Henriette Akaba
Akaba representing Cameroon in July 2015
Personal information
Full name Henriette Michèle Akaba Edoa
Date of birth (1992-06-07) 7 June 1992
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Levante Las Planas
Number 22
Youth career
Amazone FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Lorient Yaoundé
2010 Bangkokthonburi SC
2010–2011 Canon Yaoundé
2011 Louves Minproff
2012 FC Energy Voronezh
2012–2015 Lorema FC
2015–2017 Trabzon İdmanocağı 30 (11)
2018 Ataşehir Belediyespor 11 (8)
2019 Beşiktaş 6 (2)
2020 Minsk 5 (2)
2021 Soyaux 5 (1)
2021–2022 Santa Teresa 27 (0)
2022 Levante Las Planas 1 (0)
2023– ALG Spor 3 (0)
International career‡
20??– Cameroon 66 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Henriette Michèle Akaba Edoa (born 7 June 1992), shortly Henriette Akaba,[2] or Michèle Akaba,[3] is a Cameroonian professional footballer, who plays as a forward for the Turkish Super League club ALG Spor and the Cameroon women's national team.[4][5]

She has played in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Beşiktaş J.K. with jersey number 18[6] and in the Division 1 Féminine for ASJ Soyaux.

Club career

Henriette Akaba of Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2017–18 Turkish Women's First League
Henriette Akaba playing for Trabzon İdmanocagı in the 2015–16 season's away match against Kireçburnu Spor.
Henriette Akaba (white/black) of Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2018–19 Turkish Women's First League's home match against Amed S.K.

Akaba began her football career with Amazone FC in her hometown in Cameroon. In Spring 2008, she went to the rival Lorient FC Yaoundé, where she debuted as a senior player in the Ligue 2. After two and half years, she moved to Thailand in Spring 2010 to play for Bangkokthonburi SC in the Thailandish Women's First League. After one year, she returned home, and signed with Canon Yaoundé. In November 2011, Akaba joined Louves Minproff de Yaoundé.[7] In Spring 2012, she moved to Russia to play for FC Energy Voronezh in the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League. After only a half year, she returned to her country in June 2012, and joined Lorema FC Filles De Yaoundé.[3]

End 2015, Akaba moved to Turkey, and was transferred on 4 December by Trabzon İdmanocağı, which competes in the Women's First League.[8] She scored already one goal for her new team in the home match against Kireçburnu Spor two days later.[6]

In October 2017, Akaba signed a two-year contract with the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor effective 2 January 2018.[3] She participation at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. She scored one goal each in all three matches she played.[9][10][11] In the 2018–19 league season, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K.[12]

In February 2023, she moved again to Turkey, and signed with the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor to play in the second half of the 2022–23 Super League season.[13]

International goals
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Ataşehir Beledyespor
7 August 2018III. Kerületi TVE Stadion, Budapest, HungaryCzech Republic SK Slavia Praha2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions LeagueL 2–71[9]
10 August 2018Hidegkúti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, HungaryHungary MTK Hungária FCD 2–21[10]
13 August 2018III. Kerületi TVE Stadion, Budapest, HungaryKosovo KFF MitrovicaW 6–11[11]

International career

Akaba is a member of the Cameroon women's national football team, nicknamed the "Indomitable Lionesses".[3] She took part in women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C and in 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group E.[7][1] She capped 66 times for the national team.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 March 2023.
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2015–16First League 124––124
2016–17First League 187––187
Total 3011––3011
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2017–18 First League 118––00118
2018–19 First League 00330033
Total 118331411
Beşiktaş J.K. 2018–19First League 62--62
Total 62--62
ALG Spor 2022–23 Super League 30--30
Total 30--30

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League
Trabzon İdmanocağı (women)
Third places (1): 2015–16
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Winners (1): 2017–18

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players – Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Squad list" (PDF). Fifa.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Mbuye, Basil K (20 October 2017). "Michèle Akaba Joins Atasehir Belediyesi". Sports24 Cameroon. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "[Update] Urgent, Cameroun 1–1 Republique Sud Africaine: Des lionnes timides d'entrée". Camer Sport (in French). 7 September 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Kadınlar 1.Ligi Trabzon İdmanocağı 2–0 Kireçburnu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 "2015 Women's World Cup: Group C preview". Give Me Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Henriette Michele Akaba Edoa" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  9. 1 2 "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 07/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Slavia Praha 7–2 Ataşehir". UEFA. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Hidegkúti Nándor – Budapest 10/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Ataşehir (TUR) 2–2 MTK Hungária (HUN)". UEFA. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  11. 1 2 "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 13/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 – KFF Mitrovica (KOS) 1–6 Ataşehir (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Ataşehir Belediyespor 0–2 Beşiktaş A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Henriette Michele Akaba Edoa" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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