Michaela-Batya Bisi Abam (born 12 June 1997) is an American-born Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a

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for the

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in the

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and the Cameroon national team. She previously played for

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in the Spanish

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in the

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, and

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College career

West Virginia University, 2014–2017

Abam played in a school record 95 games for the Mountaineers, scoring 42 goals and 16 assists. In 2017, she scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over the

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in the College Cup semi-final, leading WVU to their first-everCollege Cup Final.

Club career

Sky Blue FC, 2018

Abam was selected by

as the 4th overall pick in the

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. In March she was named to the final roster for the 2018 season. After only appearing in 4 games for Sky Blue, she was released by the team on July 25.

Paris FC, 2018–2019

On August 1, 2018 Abam signed with

in the

in France.

Real Betis, 2019–2020

In August 2019, Abam signed for Spanish

team

Houston Dash, 2021–present

In August 2021, Abam signed for the

in the

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. Her first appearance was on August 13, 2021 against the

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were she scored a goal to give tie the game 2-2, which ended up being the final result of the game.

International career

Abam made her senior debut for Cameroon on 12 November 2018 in a 7–0 friendly win against

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, scoring twice. Then, she was called up to compete at the

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, but did not make any appearance by problems with her Cameroonian passport. In May 2019, she was named for the

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International goals

''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abam, Michaela 1997 births Living people Citizens of Cameroon through descent Cameroonian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Paris FC (women) players Real Betis Féminas players Division 1 Féminine players Primera División (women) players Cameroon women's international footballers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in France Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain American women's soccer players Soccer players from Houston African-American women's soccer players American people of Cameroonian descent West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer players NJ/NY Gotham FC draft picks National Women's Soccer League players NJ/NY Gotham FC players Houston Dash players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in France American expatriate sportspeople in Spain 21st-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American women