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{{short description|Congolese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mamouna-Ossila
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| fullname = Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila
| height = {{height|m=1.76}}
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1980|1|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brazzaville, [[Republic of Congo|Congo]]
| currentclub  =
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| position = Striker
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| years1 = 1996–2001 | years2 = 2002–2005 | years3 = 2005–2006 | years4 = 2006–2010 | years5 = 2007–2008 | years6 = 2008–2009 | years7 = 2010–2011 | years8 = 2011–2013
| clubs1 = [[Étoile du Congo]] | clubs2 = [[FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș|Internațional Pitești]] | clubs3 = [[CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu|Pandurii Târgu Jiu]] | clubs4 = [[FCV Farul Constanța|Farul Constanța]] | clubs5 = → [[FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș|Internațional Curtea de Argeș]] (loan) | clubs6 = → [[CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea]] (loan) | clubs7 = [[Vendée Poiré sur Vie Football|Vendée Poiré sur Vie]]{{efn|name="VPV"|The statistics for the 2009–10 season are unavailable.<ref name=NFT>{{NFT|7735}}</ref>}} | clubs8 = [[AS La Châtaigneraie|La Châtaigneraie]]
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| totalcaps = 109 | totalgoals = 26
| nationalyears1= 2001–2008
| nationalteam1= [[Congo national football team|Congo]]
| nationalcaps1= 21 | nationalgoals1 = 4
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'''Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila''' (born 7 January 1980) is a retired [[Republic of Congo|Congolese]] football player. [[FIFA]] lists his name as '''Armel Mamouna-Ossila'''.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FIFA.com|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305160627/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=183582/index.html|title=Armel Mamouna-Ossila|access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref>

==Club career==
===Early career===
Armel Disney was born on 7 January 1980 in Brazzaville, [[Republic of Congo|Congo]], starting his career in 1996 at local club [[Étoile du Congo]] with whom he won two [[Congo Premier League]] titles and a [[Coupe du Congo (Republic of Congo)|Coupe du Congo]].<ref name=NFT/><ref name=Adiac>{{cite news|publisher=[[Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale]]|title=Armel Mamouna-Ossila ouvre la boîte à souvenirs|trans-title=Armel Mamouna-Ossila opens the souvenir box|url=https://www.adiac-congo.com/content/armel-mamouna-ossila-ouvre-la-boite-souvenirs-115495|language=fr|date=21 April 2020}}</ref>

In 2002 he went to play in the Romanian [[Liga II|second league]] at [[FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș|Internațional Pitești]] for three seasons, the highlight of this period being nine goals scored in the [[2003–04 Divizia B|2003–04]] season.<ref name=NFT/><ref name=Adiac/><ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|592/mamouma-armel-ossilia-disney}}</ref>

===Pandurii Târgu Jiu and Farul Constanța===
In 2005, Disney was transferred to first league team, [[CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu|Pandurii Târgu Jiu]] where in the first round of the [[2005–06 Divizia A|season]], on 7 August he made his [[Liga I|Divizia A]] debut under coach [[Emil Săndoi]] in a 2–1 home loss in front of [[FCV Farul Constanța|Farul Constanța]].<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-pandurii-targu-jiu-farul-constanta/|title=Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Farul Constanța 1 – 2|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> He scored his first goal on the seventh round in a 2–1 home victory with [[ACF Gloria Bistrița|Gloria Bistrița]], one week later scoring again in another 2–1 win over [[CFR Cluj]].<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-pandurii-targu-jiu-gloria-bistrita/|title=Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Gloria Bistrița 2 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-cfr-cluj-pandurii-targu-jiu/|title=CFR Cluj vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 – 2|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> Until the end of the season, Disney scored three more goals, the only one in a 1–0 with [[FC Argeș Pitești|Argeș Pitești]], one in a draw with [[ASC Oțelul Galați|Oțelul Galați]] and the last one in a loss with [[SC Vaslui|Vaslui]].<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1201883-arges-pandurii-0-1-circarul.htm|title=FC Arges-Pandurii 0-1: Circarul|publisher=Hotnews.ro|language=ro|trans-title=FC Arges-Pandurii 0-1: The circus guy |date=5 November 2005|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-arge-piteti-pandurii-targu-jiu/|title=Argeș Pitești vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-pandurii-targu-jiu-oelul-galai/|title=Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Oțelul Galați 2 – 2|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2005-2006-fc-vaslui-pandurii-targu-jiu/|title=FC Vaslui vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref>

In 2006, Disney was transferred from Pandurii to Farul Constanța where he started to play in European competitions, making three appearances in the [[2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]], helping the club eliminate [[PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv|Lokomotiv Plovdiv]] in the second round, being eliminated in the third round by [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]].<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://romanialibera.ro/special/armel-disney-la-farul-constanta-41725/|title=Armel Disney, la Farul Constanta|publisher=Romanialibera.ro|language=ro|trans-title=Armel Disney to Farul Constanta |date=16 June 2006|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[FIFA]]|title=Le Congo compte sur son duo|url=http://fr.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=895984.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006223416/http://fr.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=895984.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2008|date=2 October 2005|access-date=13 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://romanialibera.ro/special/finala-cupei-uefa-intertoto-39182/|title=Finala Cupei UEFA-Intertoto|publisher=Romanialibera.ro|language=ro|trans-title=The final of the UEFA-Intertoto |date=15 July 2006|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.ro/conference-league/farul-cea-mai-buna-performanta-europeana-in-urma-cu-28-de-ani-in-cupa-intertoto.html|title=Farul, cea mai bună performanță europeană, în urmă cu 28 de ani, în Cupa Intertoto! |publisher=Sport.ro|language=ro|trans-title=Farul, the best European performance, 28 years ago, in the Intertoto Cup! |date=24 August 2023|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/armel-disney/ui-cup-2006-2007/farul-constanta/3/|title=Armel Disney. UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006/2007|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> He made his Divizia A debut for his new club in the first round of the [[2006–07 Liga I|2006–07]] season, being used by coach [[Momčilo Vukotić]] in a 1–1 with [[FC UTA Arad|UTA Arad]], scoring his first goal the following round in a 3–1 win over Oțelul Galați.<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2006-2007-uta-arad-farul-constanta/|title=UTA Arad vs. Farul Constanța 1 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2006-2007-farul-constanta-oelul-galai/|title=Farul Constanța vs. Oțelul Galați 3 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> Until the end of the season he scored two more goals in a 1–1 with [[FC Progresul București|Național București]] and a 2–0 home victory over his former team, Pandurii.<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2006-2007-farul-constanta-progresul-bucuresti/|title=Farul Constanța vs. Național București 1 – 1|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/liga-1-2006-2007-farul-constanta-pandurii-targu-jiu/|title=Farul Constanța vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2 – 0|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/ceahlaul-poli-1-2-si-farul-pandurii-2-0-158369|title=Ceahlaul – Poli 1-2 si Farul – Pandurii 2-0|publisher=Libertatea.ro|language=ro|trans-title=Ceahlaul – Poli 1-2 and Farul – Pandurii 2-0 |date=29 September 2005|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> In his only two seasons spent in the Romanian top-division, Disney amassed 50 appearances with eight goals scored.<ref name=RS/>

===Late career===
In 2007, Disney was loaned by Farul at [[FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș|Internațional Curtea de Argeș]] in the [[Liga III|third league]], helping the club earn promotion to the second league.<ref name=NFT/><ref name=RS/><ref name=GDS>{{cite news|publisher=Gazeta de Sud|title=Disney, la Vâlcea|trans-title=Disney at Vâlcea|url=https://www.gds.ro/Sport/2009-02-26/Disney-la-Valcea/|language=ro|date=26 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cugetliber.ro/stiri-sport-farul-l-a-imprumutat-pe-armel-disney-la-international-pitesti-4264|title=Farul l-a împrumutat pe Armel Disney la Internațional Pitești|publisher=Cugetliber.ro|language=ro|trans-title=Farul loaned Armel Disney to International Pitesti|date=7 September 2007|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> In the [[2008–09 Liga II|following season]], he was loaned again by Farul, this time at [[CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea]] in the second league.<ref name=NFT/><ref name=RS/><ref name=GDS/>

Armel Disney ended his career in 2013 after playing a few seasons in the French lower leagues for [[Vendée Poiré sur Vie Football|Vendée Poiré sur Vie]] and [[AS La Châtaigneraie|La Châtaigneraie]].<ref name=NFT/><ref name=Adiac/>

==International career==
Armel Disney made his debut for [[Congo national football team|Congo's national team]] under coach Paul Ebondzibato on 28 April 2001 in 2–0 win over [[Madagascar national football team|Madagascar]] at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2002 World Cup qualifiers]] where he also played his following game, a 1–1 with [[DR Congo national football team|DR Congo]].<ref name=NFT/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/21959/Congo_Madagascar.html|title=Congo vs. Madagascar, 28 April 2001|publisher=National-football-teams.com|access-date=17 April 2024}}</ref> After playing one game at the [[2004 African Cup of Nations qualification|2004 African Cup of Nations qualifiers]], Disney was an important figure for the team's [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2006 World Cup qualifiers]] campaign, appearing in nine games in which he scored four goals, two in victories with [[Liberia national football team|Liberia]] and [[Mali national football team|Mali]] and two in losses in front of [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] and [[Togo national football team|Togo]].<ref name=NFT/> In the following years he played five games at the [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2008 African Cup of Nations qualifiers]] and three at the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2010 World Cup qualifiers]], having a total of 21 appearances with four goals scored for ''[[Congo national football team|The Red Devils]]''.<ref name=NFT/><ref name=Adiac/>

===International goals===
<!---Repeat entries indicate more than one goal in a single game--->
:''Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Armel Disney goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Armel Disney<ref name=NFT/>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 20 June 2004 || [[Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat]], [[Brazzaville]], Congo || {{Fb|LBR}} || style="text-align:center"|'''2'''–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2006 World Cup qualifiers]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 4 July 2004 || Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo || {{Fb|MLI}} || style="text-align:center"|'''1'''–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || 2006 World Cup qualifiers
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 10 October 2004 || Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo || {{Fb|ZAM}} || style="text-align:center"|'''2'''–3 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || 2006 World Cup qualifiers
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 8 October 2005 || Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo || {{Fb|TOG}} || style="text-align:center"|'''2'''–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || 2006 World Cup qualifiers
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''Étoile du Congo'''
* [[Congo Premier League]]: 2000, 2001<ref name=NFT/>
* [[Coupe du Congo (Republic of Congo)|Coupe du Congo]]: 2000<ref name=NFT/>
'''Internațional Curtea de Argeș'''
* [[Liga III]]: [[Liga III 2007–08|2007–08]]<ref name=RS/>

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerway|163550|A. Mamouna-Ossila}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|armel-disney-mamouna-ossila|Armel Disney Mamouna-Ossila}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|armel-disney|Armel Disney}}

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