Annette Jacky Messomo

Jacky Messomo

Personal information
Full name	Annette Jacky Messomo[1]
Date of birth	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth	Ebolowa, Cameroon[2]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	A&N
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Franck Rholiceck Douala[2]
2010–2011	FC Energy Voronezh[2][4][5]
2012–2013	Louves Minproff Yaoundé[6][7]
2013	Nové Zámky[8]
2014	Panthère Security Garoua[9]
2015	Spartak Subotica[8]
2016–2017	BIIK Kazygurt[8][3]	11	(2)
2019	Texas Spurs[10]
2020–	A&N
International career
2016–2018	Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Annette Jacky Messomo (born 1 March 1993) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kosovan Women's Football League club KFF A&N. Born and raised in Cameroon, she is a naturalized citizen of Equatorial Guinea and has played for that women's national team.

Early life

Messomo was born in Ebolowa, into an Eton family.^[2] She grew up in Cameroon where she fell in love with football. She has played football since she was 6 years old, mostly with co-ed teams, due to Cameroon not having an organized structure for women's football.

Club career

Messomo has played for Franck Rholiceck Douala, Louves Minproff Yaoundé and Panthère Security Garoua in Cameroon. She has made appearances at the UEFA Women's Champions League for FK Union Nové Zámky, ŽFK Spartak Subotica and BIIK Kazygurt, clubs from Slovakia, Serbia and Kazakhstan, respectively.^[8]

International career

Despite being born in Cameroon, whose women's national football team had pre-called up her in March 2014,^[11] Messomo began to play for Equatorial Guinea in 2016. She had previously been called up for them in 2011.^[4]

In September 2018, Messomo was declared by FIFA as ineligible to play for Equatorial Guinea because there were allegations of her not being eligible to represent Equatorial Guinea since she was born in Cameroon. The decision was later overruled by the Appeal Board of CAF.^[12]

Personal life

In 2015, Messomo began studying at University of Yaoundé II, pursuing a degree in Business administration.

References

1. "Annette Jacky Messomo". UEFA.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
2. "Le Football féminin a un nouveau conquistador: Annette Jacky Messomo". CamerounSports (in French). 20 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2018. My name is Annette Jacky Messomo, I was born on 01/03/1993 in Ebolowa, but I am 100/100 Eton. It is true that I do not get angry too much, in fact I am a peaceful Eton. I weigh 63 kg and I have 1.67m of height.
3. "Аннет Джеки Мессомо (спортсмен, футбол, Камерун)" [Annette Jacky Messomo (athlete, football, Cameroon)]. Vesti (in Russian). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
4. "В воронежский клуб "Энергия" вернулись легионеры". Воронеж-Медиа (in Russian). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
5. ""Рязань-ВДВ" сыграет в Воронеже". Рязань-ВДВ (in Russian). 27 May 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
6. "Tournoi de la femme: Louves récidive". Actualité des Lion Indomptables du Cameroun (in French). 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
7. "Championnat Féminin D1 : Louves démarre bien la saison". CamerounSports (in French). Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
8. Annette Jacky Messomo at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
9. "Tournoi de la Femme, 4ème édition : Panthère Security remporte la Coupe face à Caïman". CamerounSports (in French). Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
10. "Texas Spurs FC - 2019 Regular Season - Roster - # - Jacky Messomo Annette - M". WPSL. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
11. "Championnat d'Afrique féminin Namibie 2014 : 35 joueuses convoquées pour un stage". CamerounSports (in French). 13 March 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
12. DEXTRO, Kwamina (8 November 2018). "Annette Jacky Messomo given the go-ahead to play for Equatorial Guinea Women's Team". Society Watch. Retrieved 2 June 2019.