Juvenal Edjogo Owono Montalbán (born 3 April 1979), known mononymously as Juvenal, is a football manager and former professional player who operated as a midfielder. Bor in Spain, he capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team.
Club career Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, to an Equatoguinean father and a Spanish mother, Edjogo Owono played in the lower leagues in four of his first five years as a senior, including three with RCD Espanyol's reserves, who loaned him to Levante UD in 2001 for his first professional experience (Segunda División). In the 2003–04 season he was part of Racing de Santander's La Liga roster, but did not appear in the competition for the Cantabrians, being released in the January transfer window.
In the following two seasons, Edjogo Owono played in the second level, achieving top-flight promotions with both Deportivo Alavés and Recreativo de Huelva. In the 2006–07 campaign he failed that objective with CD Tenerife, also appearing in less than one half of the league games.
In the summer of 2008, after one season in Segunda División B with FC Cartagena, the 29-year-old Edjogo Owono returned to his hometown and signed for CE Sabadell FC, contributing with 34 appearances and five goals in his third year as the Arlequinats returned to the second tier after an absence of 18 years.
International career Edjogo Owono qualified for Equatorial Guinea because of his father, born in Niefang – his mother hailed from Granada, Andalusia. He made his debut for the national team in 2003 and, between that year and 2008, appeared in eight FIFA World Cup qualification matches, scoring on 7 June 2008 in a 1–4 away defeat against South Africa for the 2010 edition.
In late 2007, Edjogo Owono played in unofficial games against the Region of MurciaMurcia gana por la mínima a Guinea Ecuatorial (Murcia gets minimal advantage over Guinea Equatorial); Marca, 26 December 2007 (in Spanish) and Extremadura.La selección extremeña inicia su andadura con una victoria (Extremaduran autonomous team gets going with win); Marca, 28 December 2007 (in Spanish) Two months before his 36th birthday, and immediately after the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, he retired from international football.Resultado histórico del Nzalang pese a la derrota con la RD Congo (Historical result of Nzalang despite the defeat with the DR Congo); Equatorial Guinea Press, 7 February 2015 (in Spanish)
Personal life Edjogo Owono's younger brothers, Alberto and José, are also former footballers. They competed exclusively in the Spanish lower leagues or amateur championships.La Liga más atractiva (The most attractive League); Mundo Deportivo, 23 October 2004 (in Spanish)
Edjogo Owono criticised !voting system Ballon d'Or what was later etched by some media outlesLos votos 'perdidos' del Balón de OroJuvenal Edjogo: 'These awards have no value' — Former player shocked that his vote changed during 2013 Ballon d'Or involving Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLevante 2001–02Segunda División19010—200Racing Santander2003–04Segunda División00002020Castellón2003–04Segunda División B1340041175Alavés2004–05Segunda División19000—190Recreativo2005–06Segunda División26110—2712006–07La Liga0000—00Total26110—271Tenerife2006–07Segunda División13200—132Cartagena2007–08Segunda División29211—303Sabadell 2008–09Segunda División B36500303952009–10Segunda División B32520—3452010–11Segunda División B34500103552011–12Segunda División27410—2842012–13Segunda División 24000—240Total15319304016019Cornellà 2013–14Tercera División151—151Santa Coloma 2014–15Primera Divisió1603140231Career total303299214133032
International Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Edjogo Owono's goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Juvenal Edjogo-OwonoNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition125 March 2007Estadio Internacional, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea2–03–12008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification29 September 2007Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–01–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification37 June 2008Super Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa1–41–42010 FIFA World Cup qualification411 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification59 June 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–02–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification62–2716 June 2013Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification87 September 2013National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone1–32–32014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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