Ajara Nchout
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ajara Nchout Njoya[1][2] | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Njissé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | 0 | (0) | |
2011–2012 | FC Energy Voronezh | 23 | (5) |
2012–2013 | WFC Rossiyanka | 14 | (2) |
2014 | 0 | (0) | |
2015 | Western New York Flash | 7 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Sundsvalls | 41 | (22) |
2018 | IL Sandviken | 19 | (15) |
2019–2020 | Vålerenga | 40 | (20) |
2021 | Atlético Madrid | 10 | (2) |
2021– | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012– | Cameroon | 43[3] | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:26, 23 June 2015 (UTC) |
Ajara Nchout Njoya (born 12 January 1993) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Cameroon women's national team.
Early training[]
Njoya states that her family discouraged her from playing football, preferring that she instead focus on education.[4]
Club career[]
In January 2015 Nchout agreed to join Western New York Flash of the NWSL.[5] She had previously played in the Russian Top Division for FC Energy Voronezh and WFC Rossiyanka.
She was waived by the Flash in October 2015.[6] In December 2015 she announced that she had signed for Sundsvalls DFF of the Swedish Elitettan.[7]
Nchout later signed with Vålerenga after appearing in 22 matches for Sandviken. She missed the final of the Norwegian cup with Sandviken as she was on international duty with Cameroon, a match they lost.[8]
International career[]
As a member of the Cameroonian national team, she played at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9] She was also part of the national team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] She was capped for all four matches in the 2015 World Cup, and scored a goal against Japan,[6] the team that ended up placing second in the tournament. During the 2019 World Cup, she scored the team's only two goals in the team's only win of group play that led them to the round of 16.[10] In August 2019, she was nominated for 2019 FIFA Puskas Award for her goal against New Zealand at the FIFA Women's World Cup.[11]
Honours[]
Runner-up
- Russian Women's Football Championship: 2012–2013
- Vålerenga
- Toppserien champion 2020
- Toppserien topscorer 2020[12]
References[]
- ^ a b "List of Players – Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
FIFA Display Name: Ajara NCHOUT, Last Name: NCHOUT NJOYA, First Name: Ajara, Shirt Name: NCHOUT
- ^ "Ajara Nchout Njoya". Western New York Flash. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ a b Enow, Njie (21 June 2019). "Cameroon's Nchout Ajara, a heroine on and off the pitch, can hurt England". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Flash Sign Two International Forwards". www.nwslsoccer.com. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Flash Waive Ajara Nchout Njoya" (Press release). WNY Flash. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "VM-spelare till Sundsvalls DFF" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 28 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Cameroon star Ajara Nchout Njoya on the move in Norway". bbc.co.uk. 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Ajara Nchout profile at 2012 Olympics website". Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2012-11-28.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ Hafez, Shamoon (20 June 2019). "Women's World Cup: Cameroon score injury-time winner to set up England tie". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "2019 FIFA Puskas Award : Nchout Ajara ,the wonder girl with phenomenal goals". CRTV. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Dritter Neuzugang im Januar - Madrid verpflichtet Nchout - Newsansicht - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de".
External links[]
- Ajara Nchout – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ajara Nchout at Soccerway
- Ajara Nchout at the International Olympic Committee
- Ajara Nchout at Olympics.com
- Ajara Nchout at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from West Region (Cameroon)
- Cameroonian women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- FC Energy Voronezh players
- WFC Rossiyanka players
- Western New York Flash players
- IL Sandviken players
- Vålerenga Fotball Damer players
- Atlético Madrid Femenino players
- Inter Milan (women) players
- Russian Women's Football Championship players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Toppserien players
- Cameroon women's international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Cameroon
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Expatriate women's footballers in Russia
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Cameroonian women's football biography stubs