# Genoveva Añonman

Genoveva Añonman Nze (born 19 April 1989) is an Equatorial Guinean football manager and former professional player who played as a forward. She coaches 15 de Agosto in the Equatoguinean Primera División femenina. She is the historical captain and top scorer of the Equatorial Guinea women's national team, for which she played for 16 years.

## Club career

Añonman, nicknamed Ayo, played in her country and South Africa before signing for Bundesliga team USV Jena in 2009. She was the team's top scorer in both seasons she spent in Jena. Following the 2011 World Cup she signed for defending champions Turbine Potsdam. She became the first foreigner to win the Bundesliga top-scorer award when she scored 22 goals in the 2011–12 season. In 2012, she was named African Women Footballer of the Year.
On 24 February 2015, it was announced that Añonman signed for the Portland Thorns for the 2015 National Women's Soccer League season, joining after the completion of that year's World Cup. She was waived by Portland Thorns FC in October 2015. In 2016, she played for Suwon FMC WFC in the South Korean WK-League.

## International career

Añonman was part of the Equatorial Guinea football team that won the 2008 African Women's Championship at home and finished runners up in South Africa two years later. After the 2010 African Women's Championship final, she and two other Equatoguinean players had been accused of being male by opponents. She rejected the allegations and was shown by a gender test to be female, wherein she was required to strip naked to demonstrate her gender.
Añonman played in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, scoring Equatorial Guinea's only two goals in the tournament, in a 3–2 loss against Australia. She was included in the All-Star Team, becoming the first African player to earn this distinction. She won a second African Women's Championship in 2012, again at home.

### International goals

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 24 August 2002 | Estadio La Paz, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Angola | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2002 African Women's Championship qualification |
| 2 | 3 November 2006 | Oghara Township Stadium, Oghara, Nigeria | Algeria | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2006 African Women's Championship |
| 3 | 15 November 2008 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2008 African Women's Championship |
| 4 | 18 November 2008 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Congo | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2008 African Women's Championship |
| 5 | 18 November 2008 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Congo | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2008 African Women's Championship |
| 6 | 21 November 2008 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Mali | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2008 African Women's Championship |
| 7 | 25 November 2008 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Nigeria | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2008 African Women's Championship |
| 8 | 29 November 2008 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | South Africa | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2008 African Women's Championship |
| 9 | 23 May 2010 | Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia | Namibia | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2010 African Women's Championship qualification |
| 10 | 8 November 2010 | Sinaba Stadium, Daveyton, South Africa | Ghana | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2010 African Women's Championship |
| 11 | 17 April 2011 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Cameroon | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament |
| 12 | 17 June 2011 | Stade Jos Becker, Niederanven, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 4–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 13 | 3 July 2011 | Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany | Australia | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 14 | 3 July 2011 | Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany | Australia | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 15 | 25 June 2012 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | DR Congo | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 16 | 31 October 2012 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | DR Congo | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship |
| 17 | 31 October 2012 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | DR Congo | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship |
| 18 | 31 October 2012 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | DR Congo | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship |
| 19 | 3 November 2012 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Senegal | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship |
| 20 | 7 November 2012 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Cameroon | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship |
| 21 | 11 November 2012 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | South Africa | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2012 African Women's Championship |
| 22 | 23 May 2014 | Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2014 African Women's Championship qualification |
| 23 | 2 August 2015 | Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea | Nigeria | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2015 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 24 | 6 April 2016 | Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako, Mali | Mali | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification |

## Honors and awards
### National team

* Africa Women Cup of Nations: 2008, 2012