Zacharie Noah

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Zacharie Noah
Personnel
birthday February 2, 1937
place of birth YaoundéCameroon
date of death January 8, 2017
Place of death Yaoundé, Cameroon
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1956-1957 Stade Saint-Germain
1957-1962 Sedan-Torcy
1 Only league games are given.

Zacharie Noah (born February 2, 1937 in Yaoundé ; † January 8, 2017 there ) was a French - Cameroonian football player .

Athletic career

Born in Cameroon, which was still under French rule at the time, Noah made his debut in French football in 1956 for Stade Saint-Germain , a forerunner to Paris Saint-Germain . Just one year later, the defender joined the top division UA Sedan-Torcy , for whom he played in Division 1 until 1962 . The greatest success was winning the Coupe de France in 1961.

During his time in Sedan, Noah's son Yannick was born, who was successful as a tennis player . His grandson Joakim Noah is also active in professional sports as a basketball player. His father Simon Noah was killed in a coup in Cameroon in 1985.

Noah died in January 2017 just under a month before his 80th birthday.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ François Tesson: Zacharie Noah n'est plus . sports.fr, January 8, 2017, accessed January 10, 2017 (French).
  2. a b c d e Zacharie Noah s'est éteint . lequipe.fr , January 8, 2017, accessed January 10, 2017 (French).