Jim Allevinah

Jim Allevinah
Allevinah with Angers in 2025
Personal information
Full name Jim Émilien Ngowet Allevinah
Date of birth (1995-02-27) 27 February 1995
Place of birth Agen, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Angers
Number 18
Youth career
-2014 Entente Boé-Bon-Encontre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Agen
2015–2016 Marmande 20 (4)
2016–2018 Bayonne 47 (15)
2018–2019 Le Puy 26 (2)
2019–2024 Clermont 155 (18)
2024– Angers 34 (2)
2026 → Kasımpaşa (loan) 8 (1)
International career‡
2019– Gabon 36 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 December 2025

Jim Émilien Ngowet Allevinah (born 27 February 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Angers.[1] Born in France, he plays for the Gabon national team.

Club career

Early career

Allevinah developed through local club Entente Boé-Bon-Encontre, playing mostly there until the age of 19, besides a brief spell in the youth ranks at Stade Montois.[2] It was with this club that he made his senior debut in the eighth tier of French football, the Division d'Honneur Régionale, also playing for them in the ninth tier, the Promotion Honneur, before joining sixth tier side SU Agen in December 2014.[3] His performances there drew the attention of CFA 2 (fourth tier) side Marmande, who he joined in June 2015.[4] Good performances there drew attention from professional clubs Dijon and Bordeaux, who gave him a trial,[5][6] though neither side ended up offering Allevniah a contract.[7]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, he signed a contract with newly relegated CFA 2 side Bayonne.[8] Following a strong season in the league, Ligue 2 side Nîmes Olympique offered him a trial,[9] but he didn't end up signing with the club,[7] instead remaining with Bayonne for another season, at the conclusion of which he moved to fellow CFA 2 side Le Puy, signing a two-year contract.[10] Allevinah helped Le Puy gain promotion to the Championnat National,[11] and his success with the side prompted Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot to sign him on a three-year contract for a fee of around €25,000.[12][13]

Clermont Foot

Allevinah made his professional debut with Clermont Foot on the first match day of the 2019–20 season, in a match against Châteauroux, coming on as a substitute for Jason Berthomier in the 68th minute and winning a penalty, which was then converted by Adrian Grbic to complete a 3–0 victory for Clermont Foot.[14]

Angers

On 27 May 2024, it was announced that Allevinah had signed a three-year contract with newly promoted Ligue 1 club Angers.[15]

On 29 January 2026, he was loaned by Kasımpaşa in Turkey.[16]

International career

Born in France, Allevinah elected to represent Gabon at the senior international level. He made his international debut on 23 March 2019 against Burundi, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of the 1–1 draw, which eliminated Gabon from Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[17][18]

On 5 September 2021, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Egypt in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.[19][20] Two months later, he scored against Egypt again in the reverse fixture, which Egypt won 2–1.[21]

Allevinah was selected for Gabon's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations squad.[22] He played in all three of Gabon's group stage matches, scoring a late equalizer against Ghana[23] and the opening goal of the draw against Morocco to help Gabon advance to the knockout stage,[24] being eliminated via penalty shootout in the quarter finals by Burkina Faso.

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 December 2025[25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marmande 2015–16 CFA 2 2040 0 —204
Bayonne 2016–17 CFA 2 2260 0 —226
2017–18 National 3 25910—269
Total 471510—4815
Le Puy 2018–19 National 2 26230—292
Clermont 2019–20 Ligue 2 2220000222
2020–21 Ligue 2 381210—3912
2021–22 Ligue 1 30100—301
2022–23 Ligue 1 36 1 1 0 — 37 1
2023–24 Ligue 1 29 2 2 1 — 31 3
Total 15518410015919
Angers 2024–25 Ligue 1 28 1 3 0 — 31 1
2025–26 Ligue 1 4000—40
Total 32130—351
Career total 280401110029141

International

As of match played 24 December 2025[25][26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Gabon 201950
202030
202152
202264
202351
202461
202562
Total3610
As of match played 6 June 2025. Gabon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Allevinah goal.[25][26]
List of international goals scored by Jim Allevinah
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
15 September 2021Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Egypt1–01–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
216 November 2021Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt Egypt1–11–2
314 January 2022Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon Ghana1–11–12021 Africa Cup of Nations
418 January 2022Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon Morocco1–02–2
520 November 2022Atilla Vehbi Konuk Tesisleri, Antalya, Turkey Niger1–03–1Friendly
62–0
719 November 2023Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Burundi1–02–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
811 June 2024Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Gambia1–13–2
920 March 2025Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Seychelles1–03–0
106 June 2025Père Jégo Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco Niger1–13–4Friendly

References

  1. ↑ Donnarel, William (25 June 2019). "Football : d'Agen à la Ligue 2, l'incroyable ascension de Jim Allevinah" [Football: from Agen to Ligue 2, the incredible rise of Jim Allevinah]. Le Petit Bleu d'Agen (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Maurès, Sébastien (19 March 2019). "Football : Allevinah prêt à rugir face au Burundi". sudouest.fr (in French).
  3. ↑ Mugica, Bernard (13 February 2015). "Les Brédois jouent pour la première place" (PDF). Sudouest (in French). pp. 20d, 28.
  4. ↑ "Football : Le FC Marmande recrute un Agenais". sudouest.fr (in French). 23 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jim Allevinah fait un essai à Dijon". petitbleu.fr (in French). 20 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Football : le Marmandais Jim Allevinah à l'essai aux Girondins". sudouest.fr (in French). 28 April 2016.
  7. 1 2 Oliveira, Maxime (30 April 2019). "[Interview] Jim Allevinah : « Je veux intégrer le monde pro »". onefootball.com (in French).
  8. ↑ "Football - Transferts : les attaquants S. Privat et J. Allevinah volent de leurs propres ailes". actu.fr (in French). 16 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Football / Nîmes : des retours pour le déplacement à Brest". midilibre.fr (in French). 3 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Cladière, Manuel (6 August 2018). "Le Bayonnais Jim Allevinah rejoint les rangs du Puy Foot 43". leveil.fr (in French).
  11. ↑ "Le Puy monte en National 1 !". lamontagne.fr (in French). 25 May 2019.
  12. ↑ Canivenc, Clovis (25 April 2019). "Mercato – Le Clermont Foot proche de faire signer un ailier gabonais de National 2". maligue2.fr (in French).
  13. ↑ "L'attaquant du Puy-en-Velay Jim Allevinah s'engage avec Clermont". leprogres.fr (in French). 13 June 2019.
  14. ↑ Girard, Hugo (26 July 2019). "Clermont large vainqueur d'un Châteauroux décevant". lamontagne.fr (in French).
  15. ↑ "Official | Jim Allevinah joins Angers from Clermont - Get French Football News". 27 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "Jim Allevinah Kasımpaşamızda" [Jim Allevinah is in our Kasımpaşa] (in Turkish). Kasımpaşa S.K. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  17. ↑ Maurès, Sébastien (19 March 2019). "Football : Allevinah prêt à rugir face au Burundi" [Football: Allevinah ready to roar against Burundi]. Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  18. ↑ "Burundi v Gabon game report". Confederation of African Football. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  19. ↑ "L'Égypte, réduite à dix, arrache le match nul au Gabon en qualifications pour la Coupe du monde 2022" [Egypt, reduced to ten, snatch the draw in Gabon in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "Le bilan de nos internationaux" [The results of our internationals] (in French). Clermont Foot. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "Le bilan de nos internationaux" [The results of our internationals] (in French). Clermont Foot. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  22. ↑ Oludare, Shina (18 December 2021). "Afcon 2021: Arsenal's Aubameyang, Brighton's Ella headline Gabon provisional squad". Goal. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  23. ↑ Gleeson, Mark (14 January 2022). "Ghana held after late Gabon equaliser in feisty affair". Reuters. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "Le Gabon se qualifie pour le prochain tour, avec un match nul contre le Maroc" [Gabon qualifies for the next round, with a draw against Morocco.] (in French). Gabonese Football Federation. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  25. 1 2 3 Allevinah, Jim at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  26. 1 2 "Allevinah, Jim". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 January 2022.