Aaron Boupendza
Aaron Salem Boupendza Pozzi (born 7 August 1996) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati and the Gabon national team.
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Boupendza with Gazélec Ajaccio in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aaron Salem Boupendza Pozzi | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Moanda, Gabon | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Cincinnati | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | CF Mounana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | CF Mounana | 6 | (6) |
| 2016–2020 | Bordeaux B | 20 | (8) |
| 2017–2020 | Bordeaux | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Pau (loan) | 21 | (15) |
| 2017–2018 | → Pau B (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| 2018 | → Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Tours (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2019 | → Tours B (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Feirense (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Hatayspor | 36 | (22) |
| 2021–2022 | Al-Arabi | 17 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | Al-Shabab | 17 | (11) |
| 2023– | FC Cincinnati | 18 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | Gabon | 30 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2023 | |||
Formed at CF Mounana, where he won the Gabon Championnat National D1 in 2015–16, he signed for Bordeaux in 2016. He played only for the reserve team and out on loan, finishing as top scorer of the Championnat National for Pau in 2017–18. In 2020 he signed for Hatayspor, and was top scorer in the Süper Lig in 2020–21. He then had one season each with Al Arabi of the Qatar Stars League and Al Shabab of the Saudi Pro League, winning a Qatar FA Cup with the former in 2022.
A full international for Gabon since 2016, Boupendza represented the country at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.