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 Ataşehir Belediyespor and the Cameroon women's national team.[4][5]
 Akaba representing Cameroon in July 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henriette Michèle Akaba Edoa | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ataşehir Belediyespor | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| 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 | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | Ataşehir Belediyespor | 20 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 20??– | Cameroon | 66 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2015 | |||
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
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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]
In the 2023-24 Turkish Super League season, she was again with Ataşehir Belediyespor from Istanbul.[8]
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ataşehir Beledyespor | |||||
| 7 August 2018 | III. Kerületi TVE Stadion, Budapest, Hungary |  SK Slavia Praha |
2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League | L 2–7 | 1[9] |
| 10 August 2018 | Hidegkúti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary |  MTK Hungária FC |
D 2–2 | 1[10] | |
| 13 August 2018 | III. Kerületi TVE Stadion, Budapest, Hungary |  KFF Mitrovica |
W 6–1 | 1[11] | |
International career
editAkaba 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
edit- As of match played 5 May 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Trabzon İdmanocağı | 2015–16 | First League | 12 | 4 | – | – | 12 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | First League | 18 | 7 | – | – | 18 | 7 | |||
| Total | 30 | 11 | – | – | 30 | 11 | ||||
| Ataşehir Belediyespor | 2017–18 | First League | 11 | 8 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 2018–19 | First League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | ||||
| Beşiktaş J.K. | 2018–19 | First League | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | ||
| Total | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | ||||
| ALG Spor | 2022–23 | Super League | 8 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Ataşehir Belediyespor | 2023–24 | Super League | 20 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 1 | ||||
Honours
edit- Turkish Women's First Football League
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- Trabzon İdmanocağı (women)
- Third places (1): 2015–16
- Ataşehir Belediyespor
- Winners (1): 2017–18
References
edit- ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players – Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Squad list" (PDF). Fifa.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Mbuye, Basil K (20 October 2017). "Michèle Akaba Joins Atasehir Belediyesi". Sports24 Cameroon. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "[Update] Urgent, Cameroun 1–1 Republique Sud Africaine: Des lionnes timides d'entrée". Camer Sport (in French). 7 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Kadınlar 1.Ligi Trabzon İdmanocağı 2–0 Kireçburnu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ a b "2015 Women's World Cup: Group C preview". Give Me Sport. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Henriette Michele Akaba Edoa" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ a b "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 07/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Slavia Praha 7–2 Ataşehir". UEFA. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Hidegkúti Nándor – Budapest 10/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Ataşehir (TUR) 2–2 MTK Hungária (HUN)". UEFA. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ a b "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 13/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 – KFF Mitrovica (KOS) 1–6 Ataşehir (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Ataşehir Belediyespor 0–2 Beşiktaş A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Henriette Michele Akaba Edoa" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
External links
edit- Henriette Akaba at Soccerway
