Jean Manga Onguéné Explained

Jean Manga Onguéné
Birth Date:	12 June 1946^[1]
Birth Place:	Ngoulemekong, Cameroon
Height:	1.80 m
Position:	Centre-forward
Years1:	1966–1982
Clubs1:	Canon Yaoundé
Nationalyears1:	1967–1981
Nationalteam1:	Cameroon

Jean Manga Onguéné (born 12 June 1946) is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as Centre-forward. He is the 1980 African Footballer of the Year.^{[2] [3]}

Club career

Manga Onguéné spent his whole career at Canon Yaoundé in Cameroon.^{[1] [4]}

International career

Manga Onguéné made several appearances for the senior Cameroon national team, including in two Africa Cup of Nations in 1970 and 1972. Also in four FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.^[5]

Honours

Canon Yaoundé

• Cameroon Première Division: 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982
• Cameroon Cup: 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
• African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1971, 1978, 1980
• African Cup Winners' Cup: 1979

Individual

• African Footballer of the Year: 1980

External links

• • Interview at CAFonline.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jean Manga Onguéné . National Football Teams . 5 March 2019.
2. News: Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor named Africa Player of the Year . https://web.archive.org/web/20090219223350/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/arsenal/4585021/Arsenals-Emmanuel-Adebayor-named-Africa-Player-of-the-Year.html . dead . 19 February 2009 . London . The Daily Telegraph . 11 February 2009.
3. News: Eto'o joins the greats . BBC News . James . Copnall . 4 May 2004.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20091114153657/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=44201/index.html FIFA.com
5. Web site: Sport24.gr. Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί. 25 October 2006. 17 October 2011. 3 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180703133549/http://www.sport24.gr/football/article273152.ece?service=print. dead.