Gabrielle Onguéné

Gabrielle Aboudi Onguéné
Personal information
Full name Gabriele Aboudi Onguéné
Date of birth (1989-02-25) February 25, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Canon Yaoundé
2009–2012 Louves Minproff
2012–2015 Alpha Kaliningrad
2015–2016 Rossiyanka 23 (12)
2017– CSKA Moscow 112 (45)
International career‡
2008– Cameroon 53[2] (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Gabrielle Aboudi Onguéné (born 25 February 1989) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Championship and the Cameroon national team.[3] She previously played for Rossiyanka.[4]

Early life

Born in Douala,[5] Aboudi Onguéné began playing football with boys in her neighborhood as a child.[4] She was spotted and recruited to play for girls' club, Ngondi Nkam Yabassi.[6][7] While playing in a tournament for the club, she was spotted by Canon Yaoundé and began playing for the team in 2005.[6]

Club career

Louves Minproff de Yaoundé

Aboudi Onguéné played for Louves Minproff in the top-division Cameroonian league and helped the team win the national championship in 2009, 2010, and 2011.[7]

Rossiyanka

Aboudi Onguéné signed with Rossiyanka in Russia's top division league for the 2015 season. Her six goals in ten appearances ranked third in the league and helped the team finish in second place.[3] During the 2016 season, she scored 6 goals in 13 games helping the team finish first in the league with a 11–2–2 record.[3]

CSKA Moskva

Aboudi Onguéné signed with CSKA Moscow ahead of the 2017 season. Her 9 goals in 14 appearances tied for second highest in the league.[8] The team finished in fourth place with a 9–4–1 record.[3] During the 2018 season, she scored 3 goals in 13 appearances.[3] Aboudi Onguéné scored her first goal of the 2019 season against Zvezda Perm on May 9 helping the team win 3–1.[9]

International career

Aboudi Onguéné has represented Cameroon on the Cameroonian national team since 2008 after being scouted at the age of 15.[10] In 2011, she helped the team win gold at the All-Africa Games in Mozambique. During the semi-final against South Africa, she scored the game-winning goal.[11]

Aboudi Onguene, December 2016

Aboudi Onguéné competed at the 2012 London Olympics and scored the team's lone goal in the tournament.[12] At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada,[2] she scored an equalizer in the team's 2–1 win over Switzerland and was named Player of the Match.[13] She was voted best player at the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[14]

As of 2018, Aboudi Onguéné has been nominated for African Women's Footballer of the Year four consecutive times.[10][15]

At the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, Aboudi Onguéné scored an equalizer against the Netherlands during the team's second group stage match. [16]

International goals

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Cmpetition
1. 28 November 2008 Estadio Internacional, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Nigeria 1–1 1–1 (4–3 p) 2008 African Women's Championship
2. 5 June 2010 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  DR Congo 3–0 3–0 2010 African Women's Championship qualification
3. 8 November 2010 Makhulong Stadium, Tembisa, South Africa  Algeria 1–0 2–1 2010 African Women's Championship
4. 31 July 2012 City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry, England  New Zealand 1–3 1–3 2012 Summer Olympics
5. 1 November 2012 Nkoantoma Stadium, Bata, Equatorial Guinea  Ivory Coast 3–1 4–1 2012 African Women's Championship
6. 8 June 2015 BC Place, Vancouver, Canada  Ecuador 5–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
7. 16 June 2015 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada  Switzerland 1–1 2–1
8. 19 November 2016 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Egypt 1–0 2–0 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
9. 6 June 2018 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo  Congo 5–0 5–0 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10. 9 June 2018 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Congo 3–0 5–0
11. 4–0
12. 20 November 2018 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Algeria 1–0 3–0 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
13. 30 November 2018 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana  Mali 3–2 3–2
14. 15 June 2019 Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France  Netherlands 1–1 1–3 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
15. 5 March 2020 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Zambia 2–1 3–2 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
16. 3–2
17. 23 February 2022 Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia  Gambia 1–0 2–1 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18. 18 February 2023 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand  Thailand 1–0 2–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19. 2–0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e Profile at soccerway
  4. ^ a b Hilton Ndukong, Kimeng (17 November 2016). "Cameroon: Gabrielle Aboudi Onguéné – From Men's To Women's Football". All Africa. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Aboudi Onguene, the epitome of dribbles". Fédération Camerounaise de Football (in French). 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - News - Onguene: There's no room for error". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b Minkoo, Thierry (12 June 2018). "La saga Aboudi Onguéné continue de s'écrire". ICI Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Summary – Supreme Division Women – Russia – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Women Soccerway". www.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Aboudi Onguene scores first goal of the season as CSKA Moscow pip Zvezda Perm | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Cameroon's Gabrielle Onguene: Why I quit school to focus on football | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Cameroon humble Banyana". News24. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  12. ^ "London 2012". BBC Sport.
  13. ^ "Cameroon edge Switzerland to reach knockout phase of Women's World Cup". The Guardian. 16 June 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  14. ^ "- CrTV". crtv.cm. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Here are all the winners of the 2017 CAF Awards". SAFA. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  16. ^ "LIVE Netherlands (W) – Cameroon (W) – Women's World Cup – 15 June 2019". Eurosport Australia. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  17. ^ "IFFHS Women's CAF Team Decade 2011–2020". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  18. ^ "IFFHS All-time Africa Women's Dream Team". The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). 7 June 2021.
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