Elizabeth Chenge stands out as youngest player at WAFCON
Tanzania’s Elizabeth Chenge has been named the youngest participant at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. The 15-year-old is part of a new wave of talent making their mark at Africa’s top women’s football tournament. The event features a wide range of ages, with some players as old as 40 also competing. The competition highlights both the growth and diversity of women’s football across the continent.
Match highlights
- Elizabeth Chenge is the youngest player at the tournament, aged 15.
- She is three years younger than Nigeria’s youngest player, goalkeeper Fatima Oloko, who is 18.
- The oldest players are Mali’s Fatoumata Diarra and Zambia’s Racheal Nachula, both aged 40.
- Cameroon’s Gabrielle Aboudi Onguéné is set for her eighth tournament appearance, a record in the competition.
- Other teenage talents include Burkina Faso’s Deborah Guira, Ivory Coast’s N’Sira Safi Ouedraogo, and Mali’s Kadiatou Diarra, all born in 2008.
