Griedge Mbock Bathy
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Griedge Yinda Colette Mbock Bathy Nka[1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Brest, France | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2006 | Sporting Club de Ponta | ||
2006–2010 | A.S. Brestoise | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2015 | EA Guingamp | 86 | (9) |
2015– | Lyon | 66 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2013– | France | 49 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 April 2018 |
Griedge Yinda Colette Mbock Bathy Nka (born 26 February 1995) is a French footballer who plays for Olympique Lyon of the French Division 1 Féminine.
Career[]
Mbock Bathy was born in Brest, Brittany to a family of Cameroonian descent. A strong centre-back, she joined Stade Briochin in 2010 who merged with En Avant de Guingamp in 2011. After four seasons under Guingamp, she moved to the current French champions Lyon on a four-year deal.[2]
With the French under-17 team, Mbock Bathy played in the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan. She was named FIFA's Player of the Tournament after France won a penalty shootout in the final over North Korea, marking the occasion with a memorable dance routine.[3]
At the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Mbock Bathy was suspended for the final after being sent off in the semi-final. In the final France beat England 2–0 after extra time.[4]
In November 2013 she made her senior France debut in a 10–0 win over Bulgaria.
Personal life[]
Mbock's brother, Hiang'a Mbock, is also a professional footballer.[5]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Lyon
- Division 1 Féminine (4): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18, 2018-19,2019–20[6]
- Coupe/Challenge de France (3): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018-19,2019–20[7]
- UEFA Women's Champions League (4): 2015–16, 2016–17 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019–20[8]
International[]
- France
- SheBelieves Cup: Winner 2017
Individual[]
- UNFP Division 1 Féminine Young Player of the Year: 2015–16
References[]
- ^ "List of Players - France" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 7. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Press Release". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "France's Mbock Bathy ready to lead the dance". FIFA. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "2013: Sandie Toletti". UEFA. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Griedge Mbock, l'incontournable". RTL.fr.
- ^ "Lyon women awarded French title, 14th in a row". AFP via France 24. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Coupe de France: après un arrêt sur les tirs au but, la gardienne du PSG veut tirer et se rate". RMC SPORT, BFM TV (in French). 9 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ UEFA.com (30 August 2020). "Lyon win five in a row: 2019/20 Women's Champions League at a glance". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Trophée des Championnes – L'OL étoffe son palmarès d'un nouveau titre" (in French). 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
External links[]
- Griedge Mbock Bathy on Twitter
- Griedge Mbock Bathy – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Griedge Mbock Bathy Nka at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Griedge Mbock Bathy Nka at the French Football Federation (archived 2018-09-09) (in French)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- French women's footballers
- France women's youth international footballers
- France women's international footballers
- Sportspeople from Brest, France
- French people of Cameroonian descent
- Women's association football central defenders
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of France
- Division 1 Féminine players
- En Avant Guingamp (women) players
- Women's Olympic footballers of France
- Black French sportspeople
- Footballers from Brittany
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- French women's football biography stubs