Henriette Michèle Akaba Edoa (born 7 June 1992), shortly Henriette Akaba, or Michèle Akaba, is a Cameroonian professional

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, who plays as a

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for the Turkish Super League club

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and the Cameroon women's national team. She has played in the Turkish Women's First Football League for

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with jersey number 18 and in the

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for

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Club career

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

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. In November 2011, Akaba joined Louves Minproff de Yaoundé. In Spring 2012, she moved to Russia to play for FC Energy Voronezh in the

2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2011−12 UEFA Women's Champions League was the eleventh edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012. As in the past two Champions League seasons, ...

. After only a half year, she returned to her country in June 2012, and joined Lorema FC Filles De Yaoundé. End 2015, Akaba moved to Turkey, and was transferred on 4 December by Trabzon İdmanocağı, which competes in the Women's First League. She scored already one goal for her new team in the home match against Kireçburnu Spor two days later. In October 2017, Akaba signed a two-year contract with the

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-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor effective 2 January 2018. She participation at the

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. She scored one goal each in all three matches she played. In the 2018–19 league season, she transferred to

In February 2023, she moved again to Turkey, and signed with the

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-based club

to play in the second half of the 2022–23 Super League season.

International career

Akaba is a member of the Cameroon women's national football team, nicknamed the "Indomitable Lionesses". She took part in women's football tournament at the

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, in 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C and in

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group E Group E of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup took place from 10 to 20 June 2019. The group consisted of Cameroon, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The top two teams, the Netherlands and Canada, along with the third-placed team, Cameroon (as o ...

. She capped 66 times for the national team.

Career statistics

Honours

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

References

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