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Durel Avounou
Congolese footballer (born 1997)
Bel Durel Avounou (born 25 September 1997) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Liga I club CFR Cluj and the Congo national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bel Durel Avounou[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CFR Cluj | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2015 | CESD La Djiri | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | Caen B | 26 | (3) |
| 2017–2020 | Caen | 14 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Orléans (loan) | 35 | (5) |
| 2020–2022 | Le Mans | 49 | (6) |
| 2022–2023 | Ümraniyespor | 27 | (5) |
| 2023– | CFR Cluj | 29 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Congo | 23 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2023 | |||
Born in Brazzaville, Avounou began his career with CESD La Djiri before signing a five-year contract with French team Caen in 2015.[2] He made his senior debut on 5 August 2017 in the Ligue 1 first-round game at Montpellier.[3] He spent the 2018–19 season on loan with Ligue 2 side Orléans.[4]
At the end of his Caen contract, Avounou joined Le Mans, signing a one-year contract with the option of an additional year in June 2020.[5]
On 10 June 2022, Avounou signed a one-year contract, with an option for a second year, with Ümraniyespor in Turkey.[6]
He made his international debut for the Republic of Congo in 2015.[1]
International stats
- As of 23 March 2023[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | |
- "Durel Avounou". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- "Football, Durel Avounou signe pour 5 ans au Stade Malherbe de Caen" (in French). ADIAC Congo. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- "Montpellier vs. Caen 1-0". soccerway. 5 August 2017.
- "Transferts : Durel Avounou à Orléans jusqu'en juin 2019" (in French). Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale. 21 July 2018.
- "Transferts : Durel Avounou rejoint Le Mans FC" (in French). Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale. 26 June 2020.
- "Hoş Geldin Avounou!" (in Turkish). Ümraniyespor. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- Delourme, Par Camille (12 July 2023). "Congo-Kinshasa: Transfert - Désormais au CFR Cluj, Durel Avounou rêve d'Europe" – via AllAfrica.
Durel Avounou at Soccerway 
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