Ninon Abena

Therese Ninon Abena (born 5 September 1994), known as Ninon Abena,[1] is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for ACF Torino and the Cameroon women's national team.[2]

Ninon Abena
Personal information
Full name Therese Ninon Abena[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 ACF Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–2019 Louves Minproff ? (?)
2019– ACF Torino ? (?)
International career‡
2015– Cameroon 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:40, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Domestic career

Abena played for Cameroon top division team Louves Minproff,[3] before signing for Italian Serie C club ACF Torino in November 2019. She signed a one-year contract.[4][5] She missed a Cameroon qualification game for the 2020 Summer Olympics in order to finalise her club deal.[4]

International career

Abena was part of the Cameroon squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the time of the squad announcement, she had made 3 appearances.[2][6] She didn't make an appearance at the tournament.[7] She played in the final of the 2015 African Games, which Cameroon lost to Ghana.[8] She was included in the squad for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations,[9] and scored two goals as Cameroon beat Mali 4–2 in the third-placed playoff. The result meant that Cameroon qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[10][11] She made two appearances at the 2019 World Cup.[12]

Personal life

Abena is the youngest of 20 siblings. One of her older sisters was unhappy when Abena started playing football.[3]

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. Billy Haisley. "Cameroon Aren't Contenders Yet, But They're On Their Way". Screamer. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  3. "FIFAWWC_CMR : Thérèse Ninon Abena, le foot à tout prix". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. "Ninon Thérèse Abena now at Torino in Italy". La rédaction. 17 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Sport au Feminin.
  5. "Transfert: Thérèse Ninon Abena signe au Torino". Cameroun Sports (in French). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. "WomenSoccer.com.au – 2015 – May". womensoccer.com.au. Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  7. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Matches - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  8. "AFRICAN GAMES WOMEN BRAZZAVILLE 2015". Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. Enow, Njie (9 November 2018). "Cameroon target first Women's Africa Cup of Nations title". BBC. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  10. Cavell, Nick (30 November 2018). "Cameroon beat Mali 4–2 to clinch place at Women's World Cup". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  11. Grainey, Tim (18 December 2018). "The Week in Women's Football: Spain's U17 World Cup triumph; Nigeria crowned AFCON champions; The Oceania solution;". Tribal Football. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  12. "Ninon Abena". Fox Sports. Retrieved 14 March 2021.


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