Clotilde Essiane

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]

Football career
Clotilde Essiane
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-06) 6 August 1985
Place of birth Cameroon[5]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Playing position(s) Centre-forward[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 TKC (17)
2006 Las Vegas
National team
2006–2007 Equatorial Guinea (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

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]

International career

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.

International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
28 October 2006Oleh, Delta, Nigeria Nigeria
2–2
2–4
2006 African Women's Championship
2
3 November 2006Oghara 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]

Mixed martial arts career
Clotilde Essiane
Nickname(s)Junior[5]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
DivisionFeatherweight[5]
Fighting out ofSouth Africa[5]

In 2016, Essiane defeated Bunmi Ojewole from Nigeria and Rushda Mallick and Ansie Van Der Marwe, both from South Africa.[5]

Boxing career
Clotilde Essiane
Statistics
Nickname(s)
  • Junior
  • Francisca Mbang[8]
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
NationalityCameroonian
Born (1985-08-06) 6 August 1985
Cameroon

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]

References
  1. "5e CAN féminine: la sélection equato-guinéenne" (in French). RFI. 30 October 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. "Boxing | Athlete Profile: Clotilde ESSIANE". Gold Coast 2018 Commowealth Games. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. Moadougou, Priscille G. (5 November 2004). "Cameroun: Clotilde Essiane : Mains de velours, poings de fer" [Cameroon: Clotilde Essiane: velvet hands, iron fists]. CAMLIONS.COM (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2018. The best female boxer in the 75 kg is also a footballer.
  4. "Clotilde "Junior" Essiane". LFS. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. Clotilde Essiane at Tapology.com
  6. "Live Scores - Equatorial Guinea - Women's - Matches (2007)". FIFA.com.
  7. Ndibi, Kushatha (12 March 2007). "DRC referee blows up a storm". Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. Clotilde Essiane at BoxRec.com


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