Clotilde Essiane

{{short description|Cameroonian boxer (born 1985)}}

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  • Junior
  • Francisca Mbang[http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/491204 Clotilde Essiane] at BoxRec.com }}

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| nationality = Cameroonian

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|6|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/boxing/athlete-profile-n6026255-clotilde-essiane.htm|title=Boxing | Athlete Profile: Clotilde ESSIANE|publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|accessdate=3 May 2018|archive-date=3 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503111611/https://results.gc2018.com/en/boxing/athlete-profile-n6026255-clotilde-essiane.htm|url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon{{Cite web|url=https://www.iba.sport/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Boxing2018-Commonwealth-Games-Womens-Athlete-Profiles.pdf|page=36|title=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's Athlete Profiles}}[https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/137315-clotilde-essiane Clotilde Essiane] at Tapology.com

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| position = Centre-forward

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Clotilde Essiane aka Junior{{cite web|url=http://www1.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/082/article_47110.asp|title=5e CAN féminine: la sélection equato-guinéenne|date=30 October 2006|accessdate=3 May 2018|language=French|publisher=RFI}} (born 6 August 1985) is a Cameroonian boxer, mixed martial artist and a retired footballer,{{cite web|url=http://camlions.com/?SessionID=A0ZD2KNY0NMNN8XSOCP8GWJTPM7AIK&bnid=2&nid=6859|work=CAMLIONS.COM|title=Cameroun: Clotilde Essiane : Mains de velours, poings de fer|trans-title=Cameroon: Clotilde Essiane: velvet hands, iron fists|first=Priscille G.|last=Moadougou|language=French|quote=The best female boxer in the 75 kg is also a footballer.|date=5 November 2004|accessdate=3 May 2018}} who currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://lastfighterstanding.com/profile/clotilde-junior-essiane/|title=Clotilde "Junior" Essiane|accessdate=3 May 2018|publisher=LFS|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706040130/http://lastfighterstanding.com/profile/clotilde-junior-essiane/|url-status=dead}}

Boxing career

Essiane represented Cameroon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and she was their flag bearer at the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony. She lost to Tammara Thibeault from Canada in the women's middleweight competition quarterfinals.

Mixed martial arts career

In 2016, Essiane defeated Bunmi Ojewole from Nigeria and Rushda Mallick and Ansie Van Der Marwe, both from South Africa.

Football career

=Club career=

Essiane scored 17 goals for Cameroonian club TKC in 2004. In October 2006, she was registered as a player for Equatorial Guinean club Las Vegas.

=International career=

Essiane was going to play for the Cameroon national team at the 2004 African Women's Championship, but she missed it due to a tear in her left thigh. Two years later, she was naturalized by Equatorial Guinea to play for that country national team.

==International goals==

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
style="text-align:center;"| 128 October 2006Warri Stadium, Warri, Nigeria{{fbw|NGR}}rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 2–2style="text-align:center;"| 2–4rowspan=3|2006 African Women's Championship
style="text-align:center;"| 2rowspan=2|3 November 2006rowspan=2|Oghara Township Stadium, Oghara, Nigeriarowspan=2|{{fbw|ALG}}rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 3–3
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3–3
style="text-align:center;"| 4rowspan=2|11 March 2007{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=eqg/women/matches/index.html#year2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430114317/http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=eqg/women/matches/index.html#year2007|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 30, 2018|title=Live Scores - Equatorial Guinea - Women's - Matches (2007)|publisher=FIFA.com}}rowspan=2|Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South Africarowspan=2|{{fbw|RSA}}style="text-align:center;"| 1–1{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/drc-referee-blows-up-a-storm-569690|title=DRC referee blows up a storm|date=12 March 2007|accessdate=3 May 2018|first=Kushatha|last=Ndibi}}rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 2–4rowspan=2|2008 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
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| 5

2–2

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