Dorine Nina Chuigoué (born 28 November 1988) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club . Born and raised in Cameroon to Cameroonian parents, Chuigoué has played in the Equatorial Guinean women's league and subsequently

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for the Equatorial Guinea women's national team.

Early life

Born and raised in Cameroon into a Cameroonian family, Chuigoué was the only female of five siblings. Living in a mostly male environment, she behaved like a man. During her childhood, she played football, tennis and basketball in her neighborhood. Then, her parents signed her to practice karate. She ultimately opted to pursue a career as a footballer.

Club career

After being left in the Stade Omnisports by her brother and father, Chuigoué started her career with

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. She played originally as a

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, becoming at the time the best scorer in the Cameroonian league. She had then had an offer to play in Singapore, but had to reject it due to her mother's opposition. In 2006, Chuigoué moved to Equatoguinean women's league club Águilas Verdes FC. In June 2010, she joined Estrellas de E'Waiso Ipola. After playing the

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for the Equatorial Guinea national team, Chuigoué signed for Serbian women's league club Spartak Subotica. She lasted one season there. In mid-2012, she came back to the Equatoguinean league and returned to Estrellas de E'Waiso Ipola, where she played until 2017. On 3 August 2017, Chuigoué rejoined by Serbian club Spartak Subotica. Next season, she moved to Spanish women's top league club

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, playing along with her Equatorial Guinean teammate Jade Boho. On 15 July 2025, Chuigoué signed for .

International career

Chuigoué just wanted to play for

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, but was not called up despite her impressive performances at

. In 2006, she became a naturalised citizen of Equatorial Guinea. She debuted with the women's national team of that country during the

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. She played in the 2011 World Cup.2011 World Cup Rosters

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at Txapeldunak.com * 1988 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian women's footballers 21st-century Cameroonian sportswomen Cameroonian emigrants to Equatorial Guinea Naturalized citizens of Equatorial Guinea Sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Equatoguinean women's footballers Women's association football fullbacks Women's association football forwards ŽFK Spartak Subotica players Dux Logroño players Real Betis Féminas players Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players Liga F players Equatorial Guinea women's international footballers Naturalised association football players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate women's footballers in Serbia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate women's footballers in Israel {{EquatorialGuinea-women-footy-bio-stub