Maëva Nyadjou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Myriam Maëva Nyadjou Wamen | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 2006 | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kansas City Current | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Amazone FAP | |||
| 2026– | Kansas City Current | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Cameroon U20 | 6 | (5) |
| 2025– | Cameroon | 9 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 August 2026 | |||
Myriam Maëva Nyadjou Wamen (born 14 October 2006) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays a defender for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Cameroon national team.
Club career
[edit]Nyadjou grew up in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[1] She has played at the club level in her hometown for Cameroonian Guinness Super League team Amazone FAP. .[2]
On 3 September 2026, the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League announced the signing of Nyadjou through 2029.[1]
International career
[edit]Nyadjou represented Cameroon at under-20 level, captaining the team during the 2026 African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification campaign. She scored five goals across Cameroon's six matches in the qualifying tournament.[3]
Nyadjou received her first call-up to the senior national team in April 2025 for a friendly match against Morocco. She made her international debut as a starter against Algeria in the 2026 WAFCON qualifiers on 23 October 2025.[4] On 9 August, she scored her first international goal against Nigeria in the quarter-finals, sending Cameroon through to the semi-finals and securing their qualification for the World Cup.[5][6] She went on to win the tournament with Cameroon.[1]
International goals
[edit]Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nyadjou goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 August 2026 | Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco |  Nigeria |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Kansas City Current Signs WAFCON Champion Defender Maëva Nyadjou". Kansas City Current. 3 September 2026. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
- ↑ "Myriam Maéva Nyadjou, la preuve que la Guinness Super League camerounaise regorge de talents". camerounweb.com (in French). 10 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "Cameroon aiming for back-to-back qualifications". FIFA.com. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
Among them is promising captain Maeva Nyadjou. At just 18, the Amazone FAP Yaounde player could still be eligible for the next edition in two years' time.
- ↑ Noah, Basil Jr. "Maeva Nyadjou : Première sélection avec les Lionnes Indomptables A". tyjuinfosport.com (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ Soumari, Sansima (9 August 2026). "A sensational free-kick! Myriam Nyadjou opens the scoring for Cameroon against Nigeria at WAFCON 2026". dailysports.net. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ Pinto, Elmut (9 August 2026). "CAN Féminine 2026 : Myriam Nyadjou porte le Cameroun qui élimine le Nigeria et défie le Maroc en demi-finale". africatopsports.com (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
External links
[edit]- Maëva Nyadjou at FBref.com
- Maëva Nyadjou at Global Sports Archive
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- 2006 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Cameroonian sportswomen
- Cameroonian women's footballers
- Footballers from Yaoundé
- Women's association football defenders
- Kansas City Current players
- Cameroon women's international footballers
- Women's Africa Cup of Nations–winning players
- 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations players
- Cameroonian expatriate women's footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States