Ella Emilie Touon Mbenoun is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln and the Switzerland national team.
She was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, but grew up in Lachen on Lake Zurich.
She holds both German and Swiss citizenship.
She began playing football at the age of nine.
While playing for SGS Essen, she attended a sports and dance boarding school to balance athletics and education.
Her nickname is Ells.
The first football jersey she ever owned was from Mario Gomez at Bayern Munich.
Her hobbies are dancing, cooking, and playing other ball sports.
Her favorite food is a falafel burger.
If she were not a footballer, she would like to be a psychologist.
She listens to Afrobeats, French music, RnB, and Indie.
Her life motto is: Power, Power, Power and full energy!
A fun fact about her is that she is very scatterbrained and loses about two things every day.
| Austria Frauenliga | 2× |
| Austria Women's Cup | 2× |
| Year | Club | AP | GL |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2025
-
present
|
1. FC Köln | ||
|
2023
-
2025
|
SKN St. Pölten | 57 | 4 |
|
2020
-
2023
|
SGS Essen | 42 | 1 |
|
2020
-
2022
|
SGS Essen II | 4 | 0 |
| International Stats | |||
|
2021
-
present
|
Switzerland | 4 | 0 |
|
2019
-
2021
|
Switzerland U19 | 5 | 0 |
|
2019
-
2019
|
Switzerland U17 | 3 | 1 |
|
2019
-
2019
|
Switzerland U16 | 1 | 0 |
