Cedric Omoigui

Cedric Omoigui (born 11 November 1994), simply known as Cedric, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron.

Cedric
Personal information
Full name Cedric Omoigui
Date of birth (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994
Place of birth Benin City, Nigeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Royal Excel Mouscron
Number 20
Youth career
Villaverde Boetticher
Pozuelo
Real Madrid
2008–2013 Mallorca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Mallorca B 107 (52)
2014–2018 Mallorca 35 (2)
2015–2016 → Valencia B (loan) 12 (1)
2018–2019 Fuenlabrada 25 (11)
2019– Royal Excel Mouscron 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:59, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Football career

Born in Benin City, Cedric moved to Spain in 1996, aged only two.[1] He joined RCD Mallorca's youth setup in 2008, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2013–14 campaign, scoring 28 goals in Tercera División.

On 14 December 2014 Cedric made his professional debut, replacing fellow youth graduate Abdón Prats in a 1–1 home draw against CD Numancia for the Segunda División championship.[2] On 27 August of the following year he was loaned to another reserve team, Valencia CF Mestalla.[3]

On 6 August 2018, free agent Cedric signed a one-year deal with CF Fuenlabrada in Segunda División B.[4] One year later, he joined Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron on a three-year contract.[5]

References
  1. "Omoigui Looking To Break Into Mallorca's First Team". SL10. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. "El Mallorca salva un punto frente a un Numancia lanzado" [Mallorca saves point against a brazen Numancia] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. "El Mallorca cede a Cedric al Valencia" [Mallorca loans Cedric to Valencia] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. "El CF Fuenlabrada ficha a Cedric" [CF Fuenlabrada sign Cedric] (in Spanish). CF Fuenlabrada. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. Cedric Omoigui pour trois ans au Canonnier!, excel-foot.be, 1 August 2019
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