Camille Abily

{{Short description|French footballer and manager (born 1984)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Camille Abily

| image = FFWM2011 FRA-GER 20110705 imBorussiapark046.jpg

| caption = Abily with France in 2011

| fullname = Camille Anne Françoise Abily{{cite web|title=Goalscorers|url=http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/download/competitions/wowc/92/58/39/925839_download.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415212836/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/WOWC/92/58/39/925839_DOWNLOAD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2010|publisher=UEFA|access-date=18 September 2011}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|12|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rennes, France

| height = 1.68 m[http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf 2015 World Cup]

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Chelsea (assistant)

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1992–1994

| youthclubs1 = Jeanne d'Arc Bruz

| youthyears2 = 1994–1999

| youthclubs2 = FC Bruz

| youthyears3 = 1999–2000

| youthclubs3 = SC Le Rheu

| years1 = 2000–2001

| clubs1 = Stade Briochin

| caps1 = 20

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2001–2002

| clubs2 = La Roche-sur-Yon

| caps2 = 21

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2002–2003

| clubs3 = CNFE Clairefontaine

| caps3 = 17

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2003–2006

| clubs4 = Montpellier

| caps4 = 68

| goals4 = 17

| years5 = 2006–2009

| clubs5 = Lyon

| caps5 = 56

| goals5 = 34

| years6 = 2009–2010

| clubs6 = Los Angeles Sol

| caps6 = 18

| goals6 = 8

| years7 = 2009–2010

| clubs7 = → Paris Saint-Germain (loan)

| caps7 = 13

| goals7 = 12

| years8 = 2010

| clubs8 = FC Gold Pride

| caps8 = 17

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2010–2018

| clubs9 = Lyon

| caps9 = 222

| goals9 = 144

| totalcaps = 452

| totalgoals = 228

| nationalyears1 = 2000–2001

| nationalteam1 = France U18

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2001–2002

| nationalteam2 = France U19

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2001–2017

| nationalteam3 = France

| nationalcaps3 = 183

| nationalgoals3 = 37

| manageryears1 = 2019–2024

| managerclubs1 = Lyon Féminin (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2024–

| managerclubs2 = Chelsea (assistant)

| club-update = 12 July 2017{{cite web|url=http://fr.women.soccerway.com/players/camille-abily/19701/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=12 July 2017|title=Camille Abily profile|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214021416/https://fr.women.soccerway.com/players/camille-abily/19701/|url-status=dead}}

| nationalteam-update = 20 June 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/toutes-les-joueuses/fiche-joueuse/2219621801-camille-abily|publisher=Fédération Française de Football|access-date=12 July 2017|title=Camille Abily profile|archive-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026010955/http://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/toutes-les-joueuses/fiche-joueuse/2219621801-camille-abily|url-status=dead}}

}}

Camille Anne Françoise Abily (born 5 December 1984) is a French football manager and former player, who featured prominently for both the France women's national team and for Lyon in the Division 1 Féminine. She currently is the assistant manager of Chelsea.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/camille-abily|title=Camille Abily|publisher=Chelsea F.C}}

As a player, Abily played primarily as a midfielder. She was a two-time winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Female Player of the Year award and, following her second consecutive honour in 2007, became the first player to win the award in back-to-back seasons. Following a move to the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league in the United States, she earned numerous Player of the Month and All-Star honors.

Abily began her football career in 1992, joining Jeanne d'Arc Bruz. In 1994, she joined FC Bruz. After a year's stint at another local club, Abily spent time in the first division playing for Stade Briochin and La Roche-sur-Yon. In 2002, she was selected to attend the women's section of the nationally recognized Clairefontaine academy. After her stint at Clairefontaine, Abily signed with Montpellier and won two league titles while at the club, as well as the Challenge de France, the women's domestic cup. After three seasons with Montpellier, Abily joined Lyon. Similar to her stint at Montpellier, she won several titles, which included three straight league titles from 2006 to 2009. In 2008, Abily joined the new United States–based women's soccer league, Women's Professional Soccer, after being selected by the Los Angeles Sol in the 2008 WPS International Draft. After helping the Sol win the league, Abily returned to France where she played for Paris Saint-Germain on loan. In 2010, she returned to the United States to play with FC Gold Pride and, subsequently, won her second consecutive title in the league. In 2010, Abily announced that she would be returning to Lyon for the 2010–11 season and, subsequently, became a part of the Olympique Lyon team that won their first UEFA Women's Champions League title.

Abily also earned 183 caps as a French international. Prior to playing for the senior team, she played at youth level representing the under-18 team at the 2001 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship. Abily made her senior international debut in September 2001, in a friendly match against the Netherlands. She scored her first goal for the national team six years later in a 2–0 win over China in February 2007. Abily made her major international tournament debut for the team at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 and later played on the teams that qualified for UEFA Women's Euro 2009, UEFA Women's Euro 2013 as well as the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011 and 2015, finishing fourth place in the former.

Club career

Abily has won the league championship with her respective club on four occasions. She won two titles with Montpellier and back-to-back titles with Lyon. During two of those title runs, she was selected as the Female Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007. In 2010, she won the WPS Championship with the FC Gold Pride.

In March 2009, she joined the new United States–based women's soccer league, Women's Professional Soccer, after her American playing rights were assigned to the Los Angeles Sol.{{Cite web |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/player_ektid5302.aspx |title=Camille Abily (WPS playing rights assigned to Los Angeles) |access-date=15 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010055512/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/player_ektid5302.aspx |archive-date=10 October 2008 |url-status=dead}} She made her debut in the league's inaugural match against the Washington Freedom, which included her French compatriot Sonia Bompastor, and scored the second goal in the Sol's 2–0 victory. On 7 January 2010 Abily was traded to FC Gold Pride. She played in 17 games, scoring one goal and having six assists. On 27 September, Abily's contract with the Gold Pride was mutually terminated as she decided to return to Lyon and focus on the upcoming 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite news|url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/bayarea/news/general/100929-abily-released.aspx|title=Pride, Abily mutually agree to terminate contract|date=29 September 2010|access-date=29 September 2010|publisher=FC Gold Pride}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

After spending eight seasons at Lyon during her second stint there, Abily retired in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympique-et-lyonnais.com/ol-feminin-le-message-de-camille-abily,152634.html|title = OL Féminin : Le message de Camille Abily|date = June 2018}}

International career

Abily made her international debut for Les Bleues on 26 September 2001 in a match against the Netherlands.

At the opening match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, a 1–0 win over England in Moncton, Abily controversially escaped punishment when she inflicted a black eye on Laura Bassett by elbowing the English player in the face.{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Louise|title=Elbow incident leaves England's Laura Bassett bruised but unbowed|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/11/england-womens-world-cup-bassett-bruise|access-date=14 June 2015|work=The Guardian|date=11 June 2015|location=Moncton}}

She also competed for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics, achieving fourth place in the 2012 tournament.{{cite Sports-Reference}}

Abily retired from international football in 2017, citing a desire to spend more time with her daughter.{{cite web |url=https://equalizersoccer.com/2017/08/01/camille-abily-reflects-upon-retirement-from-international-soccer/ |title=Camille Abily Reflects Upon Retirement from International Soccer |access-date=7 September 2019 |publisher=Equalizer Soccer }}

Managerial career

From 2019 until 2024, Abily was working as assistant manager for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin.{{cite web |url=https://www.ol.fr/en/contents/staff-members/c/camille-abily?tab=1 |title=OL Staff List: Camille Abily |access-date=7 September 2019 |publisher=Olympique Lyonnais }}

On 1 July 2024, she was appointed as assistant manager of Chelsea.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/camille-abily|title=Camille Abily|publisher=Chelsea F.C}}

Private

In February 2025 she and Sonia Bompastor announced that they have been in a relationship for 13 years, and that they have four children together.{{Cite web |title=Sonia Bompastor et Camille Abily, coaches de Chelsea et en couple: « Parler de nos vies privées, ce n'est pas ce qu'on préfère » |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Sonia-bompastor-et-camille-abily-coaches-de-chelsea-et-en-couple-parler-de-nos-vies-privees-ce-n-est-pas-ce-qu-on-prefere/1541114 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}

Career statistics

=Club=

File:Camille Abily (Olympique Lyonnais).jpg

Statistics accurate as of 1 September 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/joueur.php?joueur=9 |title=La Carriere de Camille Abily |access-date=17 September 2016 |publisher=StatsFootoFeminin }}{{cite web |url=http://www.olweb.fr/fr/joueur/camille-abily-1546.html |title= ABILY Camille |access-date=17 September 2016 |publisher=Olympique Lyonnais }}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="2" valign="center"|Stade Briochin

|2000–01

|20

4204
Total

!20

4204
rowspan="2" valign="center"|La Roche-sur-Yon

|2001–02

|21

3213
Total

!21

3213
rowspan="2" valign="center"|CNFE Clairefontaine

|2002–03

|17

5175
Total

!17

5175
rowspan="4" valign="center"|Montpellier

|2003–04

|22+3

4+00000254
2004–05

|22

931503010
2005–06

|21

45390357
Total

!68

17841409021
rowspan="4" valign="center"|Lyon

|2006–07

|22

1743002620
2007–08

|21

841953414
2008–09

|13

900551814
Total

!56

348414107848
rowspan="2" valign="center"|Los Angeles Sol

|2009

|18

8188
Total

!18

8188
rowspan="2" valign="center"|Paris SG

|2009–10

|13

1200001312
Total

!13

1200001312
rowspan="2" valign="center"|FC Gold Pride

|2010

|17

1171
Total

!17

1171
rowspan="7" valign="center"|Lyon

|2010–11

|19

1230712913
2011–12

|22

1553893527
2012–13

|21

2046953431
2013–14

|19

1364212718
2014–15

|19

1265232720
2015–16

|19

1043833116
Total

!119

8228213622183125
colspan="2"|Career total

!349

16644296432457227

=International=

File:Camille Abily May 2015 (cropped).jpg

:(Correct as of 1 September 2016)[http://www.fff.fr/individus/selections/visu_fiche.php?in_no=2219621801&id_cat=2 ABILY Camille] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325134917/http://www.fff.fr/individus/selections/visu_fiche.php?in_no=2219621801&id_cat=2 |date=25 March 2012 }}, French Football Federation, Retrieved 19 June 2011

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
National teamSeasonAppsGoals
rowspan=16 valign="center"|France

|2001–02

20
2002–0300
2003–0400
2004–05110
2005–06130
2006–07136
2007–0872
2008–0941
2009–10136
2010–11145
2011–12183
2012–13200
2013–14205
2014–15161
2015–16132
2016–1762
colspan=2|Total17033

==International goals==

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: left;" align=center

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

128 February 2007Stade Robert Brettes, Mérignac, France{{fbw|CHN}}{{center|2–0}}{{center|2–0}}Friendly
212 March 2007Estadio Municipal, Lagos, Portugal{{fbw|NOR}}{{center|1–0}}{{center|1–0}}2007 Algarve Cup
3rowspan="3"| 11 April 2007rowspan="3"| Stade Georges Pompidou, Valence, Francerowspan="3"| {{fbw|GRE}}{{center|1–0}}rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 6–0rowspan="3"| UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
4{{center|3–0}}
5{{center|5–0}}
630 May 2007Stade Camille Lebon, Angoulême, France{{fbw|SLO}}{{center|2–0}}{{center|6–0}}UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
71 October 2007Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Almere, Netherlands{{fbw|NED}}{{center|0–1}}{{center|1–4}}Friendly
827 October 2007Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade, Serbia{{fbw|SRB|2004}}{{center|0–2}}{{center|0–8}}UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
922 April 2009Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon, France{{fbw|SUI}}{{center|1–0}}{{center|2–0}}Friendly
1024 August 2009Ratina Stadion, Tampere, Finland{{fbw|ISL}}{{center|1–1}}{{center|1–3}}UEFA Women's Euro 2009
1130 August 2009Finnair Stadium, Helsinki, Finland{{fbw|NOR}}{{center|1–1}}{{center|1–1}}UEFA Women's Euro 2009
1223 September 2009Stadion NK Inter Zaprešić, Zaprešić, Croatia{{fbw|CRO}}{{center|0–6}}{{center|0–7}}2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1328 October 2009Stade Jules Deschaseaux, Le Havre, France{{fbw|EST}}{{center|3–0}}{{center|12–0}}2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1421 November 2009Gradski Stadion, Inđija, Serbia{{fbw|SRB|2004}}{{center|0–2}}{{center|0–2}}2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1531 March 2010Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland{{fbw|NIR}}{{center|0–2}}{{center|0–4}}2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1625 August 2010Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France{{fbw|SRB|2004}}{{center|6–0}}{{center|7–0}}2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
172 March 2011GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus{{fbw|SUI}}{{center|2–0}}{{center|2–0}}2011 Cyprus Cup
184 March 2011Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus{{fbw|NED}}{{center|1–1}}{{center|1–2}}2011 Cyprus Cup
1918 June 2011Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France{{fbw|BEL}}{{center|2–0}}{{center|7–0}}Friendly
2030 June 2011Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany{{fbw|CAN}}{{center|3–0}}{{center|4–0}}2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
21

| 14 September 2011

Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona, Israel{{fbw|ISR}}{{center|2–0}}{{center|5–0}}UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2216 November 2011Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe{{fbw|URU}}{{center|6–0}}{{center|8–0}}Friendly
23

| 4 April 2012

Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France{{fbw|WAL}}{{center|4–0}}{{center|4–0}}UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
24

| 28 November 2013

MMArena, Le Mans, France{{fbw|BUL}}align="center"| 11–0align="center"| 14–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
25

| 12 March 2014

GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus{{fbw|ENG}}{{center|0–2}}{{center|0–2}}2014 Cyprus Cup
26rowspan="2"| 5 April 2014rowspan="2"| Stade Jean-Bouin, Angers, Francerowspan="2"| {{fbw|KAZ}}{{center|4–0}}rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 7–0rowspan="2"| 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
27{{center|5–0}}
28

| 7 May 2014

Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon, France{{fbw|HUN}}align="center"| 2–0align="center"| 4–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
29

| 6 March 2015

Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal{{fbw|DEN}}align="center"| 2–0align="center"| 4–12015 Algarve Cup
30

| 23 October 2015

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France{{fbw|NED}}align="center"| 1–2align="center"| 1–2Friendly
31

| 11 April 2016

Stade Nungesser, Valenciennes, France{{fbw|UKR}}align="center"| 2–0align="center"| 4–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
32

| 23 July 2016

Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France{{fbw|CAN}}align="center"| 1–0align="center"| 1–0Friendly
33

| 3 August 2016

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil{{fbw|COL}}align="center"| 3–0align="center"| 4–02016 Olympics
34rowspan="2"| 7 March 2017rowspan="2"| Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, United Statesrowspan="2"| {{fbw|USA}}{{center|0–1}}rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 0–3rowspan="2"| 2017 SheBelieves Cup
35{{center|0–3}}
36

| 11 July 2017

Stade Louis Dugauguez, Sedan, France{{fbw|NOR}}align="center"| 1–0align="center"| 1–1Friendly
36

| 26 July 2017

Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands{{fbw|SWI}}align="center"| 1–1align="center"| 1–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017
colspan="12"|Correct as of 20 June 2018{{cite web|url=http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/selection/joueur.php?joueur=9&id=1 |title=Equipe de France A - Camille Abily |publisher=footofeminin.fr |access-date=20 June 2018}}

Honours

=Club=

;Montpellier HSC

;FC Gold Pride

;Lyon

  • Division 1 Féminine: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Coupe de France Féminine: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • UEFA Women's Champions League: 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2015–16,{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=History: Wolfsburg 1-1 Lyon |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2018382--wolfsburg-vs-lyon/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=UEFA |language=en}} 2016–17,{{Cite news |date=2017-06-01 |title=Women's Champions League final: Lyon 0-0 Paris St-Germain (7-6 pens) |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40111172 |access-date=2024-11-04 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} 2017–18{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=History: Wolfsburg 1-4 Lyon |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2023928--wolfsburg-vs-lyon/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=UEFA |language=en}}

=International=

=Individual=

References

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