
 * Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2021