Vanessa Noelle Kiomegne Djomo (born 25 December 1998), also known as Vanessa Djomo or Kiomegne Djomo Vanessa, is a

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ian

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, who plays for Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor in the Turkish Women's Super League with jersey number 8.

Club career

Djomo has played for Louves Minproff based in

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in her country between 2015 and 2021. In October 2016, the team she captained won the champions title of the Cameroonian Women's Cup. In November 2018, she enjoyed her team's champions title of the Cameroonian Women's Cup again. In the 2020-21 season of the Guinness Super League, her team runners-up.ç In January 2021, Djome went to Nepal to play with three other women's footballers from her country for the Waling Municipality Club in the 2021 National Women's League of Nepal. In December 2021, Djomo moved to Turkey, and joined Ankara BB Fomget GS to play in the

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. She scored two goals in eleven matches of the 2021-22 league season. In the league's second half, she transferred to Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor.

International career

In March 2016, she was selected to the

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to play in a preparation game for the ongoing

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. Djomo was admitted to the

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, and took part at the

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held in Uruguay.

Honours

; Cameroonian Women's Cup :; Louves Minproff :: ''Winners'' (2): 2016, 2018 ; Guinness Super League :; Louves Minproff :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2020-21

References

1998 births Living people Cameroonian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Cameroon women's international footballers Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Nepal Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Turkish Women's Football Super League players Karadeniz Ereğlispor players {{Cameroon-women-footy-bio-stub