Ella Touon

Ella Touon
Personal information
Full name Ella Emilie Touon Mbenoun
Date of birth (2003-08-07) 7 August 2003
Place of birth Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 SGS Essen 34 (1)
2023–2025 SKN St. Pölten 35 (1)
2025–2026 1. FC Köln 1 (0)
2026 → SGS Essen (loan) 9 (3)
2026– Ajax 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Switzerland U17 3 (1)
2021 Switzerland U19 3 (0)
2021– Switzerland 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 Jan 2024

Ella Emilie Touon Mbenoun (born 7 August 2003) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, she plays for the Switzerland national team.[1][2][3][4][5]

Club career

From 2020 to 2023, Touon played at SGS Essen in the Frauen-Bundesliga. She signed with SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian league before the 2023–24 season.

In May 2025, Touon returned to Germany, signing for 1. FC Köln.[6] In February 2026, she was loaned to SGS Essen until the end of the season.[7]

On 12 July 2026, it was announced that Grant had signed with Ajax.[8]

International career

Touon has represented Switzerland at youth level.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Maier, Felix (6 March 2022). ""Ich denke, Potsdam können wir schlagen"".
  2. ↑ "Ella Touon kontert Nikolic: Essen ärgert Bayer". kicker. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Touon fehlt der Frauen-Nati an der EM". Blick. 27 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ella Touon - Spielerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter.
  5. ↑ "Frohnatur Ella Emilie Touon Mbenoun - Schweizer Nationalspielerin begeistert und reißt mit - Der Frauenfussball-Bundesligist aus Essen". www.sgs-essen.de. 14 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Dittmar, Dominik. "1. FC Köln: Ex-Essenerin Ella Touon bringt schon viel Erfahrung mit". MSPW - Media Sportservice (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "SGS leiht Ella Touon bis Saisonende aus". www.sgs-essen.de (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Ella Touon wechselt zu Ajax Amsterdam". fc.de (in German).
  9. ↑ Dominik, Erb. "Ella Touon fällt für die Europameisterschaft in England aus". www.football.ch.
  10. ↑ "Ella Touon für Schweizer Nationalmannschaft nominiert - Der Frauenfussball-Bundesligist aus Essen". www.sgs-essen.de. 23 March 2021.