Ajara Nchout Njoya (born 12 January 1993) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club Al Qadsiah and the Cameroon women's national team.

Early life

Born in Njissé,

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, Nchout states that her family discouraged her from playing football, preferring that she instead focus on education.

Club career

In January 2015 Nchout agreed to join

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of the

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. She had previously played in the Russian Top Division for FC Energy Voronezh and

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. She was waived by the Flash in October 2015. In December 2015 she announced that she had signed for Sundsvalls DFF of the Swedish Elitettan. Nchout later signed with

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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.

International career

As a member of the Cameroonian national team, she played at the

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. She was also part of the national team at the

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and

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. She was capped for all four matches in the 2015 World Cup, and scored a goal against Japan, 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. In August 2019, she was nominated for 2019 FIFA Puskas Award for her goal against New Zealand at the

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Honours

;Vålerenga *

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Atlético Madrid *

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: 2020–21 Cameroon *

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: runner-up: 2014, 2016, third place: 2018 Individual * Elitettan top scorer: 2016 * Toppserien top scorer:

* African Women's Footballer of the Year finalist: 2019,

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Career statistics

International goals

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nchout, Ajara 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from West Region (Cameroon) Cameroonian women's footballers 21st-century Cameroonian sportswomen Women's association football forwards FC Energy Voronezh players WFC Rossiyanka players Western New York Flash players SK Brann (women) players Vålerenga Fotball Damer players Atlético Madrid Femenino players Inter Milan (women) players Russian Women's Football Championship players National Women's Soccer League players Toppserien players Cameroon women's international footballers Olympic footballers for Cameroon Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate women's footballers in Russia Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Sundsvalls DFF players Elitettan players Saudi Women's Premier League players Al Qadsiah FC (women) players