Clotilde Essiane aka Junior [1] (born 6 August 1985) [2] is a Cameroonian boxer, mixed martial artist and a retired footballer, [3] who currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. [4]
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Date of birth | 6 August 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Cameroon [5] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-forward [3] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004 | TKC | (17) | |
2006 | Las Vegas | ||
International career | |||
2006–2007 | Equatorial Guinea | (5) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Essiane scored 17 goals for Cameroonian club TKC in 2004. [3] In October 2006, she was registered as a player for Equatorial Guinean club Las Vegas. [1]
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. [3] Two years later, she was naturalized by Equatorial Guinea to play for its national team.
Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 28 October 2006 | Oleh, Delta, Nigeria | Nigeria | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2006 African Women's Championship |
2 | 3 November 2006 | Oghara Township Stadium, Oghara, Nigeria | Algeria | 3–3 | ||
3 | 3–3 | |||||
4 | 11 March 2007 [6] | Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa | South Africa | 1–1 [7] | 2–4 | 2008 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament |
5 | 2–2 [7] |
Clotilde Essiane | |
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Nickname | Junior [5] |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Division | Featherweight [5] |
Fighting out of | South Africa [5] |
In 2016, Essiane defeated Bunmi Ojewole from Nigeria and Rushda Mallick and Ansie Van Der Marwe, both from South Africa. [5]
Clotilde Essiane | |
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Born | Cameroon | 6 August 1985
Nationality | Cameroonian |
Other names |
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Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Middleweight |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
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. [2]
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