Carl Ona-Embo (born August 6, 1989) is a French-born Congolese professional basketball player who last played for Poitiers of the French LNB Pro B league. In the past, he played for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League. Standing at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), he plays at the point guard position.
Ona-Embo played with Angelico Biella in the 2007–08 season.[1] For the 2008–09 season he was loaned to Rosalía de Castro of the LEB Oro.
For the 2009–10 season, Ona-Embo returned to Angelico Biella.[1]
In July 2010, Ona-Embo signed with Poitiers Basket 86 for the 2010–11 season.[2]
From 2011 to 2013, Ona-Embo played with Cholet Basket.[3] For the 2013–14 season he signed with Antibes Sharks.[4]
In July 2014, Ona-Embo returned after three years to Poitiers Basket 86.[5] In June 2015, he left Poitiers and signed with JL Bourg-en-Bresse.[6]
On October 30, 2016, Ona-Embo was selected with the 49th pick of the 2016 NBA Development League draft by the Salt Lake City Stars.[7] However, he was waived on November 8.[8] On November 25, he was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors,[9] but was waived on December 11[10] after averaging 2.2 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 6 games.[11]
On April 16, 2019, he has signed with Caen Basket of the French LNB.[12]
Ona-Embo played 3 games for the DR Congo national basketball team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification where he averaged 6.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.