Gaëlle Deborah Enganamouit (born 9 June 1992) is a

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ian

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who plays as a

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for Spanish club

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and the Cameroon women's national team.

Club career

Enganamouit previously played in the

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n First League for Spartak Subotica, for whom she appeared in the

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. While playing for Spartak Enganamouit reportedly scored the fastest goal in women's football history, after two seconds. In December 2013, Enganamouit announced her

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to Swedish football, with newly promoted Damallsvenskan team Eskilstuna United. League champions

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signed Enganamouit to a two-year contract in November 2015, as a replacement for

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. Enganamouit had been the

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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

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and

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. On the opening day of the season, Enganamouit suffered an

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which was expected to rule her out for the entire 2016 campaign. On 11 February 2017,

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officially signed Enganamouit.

International career

She is a member of the Cameroonian national team and played at the

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. She appeared in each game as a substitute; Cameroon lost each match. At the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada she scored a

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in Cameroon's 6–0 win over

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. During the 2015 World Cup game against defending champions

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, 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 *

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top goal scorer: 2015 *

African Women's Footballer of the Year African Women Footballer of the Year, an annual award for Africa's best female football player. It is awarded by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in December each year. Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala has won the award a record five times. ...

: 2015 * IFFHS CAF Women's Team of the Decade 2011–2020 * IFFHS All-time Africa Women's Dream Team: 2021

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Enganamouit, Gaelle 1992 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian women's footballers Women's association football forwards ŽFK Spartak Subotica players Eskilstuna United DFF players FC Rosengård players Dalian Quanjian F.C. players Avaldsnes IL players Málaga CF Femenino players Damallsvenskan players Chinese Women's Super League players Toppserien players Liga F players Cameroon women's international footballers Olympic footballers for Cameroon Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate women's footballers in Serbia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate women's footballers in China Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain African Women's Footballer of the Year winners

Club career

International career

Honours

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