Marie Aurelle Awona (born 2 February 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for WE League club MyNavi Sendai. She previously played for Stade de Reims in the French Division 1 Féminine and plays at international level for the Cameroon women's national team.

Born in Yaoundé, Cameroon in 1993, Awona arrived in France at the age of six. She could have chosen to play for France internationally, and was a part of the France U19 team, but instead chose to represent Cameroon at senior level.

Aurelle Awona

On 28 May 2015, Awona was selected in Cameroon's 23-player squad for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. After not playing the first two matches she made her FIFA Women's World Cup debut on 16 June 2015 in a 2–1 win against Switzerland in the last group stage match. She also started the next match in the Round of 16 against China.

Aurelle Awona

At the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, she played in 3 out of 4 games.

Aurelle Awona

In 2022, Braga finished third in the league and second in the cup.

References

External links

Player French football stats at footofeminin.fr

1993 births

Living people

Women's association football defenders

Cameroonian women's footballers

Footballers from Yaoundé

Cameroon women's international footballers

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players

Liga F players

Madrid CFF players

WE League players

Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers

Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain

Expatriate women's footballers in Spain

Cameroonian emigrants to France

People with acquired French citizenship

French women's footballers

Division 1 Féminine players

ASJ Soyaux-Charente players

SSD Napoli Femminile players

S.C. Braga (women) players

Mynavi Sendai Ladies players

French expatriate women's footballers

French expatriate sportspeople in Spain