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Gaëlle Enganamouit
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Enganamouit playing for Cameroon at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Personal information
Full name Gaëlle Deborah Enganamouit
Date of birth (1992-06-09) 9 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 171cm
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Málaga
Number 25
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Lorema Yaoundé
2012–2013 Spartak Subotica
2014–2015 Eskilstuna United DFF 41 (24)
2016 FC Rosengård 4 (1)
2017–2018 Dalian Quanjian F.C. 0 (0)
2018 Avaldsnes 15 (4)
2019–2020 Málaga 2 (0)
National team
2010–2020 Cameroon 43 (5)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2019.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:02, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Gaëlle Deborah Enganamouit (born 9 June 1992) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Málaga CF and the Cameroon women's national team.

Club career

Enganamouit previously played in the Serbian First League for Spartak Subotica, for whom she appeared in the UEFA Champions League. While playing for Spartak Enganamouit reportedly scored the fastest goal in women's football history, after two seconds.

In December 2013, Enganamouit announced her transfer to Swedish football, with newly promoted Damallsvenskan team Eskilstuna United.

League champions FC Rosengård signed Enganamouit to a two-year contract in November 2015, as a replacement for Anja Mittag. Enganamouit had been the 2015 Damallsvenskan top goalscorer with 18 goals as Eskilstuna finished second after mounting an unlikely title challenge. She was nominated for the BBC Women's footballer of the year award in early 2016, alongside Amandine Henry, Kim Little, Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn.

On the opening day of the season, Enganamouit suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which was expected to rule her out for the entire 2016 campaign.

On 11 February 2017, Dalian Quanjian F.C. officially signed Enganamouit.

International career

She is a member of the Cameroonian national team and played at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She appeared in each game as a substitute; Cameroon lost each match.

At the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada she scored a hat-trick in Cameroon's 6–0 win over Ecuador. During the 2015 World Cup game against defending champions Japan, her unnerving drive and powerful style lead to her being known as the "Freight Train" by Canadian fans.

On June 9, 2020, Gaëlle Enganamouit announced the end of her career.

Honours

Individual

  • Damallsvenskan top goal scorer: 2015
  • African Women's Footballer of the Year: 2015
  • IFFHS CAF Women's Team of the Decade 2011–2020
  • IFFHS All-time Africa Women's Dream Team: 2021

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Gaëlle Enganamouit para niños

  • List of FIFA Women's World Cup hat-tricks
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