Gwendoline Fournier
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-16) 16 April 1991[1]
Place of birth Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia[2]
Position(s) Defender[1]
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tahiti 3 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 May 2023

Gwendoline Teuu Fournier (born 16 April 1991) is a French Polynesian women's footballer who plays as a defender. She is captain of the Tahiti women's national football team.

Fournier is from Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands[2] and works as a PE teacher.[3] She began playing football at the age of 7, but gave it up when she moved to France for her education.[4] She restarted when she returned to French Polynesia in 2015, initially playing Futsal and then women's football.[4] She was selected for the Tahiti national team after playing at the festival of the islands, and was subsequently selected for the team to contest the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.[5] She captained the team for the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.[6]

Fournier featured with women's footballers Kiani Wong and Camille Andre on a stamp to celebrate international women's day 2023.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Gwendoline Fournier at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Les Vahine 'Ura à la conquête de la Nations Cup" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "L'Open Day Vahine met le foot féminin en valeur" (in French). Radio1. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Gwendoline Fournier, la passion du football féminin" (in French). TNTV News. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Fournier profite de sa chance" (in French). FÉDÉRATION TAHITIENNE DE FOOTBALL. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Les Vahine 'Ura décrochent leur ticket pour les quarts de finale de la Nations Cup" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Fare Rata met à l'honneur les footballeuses tahitiennes" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Un timbre pour promouvoir le sport au féminin" (in French). Radio1. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.


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