Charlène Meyong
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Charlène Iverna Meyong Menene[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1998[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | London City Lionesses | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 20??–2021 | Louves Minproff | ||
| 2021–2022 | Meizhou Hakka | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Reims | 26 | (2) |
| 2024– | London City Lionesses | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Cameroon | 18 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2021 | |||
Charlène Iverna Meyong Menene (born 19 November 1998) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Championship club London City Lionesses[4] and the Cameroon women's national team. She represented her country at the 2018 CAF Africa Women's Cup of Nations and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Club career
[edit]Meyong began her footballing career at Cameroonian side Louves Minproff. On 4 March 2021 it was announced that she had joined Chinese Women's Super League side Meizhou Hakka on a one-year contract alongside Nigerian footballer Chinwendu Ihezuo ahead of the 2021 league season.
International career
[edit]At the 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship, Meyong was part of the Cameroon side which finished second at the tournament after losing 2–1 in the final to hosts South Africa. Meyong scored one goal at the competition. She was subsequently selected as part of the Cameroon squad for the 2018 Africa Women's Cup of Nations at which Cameroon finished in third place following semifinal defeat to Nigeria. Meyong made five appearances at the competition.
In 2019 she appeared twice at the FIFA Women's World Cup in matches against Netherlands and Canada.
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Charlène Meyong at Soccerway
- ^ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "London City Lionesses sign Cameroon international Charlène Meyongon two-year contract". London City Lionesses. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Women's association football midfielders
- Cameroonian women's footballers
- Cameroon women's international footballers
- London City Lionesses players
- Women's Championship (England) players
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- African Games silver medalists for Cameroon
- African Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- 21st-century Cameroonian women
- 21st-century Cameroonian people
- Cameroonian women's football biography stubs