Aurelle Awona

Marie Aurelle Awona (born 2 February 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian club Napoli. 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.

Aurelle Awona
Personal information
Full name Marie Aurelle Awona
Date of birth (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
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 11 (0)
2021- Napoli 0 (0)
National team‡
2009 France U16 2 (1)
2011–2012 France U19 3 (0)
2015– Cameroon 4[1] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2020
‡ 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]

References
  1. "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. "Pour Awona, le meilleur est à venir" [For Awona, the best is yet to come] (in French). 20 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
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