Gabriel Oualengbe

Gabriel Oualengbe
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Oualengbe Bisse
Date of birth (2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Gentilly, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Créteil
Youth career
0000–2017 PUC
2017–2021 Paris 13 Atletico
2021–2022 Paris FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Paris FC B 13 (3)
2022– Paris FC 1 (0)
2024– → Créteil (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2024

Gabriel Oualengbe Bisse (born 21 May 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays for Créteil on loan from Paris FC.[1]

Early life

Oualengbe grew up in Gentilly, Val-de-Marne.[2] Oualengbe first played for the Paris Université Club, before joining in 2017 the FC Gobelins, an amateur club in the southern 13th arrondissement of Paris.[3] There he stood out in the youth teams, allowing him to be selected for the Madewis Cup 2019, a youth tournament in Lyon, where he reached the final and was named player of the tournament.[2]

Club career

Having become the captain of the under-17 team of FC Gobelins by the 2019–20 season, Oualengbe joined the Paris FC academy in 2021.[3] He soon started playing with the reserve Parisian team in National 2, becoming a key player of the team by the beginning of the 2022–23 Season.[4]

Oualengbe made his professional debut for Paris FC on the 29 October 2022, starting and playing every minute of a 3–1 away Coupe de France win to Les Ulis.[5][6]

On 31 January 2024, Oualengbe was loaned by Créteil in the fourth-tier Championnat National 2.[7]

Personal life

Born in France, Oualengbe is of Central African Republic descent and has dual nationality.[8]

Style of play

Oualengbe has been described as a powerful midfielder, able to deliver long passes with great precision, earning early comparisons to fellow Parisian Paul Pogba.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gabriel Oualengbe at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Sermaise, Florian (23 September 2019). "Repéré grâce à l'application Tonsser, Gabriel rêve d'une carrière professionnelle !". Onze Mondial (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Gabriel Oualengbe va intégrer le centre du Paris FC !". Paris 13 Atletico (in French). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. ^ Sermaise, Florian (27 September 2022). "U19 B : Kaninda, Rangon, Bengui-Joao, ... les Talents Foot-National des 5e et 6e journées". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  5. ^ Fourel, Aymeric (29 October 2022). "Football [Coupe de France] : Les Ulis éliminé par un Paris FC réaliste". Le Républicain [fr] (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. ^ Peplinski, Agathe (29 October 2022). "CO Les Ulis - Paris FC [1-3] : Qualifiés pour le prochain tour !". Paris FC (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  7. ^ "GABRIEL OUALENGBE PRÊTÉ À L'USCL" [GABRIEL OUALENGBE LOANED TO USCL] (in French). Créteil. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Gabriel OUALENGBE BISSE -". www.unfp.org.