 Abily withFrance in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Camille Anne Françoise Abily[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-12-05)5 December 1984 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Rennes, France | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Jeanne d'Arc Bruz | ||
| 1994–1999 | FC Bruz | ||
| 1999–2000 | SC Le Rheu | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Stade Briochin | 20 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | La Roche-sur-Yon | 21 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | CNFE Clairefontaine | 17 | (5) |
| 2003–2006 | Montpellier | 68 | (17) |
| 2006–2009 | Lyon | 56 | (34) |
| 2009–2010 | Los Angeles Sol | 18 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | →Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 13 | (12) |
| 2010 | FC Gold Pride | 17 | (1) |
| 2010–2018 | Lyon | 222 | (144) |
| Total | 452 | (228) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2000–2001 | France U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | France U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2001–2017 | France | 183 | (37) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2024 | Lyon Féminin (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Chelsea (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2017[4] ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 June 2018[3] | |||
Camille Anne Françoise Abily (born 5 December 1984) is a Frenchfootball manager and former player, who featured prominently for both theFrance women's national team and forLyon in theDivision 1 Féminine. She currently is the assistant manager ofChelsea.[5]
As a player, Abily played primarily as amidfielder. She was a two-time winner of theNational Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP)Female Player of the Year award and, following her second consecutive honour in 2007, became the first player to win the award in back-to-back seasons. Following a move to theWomen's Professional Soccer (WPS) league in theUnited States, she earned numerous Player of the Month and All-Star honors.
Abily began her football career in 1992, joining Jeanne d'Arc Bruz. Abily signed withMontpellier in 2003. She won two titles with Montpellier and back-to-back titles with Lyon. In 2008, Abily joined the new United States–based women's soccer league, Women's Professional Soccer. After helping the Sol win the league, Abily returned to France where she played forParis Saint-Germain. In 2010, she returned to the United States to play withFC Gold Pride and, subsequently, won her second consecutive title in the league. In 2010, she won theWPS Championship with the FC Gold Pride. In 2010, she returned to Lyon for the2010–11 season and, became a part of the Olympique Lyon team that won their firstUEFA Women's Champions League title.
Abily also earned 183 caps as aFrench international. Abily made her major international tournament debut for the team atUEFA Women's Euro 2005 and later played on the teams that qualified forUEFA Women's Euro 2009,UEFA Women's Euro 2013 as well as theFIFA Women's World Cup in2011 and2015.
Abily began her football career in 1992, joining Jeanne d'Arc Bruz. In 1994, she joined FC Bruz. After a year's stint at another local club, Abily spent time in the first division playing forStade Briochin andLa Roche-sur-Yon. In 2002, she was selected to attend the women's section of the nationally recognizedClairefontaine academy. After her stint at Clairefontaine, Abily signed withMontpellier.
Abily has won the league championship with her respective club on four occasions. At Montpellier, Abily won two league titles while at the club, as well as theChallenge de France, the women's domestic cup.
After three seasons with Montpellier, Abily joined Lyon. Similar to her stint at Montpellier, she won several titles, which included three straight league titles from 2006 to 2009. During two of those title runs, she was selected as the FemalePlayer of the Year in 2006 and 2007.
In 2008, Abily joined the new United States–based women's soccer league, Women's Professional Soccer, after being selected by theLos Angeles Sol in the2008 WPS International Draft.
After helping the Sol win the league, Abily returned to France where she played forParis Saint-Germain on loan.
n March 2009, she joined the new United States–based women's soccer league, Women's Professional Soccer, after her American playing rights were assigned to the Los Angeles Sol.[6] She made her debut in the league's inaugural match against theWashington Freedom, which included her French compatriotSonia Bompastor, and scored the second goal in the Sol's 2–0 victory. On 7 January 2010 Abily was traded to FC Gold Pride. She played in 17 games, scoring one goal and having six assists. She also won her second consecutive title withFC Gold Pride in theWPS Championship. On 27 September, Abily's contract with the Gold Pride was mutually terminated as she decided to return to Lyon and focus on the upcoming2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]
In 2010, Abily announced that she would be returning to Lyon for the2010–11 season and, subsequently, became a part of the Olympique Lyon team that won their firstUEFA Women's Champions League title. After spending eight seasons at Lyon during her second stint there, Abily retired in 2018.[8]
Prior to playing for the senior team, Abily played at youth level representing the under-18 team at the 2001 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship.
Abily made her senior international debut in September 2001 forLes Bleues in a friendly match against theNetherlands. She scored her first goal for the national team six years later in a 2–0 win overChina in February 2007. Abily made her major international tournament debut for the team atUEFA Women's Euro 2005 and later played on the teams that qualified forUEFA Women's Euro 2009,UEFA Women's Euro 2013 as well as theFIFA Women's World Cup in2011 and2015, finishing fourth place in the former.
At the opening match of the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, a 1–0 win overEngland inMoncton, Abily controversially escaped punishment when she inflicted ablack eye onLaura Bassett by elbowing the English player in the face.[9]
Abily also competed for France at the2012 Summer Olympics and the2016 Summer Olympics, achieving fourth place in the 2012 tournament.[10]
Abily retired from international football in 2017, citing a desire to spend more time with her daughter.[11] Abily had earned 183 caps as aFrench international.
From 2019 until 2024, Abily was working as assistant manager forOlympique Lyonnais Féminin.[12]
On 1 July 2024, she was appointed as assistant manager ofChelsea.[13]
In February 2025, Abily andSonia Bompastor announced that they had been in a relationship for 13 years and that they have four children together.[14]
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Statistics accurate as of 1 September 2016[15][16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stade Briochin | 2000–01 | 20 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 4 |
| Total | 20 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 4 | |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | 2001–02 | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 3 |
| Total | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 3 | |
| CNFE Clairefontaine | 2002–03 | 17 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 5 |
| Total | 17 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 5 | |
| Montpellier | 2003–04 | 22+3 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| 2004–05 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 10 | |
| 2005–06 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 7 | |
| Total | 68 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 90 | 21 | |
| Lyon | 2006–07 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 |
| 2007–08 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 14 | |
| 2008–09 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | |
| Total | 56 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 78 | 48 | |
| Los Angeles Sol | 2009 | 18 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 8 |
| Total | 18 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 8 | |
| Paris SG | 2009–10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| Total | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | |
| FC Gold Pride | 2010 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 1 |
| Total | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 1 | |
| Lyon | 2010–11 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 13 |
| 2011–12 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 27 | |
| 2012–13 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 31 | |
| 2013–14 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 18 | |
| 2014–15 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 20 | |
| 2015–16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 16 | |
| Total | 119 | 82 | 28 | 21 | 36 | 22 | 183 | 125 | |
| Career total | 349 | 166 | 44 | 29 | 64 | 32 | 457 | 227 | |
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| National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2001–02 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | 13 | 6 | |
| 2007–08 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2008–09 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2009–10 | 13 | 6 | |
| 2010–11 | 14 | 5 | |
| 2011–12 | 18 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 5 | |
| 2014–15 | 16 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 170 | 33 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 February 2007 | Stade Robert Brettes,Mérignac, France |  China | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |||||
| 2 | 12 March 2007 | Estadio Municipal,Lagos, Portugal |  Norway | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2007 Algarve Cup | |||||
| 3 | 11 April 2007 | Stade Georges Pompidou,Valence, France |  Greece | 1–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying | |||||
| 4 | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 30 May 2007 | Stade Camille Lebon,Angoulême, France |  Slovenia | 2–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying | |||||
| 7 | 1 October 2007 | Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion,Almere, Netherlands |  Netherlands | 0–1 | 1–4 | Friendly | |||||
| 8 | 27 October 2007 | Stadion Kralj Petar I,Belgrade,Serbia |  Serbia | 0–2 | 0–8 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying | |||||
| 9 | 22 April 2009 | Stade Gaston Gérard,Dijon, France |  Switzerland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |||||
| 10 | 24 August 2009 | Ratina Stadion,Tampere, Finland |  Iceland | 1–1 | 1–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 | |||||
| 11 | 30 August 2009 | Finnair Stadium,Helsinki, Finland | Norway | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 | |||||
| 12 | 23 September 2009 | Stadion NK Inter Zaprešić,Zaprešić,Croatia |  Croatia | 0–6 | 0–7 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |||||
| 13 | 28 October 2009 | Stade Jules Deschaseaux,Le Havre, France |  Estonia | 3–0 | 12–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |||||
| 14 | 21 November 2009 | Gradski Stadion,Inđija, Serbia | Serbia | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |||||
| 15 | 31 March 2010 | Windsor Park,Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |||||
| 16 | 25 August 2010 | Stade de l'Aube,Troyes, France | Serbia | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |||||
| 17 | 2 March 2011 | GSP Stadium,Nicosia,Cyprus | Switzerland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2011 Cyprus Cup | |||||
| 18 | 4 March 2011 | Ammochostos Stadium,Larnaca, Cyprus | Netherlands | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2011 Cyprus Cup | |||||
| 19 | 18 June 2011 | Stade de l'Épopée,Calais, France |  Belgium | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | |||||
| 20 | 30 June 2011 | Ruhrstadion,Bochum, Germany |  Canada | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup | |||||
| 21 | 14 September 2011 | Ness Ziona Stadium,Ness Ziona,Israel |  Israel | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying | |||||
| 22 | 16 November 2011 | Stade René Serge Nabajoth,Pointe-à-Pitre,Guadeloupe |  Uruguay | 6–0 | 8–0 | Friendly | |||||
| 23 | 4 April 2012 | Stade Michel d'Ornano,Caen, France |  Wales | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying | |||||
| 24 | 28 November 2013 | MMArena,Le Mans, France |  Bulgaria | 11–0 | 14–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |||||
| 25 | 12 March 2014 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus |  England | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2014 Cyprus Cup | |||||
| 26 | 5 April 2014 | Stade Jean-Bouin,Angers, France |  Kazakhstan | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |||||
| 27 | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 28 | 7 May 2014 | Stade Léo Lagrange,Besançon, France |  Hungary | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |||||
| 29 | 6 March 2015 | Stadium Bela Vista,Parchal, Portugal |  Denmark | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2015 Algarve Cup | |||||
| 30 | 23 October 2015 | Stade Jean-Bouin,Paris, France | Netherlands | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly | |||||
| 31 | 11 April 2016 | Stade Nungesser,Valenciennes, France |  Ukraine | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying | |||||
| 32 | 23 July 2016 | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps,Auxerre, France | Canada | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |||||
| 33 | 3 August 2016 | Mineirão,Belo Horizonte, Brazil |  Colombia | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2016 Olympics | |||||
| 34 | 7 March 2017 | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium,Washington, United States |  United States | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2017 SheBelieves Cup | |||||
| 35 | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 36 | 11 July 2017 | Stade Louis Dugauguez,Sedan, France | Norway | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | |||||
| 36 | 26 July 2017 | Rat Verlegh Stadion,Breda, Netherlands | Switzerland | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 | |||||
| Correct as of 20 June 2018[18] | |||||||||||
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