Gaëlle Enganamouit

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gaëlle Enganamouit

| fullname = Gaëlle Deborah Enganamouit{{cite web|title=Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Cameroon |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/66/36/85/woft-final-lop-2012-07-24.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804002100/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/66/36/85/woft-final-lop-2012-07-24.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 4, 2012|work=FIFA|date=24 July 2012|access-date=12 December 2013}}

| image = Gaëlle Enganamouit FIFA Women's World Cup 2015.jpg

| caption = Enganamouit playing for Cameroon at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|06|09}}

| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon

| currentclub =

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| height = 171cm

| position = Forward

| years1 = 2009–2012

| years2 = 2012–2013

| years3 = 2014–2015

| years4 = 2016

| years5 = 2017–2018

| years6 = 2018

| years7 = 2019

| clubs1 = Lorema Yaoundé

| clubs2 = Spartak Subotica

| clubs3 = Eskilstuna United DFF

| clubs4 = FC Rosengård

| clubs5 = Dalian Quanjian F.C.

| clubs6 = Avaldsnes

| clubs7 = Málaga

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| caps3 = 41

| goals3 = 24

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 1

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| caps6 = 15

| goals6 = 4

| caps7 = 2

| goals7 = 0

| nationalteam1 = Cameroon

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2020

| nationalcaps1 = 43{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=356783/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610130448/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=356783/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |title= Profile |publisher= FIFA.com |access-date=23 June 2015}}

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| pcupdate = 5 May 2019

| ntupdate = 17:02, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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Gaëlle Deborah Enganamouit (born 9 June 1992) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a forward for the Cameroon women's national team.

Club career

Enganamouit previously played in the Serbian First League for Spartak Subotica, for whom she appeared in the UEFA Champions League.{{cite web|title=Gaëlle Enganamouit|url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250054901/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219185139/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250054901/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2017|publisher=UEFA|access-date=10 November 2016}} While playing for Spartak Enganamouit reportedly scored the fastest goal in women's football history, after two seconds.{{cite news|title=Cameroon International Gaëlle Enganamouit signs contract with FC Rosengård|url=http://www.cameroonvoice.com/news/article-news-20988.html|access-date=30 December 2015|publisher=Cameroon Voice|date=5 November 2015}}

In December 2013, Enganamouit announced her transfer to Swedish football, with newly promoted Damallsvenskan team Eskilstuna United.{{cite web|url=http://damfotboll.com/nyheter/2013/12/eskilstuna-united-forstarker-fran-kamerun|title=Eskilstuna United förstärker från Kamerun|publisher=Damfotboll.com|date=12 December 2013|access-date=12 December 2013|language=sv|archive-date=18 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218190832/http://damfotboll.com/nyheter/2013/12/eskilstuna-united-forstarker-fran-kamerun|url-status=dead}}

League champions FC Rosengård signed Enganamouit to a two-year contract in November 2015, as a replacement for Anja Mittag. Enganamouit had been the 2015 Damallsvenskan top goalscorer with 18 goals as Eskilstuna finished second after mounting an unlikely title challenge.{{cite news|last1=Richardson|first1=Wiktor|title=Gaelle Enganamouit klar för Rosengård|url=http://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/gaelle-enganamouit-klar-for-rosengard/|access-date=30 December 2015|publisher=Expressen|date=4 November 2015|language=sv}} She was nominated for the BBC Women's footballer of the year award in early 2016, alongside Amandine Henry, Kim Little, Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn.

On the opening day of the season, Enganamouit suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which was expected to rule her out for the entire 2016 campaign.{{cite news|last1=Brattgård|first1=Louv|title=Tuff smäll för Rosengård: Enganamouit korsbandsskadad|url=http://www.svt.se/sport/fotboll/enganamouit/|access-date=24 August 2016|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=18 April 2016|language=sv}}

On 11 February 2017, Dalian Quanjian F.C. officially signed Enganamouit.{{cite web|script-title=zh:权健女足引进强力外援二人均来自欧洲联赛|url=http://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404073755101021908|website=sina weibo|publisher=Dalian Quanjian Official Weibo|access-date=11 February 2017|date=10 February 2017|language=zh}}{{cite web|title=Los grandes fichajes llegan a la liga femenina|url=https://es.superligachina.com/grandes-fichajes-llegan-liga-femenina-5573|publisher=superliga china|access-date=11 February 2017|date=11 February 2017|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212091230/https://es.superligachina.com/grandes-fichajes-llegan-liga-femenina-5573|archive-date=12 February 2017|url-status=dead}}

International career

She is a member of the Cameroonian national team and played at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She appeared in each game as a substitute; Cameroon lost each match.{{cite news|title=BBC Women's Footballer of the Year: Five vie for award|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36102460|access-date=10 November 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=24 April 2016}}

At the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada she scored a hat-trick in Cameroon's 6–0 win over Ecuador. During the 2015 World Cup game against defending champions Japan, her unnerving drive and powerful style lead to her being known as the "Freight Train" by Canadian fans.{{cite news|title=Enganamoiut, Shooting Queen In Golden Boots|url=http://fecafoot-officiel.com/?p=4972|access-date=30 December 2015|publisher=Cameroonian Football Federation|archive-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914224549/http://fecafoot-officiel.com/?p=4972|url-status=dead}}

On June 9, 2020, Gaëlle Enganamouit announced the end of her career.

Honours

Individual

Damallsvenskan top goal scorer: 2015
African Women's Footballer of the Year: 2015
IFFHS CAF Women's Team of the Decade 2011–2020{{cite web |date=28 January 2021 |title=IFFHS Women's CAF Team Decade 2011–2020 |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/925 |access-date=7 August 2023 |work=The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)}}
IFFHS All-time Africa Women's Dream Team: 2021{{cite web |date=7 June 2021 |title=IFFHS All-time Africa Women's Dream Team |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1138 |work=The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)}}