Valentin Atangana
 Atangana with Reims in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Valentin Atangana Edoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 August 2005[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Ahli | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | FCF La Neuvillette-Jamin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2022 | Reims | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Reims II | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Reims | 56 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Al-Ahli | 23 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | France U17 | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U18 | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | France U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U21 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Valentin Atangana Edoa (born 25 August 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli. Born in Cameroon, he is a youth international for France.
Club career
[edit]Atangana is a youth product of FCF La Neuvillette-Jamin, before moving to the academy of Reims in 2015. He began his senior career with the Reims reserves in 2021, and signed his first professional contract with the club on 7 May 2022.[3] He made his professional debut with Reims as a late substitute in a 4–0 Ligue 1 win over Troyes on 12 February 2023.[4]
Atangana extended his contract with Reims on 3 October 2023.[5]
On 6 September 2025, Atangana joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli for €25 million. Atangana became part of the squad that won the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite, contributing in midfield during the campaign.[6]
International career
[edit]Born in Cameroon, Atangana moved to France at a young age and was naturalized.[3] He played for the France U17 in the tournament winning campaign at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[7]
Style of playing
[edit]Atangana primarily plays as a defensive midfielder, but can also operate as a central midfielder or right-back. He is a strong leader who fights defensively and helps other players shine.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 28 November 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reims II | 2021–22 | CFA 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | CFA 2 | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Reims | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
| Total | 56 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 63 | 1 | |||
| Al-Ahli | 2025–26 | Saudi Pro League | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Career total | 82 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 2 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, King's Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite
- ↑ Appearance in FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Honours
[edit]Reims
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2024–25[8]
Al-Ahli
France U17
France U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2024[9]
Individual
References
[edit]- ↑ Valentin Atangana at WorldFootball.net
- 1 2 "Megatalente Jahrgang 2005 (18): Valentin Atangana Edoa » abseits.at".
- 1 2 Esanji, Isaac (7 May 2022). "Atangana Edoa : La promesse camerounaise passe pro au Stade de Reims".
- ↑ "%competition_name% (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports.
- ↑ "Valentin Atangana prolonge jusqu'en 2026 !". www.stade-de-reims.com Reims (in French). 3 October 2023.
- ↑ https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Mercato-reims-officialise-le-depart-de-valentin-atangana-a-al-ahli/1591175
- ↑ "France-Netherlands". UEFA.
- ↑ Guillemet, Hugo (24 May 2025). "Le PSG s'offre une 16e Coupe de France après une victoire facile en finale contre Reims". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ↑ "2024 Under-19 EURO final highlights, report: Spain 2-0 France". UEFA. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "2024 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Valentin Atangana at Soccerway
- Valentin Atangana at WorldFootball.net
- Valentin Atangana at Ligue 1
- Valentin Atangana at the French Football Federation (in French)
- 2005 births
- Living people
- AFC Champions League Elite–winning players
- Cameroonian emigrants to France
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- French men's footballers
- Footballers from Yaoundé
- Men's association football midfielders
- France men's youth international footballers
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Stade de Reims players
- Al-Ahli Saudi FC players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- 21st-century French sportsmen