{"id":18610,"date":"2011-01-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=18610"},"modified":"2011-01-20T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T14:00:00","slug":"gabon-striker-gilles-mbang-ondo-seals-stabaek-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=18610","title":{"rendered":"Gabon striker Gilles Mbang Ondo seals Stabaek move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Norwegian side Stabaek have completed the signing of Gabon striker Gilles Mbang Ondo on a two-year contract. <\/strong><em>(Photo<strong>: <\/strong>Gabon striker Gilles Mbang Ondo has joined Norwegian side Stabaek)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 25-year-old international forward ended his two-year stay with Grindavik of Iceland after failing to agree a new contract.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ondo passed a medical before thrashing out personal terms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was linked to Algerian side JS Kabylie but has opted for Stabaek, who were keen on him to boost their attacking options.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I had some offers but after visiting Stabaek I am utterly convinced that it is the right club for me,&#8221; said Ondo, who was the top scorer in Iceland last season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I worked hard in Iceland last season and I think it is the reason why Stabaek came for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I am here fulfil the talent that Stabaek saw before singing me and I will work hard to make the fans happy with goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Gabon international is expected to make his debut on 20 March when the league in Norway starts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ondo scored 33 goals in 55 appearances for Grindavik in his two-year stay in Iceland.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Ibrahim Sannie <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norwegian side Stabaek have completed the signing of Gabon striker Gilles Mbang Ondo on a two-year contract. (Photo: Gabon striker Gilles Mbang Ondo has joined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824,1],"tags":[2370,6612],"class_list":["post-18610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-uncategorized","tag-african-football","tag-gilles-mbang-ondo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}