Alphonse Yombi Ayakan
Alphonse Yombi Ayakan (born June 30, 1969 in Cameroon ) was a professional footballer and national player of Cameroon . In 1990 he took part in the World Cup in Italy. As a professional, he played for Canon Yaoundé in his home country and in Europe for Stade Laval (France), Vejle BK (Denmark) and Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece).
Today he is the first chairman of the German Cameroon Aid , which he founded together with his wife Heike Yombi Ayakan in 2002.
Life
Before Alphonse Yombi was appointed to the national team by Cameroon national coach Valeri Nepomniachi , he played for the most successful soccer club in Cameroon, Canon Yaoundé. He later moved to Europe to Stade Laval (France), Vejle BK (Denmark) and Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece). The highlight of his career as a professional footballer, however, was the 1990 World Cup.
The Cameroon team around Roger Milla reached the quarter-finals in the tournament and thus the greatest success of Cameroon at a soccer world championship. Yombi, who wore the number 12 on his back, completed a total of 38 international matches for his home country of Cameroon and was honored as a medal holder of the country for his services to football.
Today Alphonse Yombi belongs to the German Cameroon Aid, which he founded in 2002. Since then, the non-profit association with the status of an NGO has been helping needy Cameroonians to help themselves, as his financial support as a professional footballer in his home town of Bafia only brought short-term solutions. That is why the German-Cameroon Aid "does not want to evangelize, but rather mobilize the local people to help themselves," said Alphonse Yombi. The carpentry school is at the head of the projects that the Cameroonian has started for this purpose together with his wife, the voluntary employees of the association and the donors. There and also in a sewing and a computer school, young Cameroonians are to be trained in the near future and thus get a perspective on a life without poverty.
Alphonse Yombi Ayakan is married.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yombi Ayakan, Alphonse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cameroonian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cameroon |