Sandrine Niyonkuru

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Sandrine Niyonkuru
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 23) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Tutankhamun
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Fountaingate Schools
Tutankhamun
International career
2019– Burundi 7 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2022. [2]

Sandrine Niyonkuru (born 1 January 2000) is a Burundian footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian club Tutankhamun and the Burundi women's national team. [2]

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Club career

Niyonkuru has previously played for Tanzanian club Fountaingate Schools. [3] As of 2023, she played for Tutankhamun in the Egyptian Women's Premier League. With Tutankhamun, Niyonkuru scored both goals in the team's 2–1 victory in the 2022/23 Egyptian Ladies FA Cup, the team's first-ever victory in the tournament. [4]

International career

Niyonkuru has capped at a senior level for Burundi. She played with Burundi at the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship and scored in the opening match, a 5–0 win over Zanzibar. [5] [6] Burundi qualified for the knockout rounds where they lost 5–0 to Kenya. [7]

At the 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship, Niyonkuru scored a brace in her opening match, a 3–0 win over Djibouti, [8] and a second brace in her second match, a 2–1 win over Rwanda. [9] She scored again (on a penalty kick) in Burundi's 2-1 semifinal victory over Tanzania. [10] Burundi lost in the final to Uganda. [11]

She participated in the team's campaign at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, their first ever appearance in the tournament. She scored a brace in the final match of the group stage, a 2–4 loss to Botswana. [12]

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