Catherine Mbengono

Catherine Mbengono
Personal information
Full name Catherine Charnelle Mbengono[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon[2]
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [3]
Position(s) Left back,[4] midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
Amazone FAP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Green City Yaoundé
2014 Lorema Yaoundé
2015–2016 Green City Yaoundé
2016–2018 Lorient 24 (2)
2019 Green City Yaoundé[5]
2019–2020 Éclair de Sa'a
2020– Amazone FAP
International career
2015 Cameroon U20 1+ (1)
2018– Cameroon 3+ (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2019

Catherine Charnelle Mbengono (born 8 September 1996) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a left back for Amazone FAP and the Cameroon women's national team.

Club career[edit]

Mbengono played for French Division 2 Féminine club FC Lorient.[6] She joined Éclair de Sa'a on 10 October 2019.[7]

International career[edit]

Mbengono represented Cameroon at the 2015 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament.[1] At senior level, she played the 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship and the 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (fourth round).[8]

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
18 September 2018 Gelvandale Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa  Lesotho
6–0
6–0
2018 COSAFA Women's Championship

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Competitions - WWC-Q U20 2016 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ Catherine Mbengono's stats at StatsFootFeminin.fr (in French)
  3. ^ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Trois Lionnes de talent à Lorient". www.ouest-france.fr (in French). 24 August 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Cameroon commence World Cup preparations". CAF. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Can 2016. The Lionesses go back for the eighth and final camp". Cameroun24.net. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  7. ^ Junior Sosos (14 October 2019). "Transfert : Catherine Mbengono, le nouveau coup d'Eclair". AZ sports (in French). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  8. ^ "JO 2020 - Qualifications AFRIQUE : le CAMEROUN jouera la ZAMBIE au dernier tour" [2020 Summer Olympics - African Qualifiers: Cameroon will face Zambia in the last round]. Footofeminin.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2019.