Théophile Abega

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Théophile Abega
Personnel
Surname Théophile Abega Mbida
birthday July 9, 1954
place of birth Nkomo ,  Cameroon
date of death November 15, 2012
Place of death Yaoundé ,  Cameroon
position midfield player
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1974-1984 Canon Yaoundé
1984-1985 Toulouse FC 22 (3)
1985-1987 FC Vevey Sports 05
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1976-1987 Cameroon 16 (4)
1 Only league games are given.

Théophile Abega Mbida nickname Doctor (born July 9, 1954 in Nkomo , † November 15, 2012 in Yaoundé ) was a Cameroonian football player and politician. He played for his country's national team.

Club career

Abega played for Canon Yaoundé where he won the 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs and 1979 African Cup Winners' Cup. He won four Cameroonian championships and the Cameroon Cup five times. He later played in France for Toulouse FC before ending his career in Switzerland with FC Vevey Sports 05 .

International career

Abega took part in the 1982 World Cup in Spain, where his national team delivered a respectable performance. Equal on points with the eventual world champion Italy, they were eliminated in the preliminary round. Abega completed all of the games for his team. In 1984 he led his national team to the title as captain of the African Cup of Nations . He scored in the final. He was nicknamed "The Doctor" because of his game intelligence.

After the clash with the Zambian goalkeeper Efford Chabala at the 1986 African Cup of Nations , he resigned.

politics

Abega became the district mayor of the sixth arrondissement of Yaoundé .

In 2006 he was named one of the 200 best African players of the last 50 years by the CAF .

death

Abega died of cardiac arrest at Yaoundé General Hospital , Yaoundé on November 15, 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gleeson, Mark: Former African Footballer of the Year Abega dies aged 58 . Reuters. November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ A b Wilson, Jonathon: Cameroon's Théophile Abega was so intelligent they called him the doctor . In: The Guardian . Guardian Media Group. November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ Condoléances à la suite du décès de Théophile Abega Mbida (Docteur ABEGA) ( French ) cameroonvoice.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Abega, Théophile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abega Mbida, Théophile (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cameroonian soccer player and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Nkomo , Cameroon
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 2012
Place of death Yaoundé , Cameroon