Genoveva Añonman
Añonman in May 2012
Personal information
Full name Genoveva Añonman Nze[1][2]
Date of birth (1989-04-19) 19 April 1989[3][4]
Place of birth Cogo, Equatorial Guinea[5]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Águilas Verdes de Malabo
2006 Las Vegas
2006–2007 Mamelodi Sundowns
2009–2011 Jena 50 (37)
2011–2015 Turbine Potsdam 79 (60)
2015 Portland Thorns 12 (1)
2016 Suwon FMC WFC
2016–2017 Atlético Madrid 5 (3)
2017–2018 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 6 (2)
2018 MSV Duisburg 7 (2)
2018 Leones Vegetarianos
2019 Deportivo Evinayong
2021–2022 Rafelbunyol 15 (20)
International career
2002–2018 Equatorial Guinea 32 (24)
Equatorial Guinea B
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Equatorial Guinea
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
First place2008 Equatorial Guinea
Second place2010 South Africa
First place2012 Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022

Genoveva Añonman Nze (born 19 April 1989) is an Equatorial Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward.[1][2] She is the historical captain and top scorer of the Equatorial Guinea women's national team, for which she played for 16 years.

Club career

Añonman, nicknamed Ayo,[6] played in her country and South Africa before signing for Bundesliga team USV Jena in 2009.[4] She was the team's top scorer in both seasons she spent in Jena. Following the 2011 World Cup she signed for defending champions Turbine Potsdam. She became the first foreigner to win the Bundesliga top-scorer award when she scored 22 goals in the 2011–12 season.[7] In 2012, she was named African Women Footballer of the Year.[8]

On 24 February 2015, it was announced that Añonman signed for the Portland Thorns for the 2015 National Women's Soccer League season, joining after the completion of that year's World Cup.[6][9] She was waived by Portland Thorns FC in October 2015.[10] In 2016, she played for Suwon FMC WFC in the South Korean WK-League.[11]

International career

Añonman was part of the Equatorial Guinea football team that won the 2008 African Women's Championship at home and finished runners up in South Africa two years later. After the 2010 African Women's Championship final, she and two other Equatoguinean players had been accused of being male by opponents.[12] She rejected the allegations and was shown by a gender test to be female, wherein she was required to strip naked to demonstrate her gender.[13][14]

Añonman played in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, scoring Equatorial Guinea's only two goals in the tournament, in a 3–2 loss against Australia.[15] She was included in the All-Star Team, becoming the first African player to earn this distinction. She won a second African Women's Championship in 2012, again at home.[16]

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
24 August 2002Estadio La Paz, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Angola1–0
1–3
2002 African Women's Championship qualification
2
3 November 2006Oghara Township Stadium, Oghara, Nigeria Algeria
3–3
2006 African Women's Championship
3
15 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Cameroon
1–0
2008 African Women's Championship
4
18 November 2008 Congo
4–2
5–2
5
5–2
6
21 November 2008 Mali
2–1
2–1
7
25 November 2008 Nigeria
1–0
1–0
8
29 November 2008 South Africa2–1
2–1
9
23 May 2010Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia Namibia
5–1
2010 African Women's Championship qualification
10
8 November 2010Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa Ghana1–0
3–1
2010 African Women's Championship
11
17 April 2011Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Cameroon
0–3
[note 1]		2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
12
17 June 2011Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg Luxembourg
4–0
8–0
Friendly
13
3 July 2011Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany Australia
1–1
2–32011 FIFA Women's World Cup
14
2–3
15
25 June 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea DR Congo
2–1
2–1
Friendly
16
31 October 2012
1–0
6–02012 African Women's Championship
17
4–0
18
5–0
19
3 November 2012 Senegal
5–0
20
7 November 2012 Cameroon
2–0
2–0
21
11 November 2012 South Africa
3–0
4–0
22
23 May 2014Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
1–0
1–1
2014 African Women's Championship qualification
23
2 August 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea Nigeria
2–1
2–1
2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
24
6 April 2016Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako, Mali Mali
1–0
1–1
2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

Honors and awards

National team

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Match forfeited.[17]

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Genoveva Añonman: "Bien no estoy pero tampoco estoy en una curandería"". Equatorial Guinean Football Federation (in Spanish). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Competitions - Women AFCON Ghana 2018 - Team Details - Player Details". CAF. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2011: ANONMA". FIFA. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Players Portrait 2014/15: Genoveva Anonma" (in German). Turbine Potsdam. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Genoveva Ayongman signs with the Portland of the U.S.A." Archived from the original on 11 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Portland Thorns sign decorated striker Genoveva Añonma". OregonLive.com. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Women's football: Potsdam wins 4th in a row". Die Welt (in German). 28 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  8. ↑ Bieneck, Nadine (21 December 2012). "Genoveva Anonma is African Women's Player of the year" (in German). Turbine Potsdam. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Portland Thorns FC sign forward Genoveva Añonma". Portland Thorns Football Club. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  10. ↑ William Conwell (21 October 2015). "Portland Thorns Waive International Striker Genoveva "Ayo" Añonma". Stumptown Footy.
  11. ↑ Kaiser, Hal (15 March 2016). "WK-League previews: Hyundai Steel, Icheon Daekyo, Suwon FMC". Keeper Notes. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Borzi, Pat (13 June 2011). "Gender controversy follows Equatorial Guinea". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  13. ↑ Sheringham, Sam (14 January 2015). "Genoveva Anonma: 'I had to strip naked to prove I was a woman'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Brown, Jonathan (25 June 2011). "The Stars of Germany 2011 (that's the women's world cup)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup 2011: Equatorial Guinea". FIFA. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Turbine Potsdam forward Genoveva Añonma signs for Portland Thorns FC". Women's Soccer United. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "Live Scores – Equatorial Guinea – Women's – Matches (2011)". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018.
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