Marie Aurelle Awona (born 2 February 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for WE League club MyNavi Sendai. She previously played for Stade de Reims in the French Division 1 Féminine and plays at international level for the Cameroon women's national team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marie Aurelle Awona | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | MyNavi Sendai | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | FC Domont | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | FC Domont | 14 | (2) |
| 2009–2011 | Le Mans | 26 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Le Mans B | 11 | (2) |
| 2011–2018 | ASJ Soyaux | 109 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Dijon | 23 | (0) |
| 2020 | Madrid CFF | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Reims | 12 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Napoli | 13 | (0) |
| 2022 | Braga | 16 | (1) |
| 2023– | MyNavi Sendai | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | France U16 | 2 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | France U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015– | Cameroon | 11[1] | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:49, 23 June 2015 (UTC) | |||
Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon in 1993, Awona arrived in France at the age of six. She could have chosen to play for France internationally, and was a part of the France U19 team, but instead chose to represent Cameroon at senior level.[2]
On 28 May 2015, Awona was selected in Cameroon's 23-player squad for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3] After not playing the first two matches she made her FIFA Women's World Cup debut on 16 June 2015 in a 2–1 win against Switzerland in the last group stage match. She also started the next match in the Round of 16 against China.[4]
At the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, she played in 3 out of 4 games.
In 2022, Braga finished third in the league and second in the cup.
References
edit- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Pour Awona, le meilleur est à venir" [For Awona, the best is yet to come] (in French). 20 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "2015 FIFA Women's World Cup: Cameroon publishes a 23-man squad". Cameroon Radio Television. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Mondial Canada 2015: Voici le onze entrant des Lionnes Indomptables du Cameroun contre la Chine" [World Canada 2015: Here are the eleven entering Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon against China] (in French). 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
External links
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- Aurelle Awona at Soccerway
- Aurelle Awona – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Player French football stats at footofeminin.fr (in French)
- Marie-Aurelle Awona at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Marie-Aurelle Awona at the French Football Federation (archived 2016-12-31) (in French)
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