Genoveva Añonma


Genoveva "Ayo" Añonma Nze is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays as a striker for Deportivo Evinayong and the Equatorial Guinea national team, where she serves as its captain.

Club career

Añonma played in her country and South Africa before signing for Bundesliga team USV Jena in 2009. She was the team's top scorer in both seasons she spent in Jena. Following the 2011 World Cup she signed for defending champions Turbine Potsdam. She became the first foreigner to win the Bundesliga top-scorer award when she scored 22 goals in the 2011–12 season. In 2012, she was named African Women Footballer of the Year.
On 24 February 2015, it was announced that Añonma signed for the Portland Thorns for the 2015 National Women's Soccer League season, joining after the completion of that year's World Cup. She was waived by Portland Thorns FC in October 2015. In 2016, she played for Suwon FMC WFC in the South Korean WK-League.

International career

Añonma was part of the Equatorial Guinea football team that won the 2008 African Women's Championship at home and finished runners up in South Africa two years later. After the 2010 African Women's Championship final, Añonma and two other Equatoguinean players had been accused of being male by opponents. Añonma rejected the allegations and was shown by a gender test to be female, wherein she was required to strip naked to demonstrate her gender.
She played in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, scoring Equatorial Guinea's only two goals in the tournament, in a 3–2 loss against Australia. She was included in the All-Star Team, becoming the first African player to earn this distinction. She won a second African Women's Championship in 2012, again at home.

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
24 August 2002:es:Estadio La Paz|Estadio La Paz, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
1–0
1–3
2002 African Women's Championship qualification
2
3 November 2006Oghara Township Stadium, Oghara, Nigeria
1–0
3–3
2006 African Women's Championship
3
15 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
1–0
1–0
2008 African Women's Championship
4
18 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
4–2
5–2
2008 African Women's Championship
5
18 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
5–2
5–2
2008 African Women's Championship
6
21 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
2–1
2–1
2008 African Women's Championship
7
25 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
1–0
1–0
2008 African Women's Championship
8
29 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
2–1
2–1
2008 African Women's Championship
9
23 May 2010Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia
2–1
5–1
2010 African Women's Championship qualification
10
8 November 2010Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa
1–0
3–1
2010 African Women's Championship
11
17 April 2011Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
1–0
0–3
2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
12
17 June 2011:de:Stade Jos Becker|Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg
4–0
8–0
Friendly
13
3 July 2011Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany
1–1
2–3
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
14
3 July 2011Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany
2–3
2–3
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
15
25 June 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
2–1
2–1
Friendly
16
31 October 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
1–0
6–0
2012 African Women's Championship
17
31 October 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
4–0
6–0
2012 African Women's Championship
18
31 October 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
5–0
6–0
2012 African Women's Championship
19
3 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
5–0
5–0
2012 African Women's Championship
20
7 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
2–0
2–0
2012 African Women's Championship
21
11 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
3–0
4–0
2012 African Women's Championship
22
23 May 2014Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1–0
1–1
2014 African Women's Championship qualification
23
2 August 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea
2–1
2–1
2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
24
6 April 2016:fr:Stade Mamadou Konaté|Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako, Mali
1–0
1–1
2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification