Sandrine Niyonkuru
Burundian footballer
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Sandrine Niyonkuru (born 1 January 2000) is a Burundian footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian club Tutankhamun and the Burundi women's national team.[2]
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Niyonkuru with FC Masar during the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 2000[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Changchun Dazhong | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Fofila | |||
| La Colombe | |||
| Fountain Gate Princess | 4 | (8) | |
| 2022–2025 | FC Masar | 69 | (111) |
| 2025– | Changchun Dazhong | 5 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 2019– | Burundi | 16 | (12) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Niyonkuru has previously played for Tanzanian club Fountaingate Schools.[3] As of 2023, she played for Tutankhamun in the Egyptian Women's Premier League. With Tutankhamun, Niyonkuru scored both goals in the team's 2–1 victory in the 2022/23 Egyptian Ladies FA Cup, the team's first-ever victory in the tournament.[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Others | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Masar | 2022-23 | Egyptian Premier League | 20 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | ||||
| 2023-24 | 30 | 66 | 30 | 66 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 33 | ||||||
| Total | 69 | 111 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 80 | 123 | ||||
| Changchun Dazhong | 2025 | Chinese Super League | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| Total career | 74 | 119 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 88 | 133 | ||||
International career
Niyonkuru has capped at a senior level for Burundi. She played with Burundi at the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship and scored in the opening match, a 5–0 win over Zanzibar.[5][6] Burundi qualified for the knockout rounds where they lost 5–0 to Kenya.[7]
At the 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship, Niyonkuru scored a brace in her opening match, a 3–0 win over Djibouti,[8] and a second brace in her second match, a 2–1 win over Rwanda.[9] She scored again (on a penalty kick) in Burundi's 2-1 semifinal victory over Tanzania.[10] Burundi lost in the final to Uganda.[11]
She participated in the team's campaign at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, their first ever appearance in the tournament. She scored a brace in the final match of the group stage, a 2–4 loss to Botswana.[12]
