Ninon Abena

Ninon Abena
Personal information
Full name	Therese Ninon Abena
Date of birth	5 September 1994 (age 30)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
?–2019	Louves Minproff
2019–2020	ACF Torino
International career‡
2015–	Cameroon
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:40, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Therese Ninon Abena (born 5 September 1994), known as Ninon Abena,^[1] is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Cameroon women's national team.^[2]

Domestic career

Abena played for Cameroon top division team Louves Minproff,^[3] before signing for Italian Serie C club ACF Torino in November 2019. She signed a one-year contract.^[4]^[5] She missed a Cameroon qualification game for the 2020 Summer Olympics in order to finalise her club deal.^[4]

International career

Abena was part of the Cameroon squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the time of the squad announcement, she had made 3 appearances.^[2]^[6] She didn't make an appearance at the tournament.^[7] She played in the final of the 2015 African Games, which Cameroon lost to Ghana.^[8] She was included in the squad for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations,^[9] and scored two goals as Cameroon beat Mali 4–2 in the third-placed playoff. The result meant that Cameroon qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.^[10]^[11] She made two appearances at the 2019 World Cup.^[12]

Personal life

Abena is the youngest of 20 siblings. One of her older sisters was unhappy when Abena started playing football.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b Billy Haisley. "Cameroon Aren't Contenders Yet, But They're On Their Way". Screamer. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "FIFAWWC_CMR : Thérèse Ninon Abena, le foot à tout prix". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Ninon Thérèse Abena now at Torino in Italy". La rédaction. 17 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Sport au Feminin.
^ "Transfert: Thérèse Ninon Abena signe au Torino". Cameroun Sports (in French). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "WomenSoccer.com.au – 2015 – May". womensoccer.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Matches". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^ "AFRICAN GAMES WOMEN BRAZZAVILLE 2015". Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^ Enow, Njie (9 November 2018). "Cameroon target first Women's Africa Cup of Nations title". BBC. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ Cavell, Nick (30 November 2018). "Cameroon beat Mali 4–2 to clinch place at Women's World Cup". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ Grainey, Tim (18 December 2018). "The Week in Women's Football: Spain's U17 World Cup triumph; Nigeria crowned AFCON champions; The Oceania solution;". Tribal Football. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
^ "Ninon Abena". Fox Sports. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

External links

FIFA Profile
Ninon Abena at Soccerway

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[fifa-1] "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[billyhaisley-2] Billy Haisley. "Cameroon Aren't Contenders Yet, But They're On Their Way". Screamer. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[CRTV-3] "FIFAWWC_CMR : Thérèse Ninon Abena, le foot à tout prix". Cameroon Radio Television (in French). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[SAF-4] "Ninon Thérèse Abena now at Torino in Italy". La rédaction. 17 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Sport au Feminin.

[5] "Transfert: Thérèse Ninon Abena signe au Torino". Cameroun Sports (in French). 13 November 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[6] "WomenSoccer.com.au – 2015 – May". womensoccer.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[7] "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Matches". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

[8] "AFRICAN GAMES WOMEN BRAZZAVILLE 2015". Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

[9] Enow, Njie (9 November 2018). "Cameroon target first Women's Africa Cup of Nations title". BBC. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

[10] Cavell, Nick (30 November 2018). "Cameroon beat Mali 4–2 to clinch place at Women's World Cup". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[11] Grainey, Tim (18 December 2018). "The Week in Women's Football: Spain's U17 World Cup triumph; Nigeria crowned AFCON champions; The Oceania solution;". Tribal Football. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[12] "Ninon Abena". Fox Sports. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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