Genoveva Añonman


Genoveva Añonman Nze Ataha is an Equatorial Guinean football manager and former professional player who played as a forward. She coaches 15 de Agosto in the Equatoguinean Primera División femenina. She is the historical captain and top scorer of the Equatorial Guinea women's national team, for which she played for 16 years.
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Club career

Añonman, nicknamed Ayo, 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 Añonman 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

Añonman 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, she and two other Equatoguinean players had been accused of being male by opponents. She rejected the allegations and was shown by a gender test to be female, wherein she was required to strip naked to demonstrate her gender.
Añonman 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
124 August 2002Estadio La Paz, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–01–32002 African Women's Championship qualification
23 November 2006Oghara Township Stadium, Oghara, Nigeria1–03–32006 African Women's Championship
315 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–01–02008 African Women's Championship
418 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea4–25–22008 African Women's Championship
518 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea5–25–22008 African Women's Championship
621 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea2–12–12008 African Women's Championship
725 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–01–02008 African Women's Championship
829 November 2008Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea2–12–12008 African Women's Championship
923 May 2010Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia2–15–12010 African Women's Championship qualification
108 November 2010Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa1–03–12010 African Women's Championship
1117 April 2011Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–00–32012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
1217 June 2011Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg4–08–0Friendly
133 July 2011Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany1–12–32011 FIFA Women's World Cup
143 July 2011Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany2–32–32011 FIFA Women's World Cup
1525 June 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea2–12–1Friendly
1631 October 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–06–02012 African Women's Championship
1731 October 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea4–06–02012 African Women's Championship
1831 October 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea5–06–02012 African Women's Championship
193 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea5–05–02012 African Women's Championship
207 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea2–02–02012 African Women's Championship
2111 November 2012Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea3–04–02012 African Women's Championship
2223 May 2014Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast1–01–12014 African Women's Championship qualification
232 August 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea2–12–12015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
246 April 2016Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako, Mali1–01–12016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

Honors and awards

National team