Sandrine Niyonkuru

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.

Club career
Niyonkuru has previously played for Tanzanian club Fountaingate Schools. 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.

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. Burundi qualified for the knockout rounds where they lost 5–0 to Kenya.

At the 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship, Niyonkuru scored a brace in her opening match, a 3–0 win over Djibouti, and a second brace in her second match, a 2–1 win over Rwanda. She scored again (on a penalty kick) in Burundi's 2-1 semifinal victory over Tanzania. Burundi lost in the final to Uganda.

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.