Ajara Nchout

Ajara Nchout Njoya (born 12 January 1993) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Qadsiah and the Cameroon women's national team.

Ajara Nchout

Personal information
Full name	Ajara Nchout Njoya[1][2]
Date of birth	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Njissé, Cameroon
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Al Qadsiah
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Franck Rollycek de Douala	0	(0)
2011–2012	FC Energy Voronezh	23	(5)
2012–2013	WFC Rossiyanka	14	(2)
2014	AS Police de Yaoundé	0	(0)
2015	Western New York Flash	7	(0)
2016–2017	Sundsvalls	41	(22)
2018	IL Sandviken	19	(15)
2019–2020	Vålerenga	40	(20)
2021	Atlético Madrid	17	(2)
2021–2024	Inter Milan	39	(10)
2024–	Al Qadsiah	1	(1)
International career‡
2012–	Cameroon	43[3]	(15)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:26, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Early life

Born in Njissé, Foumban, Nchout states that her family discouraged her from playing football, preferring that she instead focus on education.^[4]

Club career

In January 2015 Nchout agreed to join Western New York Flash of the NWSL.^[5] She had previously played in the Russian Top Division for FC Energy Voronezh and WFC Rossiyanka.

She was waived by the Flash in October 2015.^[6] In December 2015 she announced that she had signed for Sundsvalls DFF of the Swedish Elitettan.^[7]

Nchout later signed with Vålerenga after appearing in 22 matches for Sandviken. She missed the final of the Norwegian cup with Sandviken as she was on international duty with Cameroon, a match they lost.^[8]

International career

As a member of the Cameroonian national team, she played at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[9] She was also part of the national team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[4] She was capped for all four matches in the 2015 World Cup, and scored a goal against Japan,^[6] the team that ended up placing second in the tournament. During the 2019 World Cup, she scored the team's only two goals in the team's only win of group play that led them to the round of 16.^[10] In August 2019, she was nominated for 2019 FIFA Puskas Award for her goal against New Zealand at the FIFA Women's World Cup.^[11]

Honours

Vålerenga

• Toppserien: 2020^[12][13]
• Norwegian Women's Cup: 2020^[14]

Atlético Madrid

• Supercopa de Espana: 2020–21

Cameroon

• Women's Africa Cup of Nations: runner-up: 2014, 2016, third place: 2018

Individual

• Elitettan top scorer: 2016
• Toppserien top scorer: 2020^[15][12]
• African Women's Footballer of the Year finalist: 2019, 2022

Career statistics

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 June 2015	BC Place, Vancouver, Canada	Japan	1–2	1–2	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.	6 June 2018	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo	Congo	2–0	5–0	2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.	9 June 2018	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Congo	1–0	5–0
4.	17 November 2018	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Mali	2–1	2–1	2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
5.	20 November 2018		Algeria	3–0	3–0
6.	20 June 2019	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France	New Zealand	1–0	2–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
7.				2–1
8.	12 November 2019	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Ivory Coast	2–1	2–1	2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
9.	5 March 2020		Zambia	1–1	3–2
10.	10 March 2020	Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	1–2	1–2
11.	10 April 2021	Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	Chile	1–2	1–2	2020 Summer Olympics qualification
12.	18 February 2022	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Gambia	2–0	8–0	2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification
13	9 July 2022	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Tunisia	2–0	2–0	2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations
14.	17 July 2022	Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat, Morocco	Botswana	1–0	1–0
15.	21 February 2023	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Portugal	1–1	1–2	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
16.	31 October 2023	Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon	Uganda	1–0	3–0 (a.e.t.)	2024 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament