Rapid Bucharest announced on Wednesday that they have acquired the services of Ervin Ongenda, the attacking midfielder who impressed during his time at FC Botosani.

Ervin Ongenda, the new player of the Rapid Bucharest team.

The Frenchman last played for Cyprus “Apollon” from Limassol. He signed a contract for a year and a half, until the summer of 2024.

“I feel very well. I decided to come to Rapid because it is an important club in the history of Romanian football, it is a good team that has looked good this season.

I played twice against Rapid. This is a strong team with a good mentality. Players fight for every ball, run a lot. The matches with “Rapid” were very difficult.

I feel good physically, even though I haven’t played since November. During this period, I trained constantly.

Of course, Rapid is an opportunity for me to return to high-level football. Big clubs attract big trophies.

I am looking forward to playing for Juleshti. I saw that there is an incredible atmosphere. This is how the football I like to play looks like” – Gervin Ongenda for fcrapid.ro.

Who is Erwin Ongenda, the player who was transferred by Rapid

Brought up through PSG’s youth ranks, the Frenchman made his first-team debut for the Parisians in 2012, making 11 appearances for the current line-up of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, for whom he also scored once against Lorient.

In 2015, he played in all of Paris’ matches in the International Champions Cup against Manchester United, Chelsea, Fiorentina and Benfica.

Later, Ongenda was loaned to Bastia, and in 2017 he was transferred to Zwolle. After a season in the Netherlands, he arrived in Spain, in Real Murcia, and then moved to Romania, in Botosani. He played in the club from Moldova for a year and a half, then he was taken by Chievo in Serie B, where he played only three championship matches.

In 2020, he returned to Botosani, and at the beginning of last year he moved to Apollo Limassol, with whom he won the Cyprus Championship, as well as the Cyprus Super Cup.

12 trophies won by Ongenda

In addition to the Cyprus trophies, Ongenda has 3 French league titles (2014, 2016, 2017) with PSG, the French Cup (2016), 4 French Super Cups (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and 0 French League Cups (2016). ).

At the age of 27, Ongenda played for the junior and youth national teams of France U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21, participated in the European Championships U17 (2012) and U21 (2015).

The new Rapid player won the Golden Tite d’Or in 2008 and 2011, a trophy that is awarded to the most promising football player of the Paris Saint-Germain academy. The only one to win this trophy twice is Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman.

In the current season, Ongenda played in five matches for “Apollo”, in which he provided two goal assists.

Erwin’s last match was on November 12, when he started in the game “Apollo” – “Akritas” (2:0).

The French midfielder will wear number 35 at Rapid, the same number he wore at PSG.