Griedge Yinda Colette Mbock Bathy Nka (born 26 February 1995) is a French professional

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who plays as a centre-back for

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club

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and the France national team.

Career

Mbock Bathy was born in

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to a family of

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ian and Maĺagasy descent. A strong centre-back, she joined Stade Briochin in 2010 who merged with En Avant de Guingamp in 2011. After four seasons under Guingamp, she moved to the current French champions Lyon on a four-year deal. With the French under-17 team, Mbock Bathy played in the

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in Azerbaijan. She was named FIFA's Player of the Tournament after France won a

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in the final over

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, marking the occasion with a memorable dance routine. At the

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, Mbock Bathy was suspended for the final after being sent off in the semi-final. In the final

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beat

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2–0 after extra time. In November 2013 she made her senior

debut in a 10–0 win over

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Personal life

Mbock's brother, Hiang'a Mbock, is also a professional footballer.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mbock Bathy goal.''

Honours

Lyon *

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019–20 * Coupe/Challenge de France: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19,2019–20 *

UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019–20 *

Trophée des Championnes The Trophée des Championnes is a French women's association football trophy contested as an annual match between the champions of Division 1 Féminine and the winners of the Coupe de France Féminine from previous season. It is the female equ ...

: 2019 France *

SheBelieves Cup The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's soccer tournament held in different cities in the United States in late February or early March. In its first three years (2016, 2017 and 2018), it was contested by the same four teams: the United ...

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France U17 *

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Individual * FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Golden Ball winner:

* UNFP

Young Player of the Year: 2015–16

References

External links

* * * * 1995 births Living people French women's footballers France women's youth international footballers France women's international footballers Sportspeople from Brest, France French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Women's association football central defenders 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of France Division 1 Féminine players En Avant Guingamp (women) players Black French sportspeople Footballers from Brittany 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{France-women-footy-bio-stub