Téclaire Bille Esono (7 July 1988 – 15 December 2010) was an Equatoguinean footballer. She played at a club level for Bellas Artes, and for the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team.

Early life

Bille, who was born in Douala, Cameroon and later emigrated to

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

Career

Club

She played as defender during her career in Cameroon, and for

n club side Bellas Artes.

International

She played for the Equatorial Guinea women's national football team, and was a member of the team that lost in the final 4–2 against Nigeria in the

2010 African Women's Championship The 2010 African Women's Championship was held in South Africa from 31 October to 14 November 2010. Seven national teams joined the host nation following a series of knock-out home and away ties. This tournament was also a qualification tournamen ...

. This result qualified Equatorial Guinea for the following year's

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in Germany.

Death

She was killed, alongside her eldest brother and Pablo Boyas on 15 December 2010 in a traffic accident between Yaoundé and Douala in Cameroon. At the time of her death, she had already begun to prepare for the 2011 Women's World Cup. The Nigerian Football Federation released a statement consoling the player's death, saying that she performed "with verve and vivacity, commitment and passion".

Honours

;Equatorial Guinea ** African Women's Championship: Winner in

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and runner-up in

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References

1988 births 2010 deaths Footballers from Douala Women's association football defenders Cameroonian women's footballers Cameroonian emigrants to Equatorial Guinea Naturalized citizens of Equatorial Guinea Equatoguinean women's footballers Equatorial Guinea women's international footballers Road incident deaths in Cameroon 20th-century Cameroonian women 21st-century Cameroonian women {{EquatorialGuinea-women-footy-bio-stub