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Cameroon V Colombia (1990 FIFA World Cup)
Cameroon vs Colombia was a FIFA World Cup match that took place in the Stadio San Paolo in Naples, Italy on 23 June 1990, during the 1990 World Cup. Cameroon won 2–1, thus becoming the first African team to win a World Cup knockout match. Overview For both teams it was the first participation in the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup: Cameroon got there by winning Group B, Colombia instead obtained the qualification as one of the best third-placed teams. The game was decided in extra time; Milla, who came in the 54th minute, went to score after 106 and 109 minutes. In his second goal, Milla took the ball from the goalkeeper Higuita who was trying to dribble him near the halfway line. Redín pulled one back for Colombia after 115 minutes but it wasn't enough, and Cameroon became the first African nation to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup. The match References {{Colombia national football team matches 1990 FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadio San Paolo
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (formerly known as Stadio San Paolo) is a stadium in the western Fuorigrotta suburb of Naples, Italy. It is the third largest football stadium in Italy, after Milan's San Siro and Rome's Stadio Olimpico, as well as the largest to be used by only one team. For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, the stadium hosted the football preliminaries. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of S.S.C. Napoli. Constructed in 1959, the stadium was extensively renovated in 1989 for the 1990 World Cup and again in 2018. The stadium currently accommodates 60,240 spectators, but in the past with terraced sections, the stadium took close to 90,000 History Even though Napoli was in the Serie C1 during the 2005–06 season, Napoli achieved the feat of having the 3rd highest average home attendance in Italy for the season, with only two Serie A clubs, Milan and Internazionale having higher attendances. Napoli's final game of the season dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertin Ebwellé
Bertin Ebwellé Ndingué (born 11 September 1962) is a retired professional footballer who represented Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also took part in 1992 African Nations Cup. He played club football with Tonnerre Yaoundé, Persisam Putra Samarinda and Olympic Mvolyé. He coached Tonnerre Yaoundé Tonnerre Kalara Club of Yaoundé is a football club based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The club was most prominent during the 1980s, winning all of their 5 national championships. They have also won the national cup 5 times. Among the club's most notabl .... References External links * * 1962 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Men's association football fullbacks Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroon men's international footballers Tonnerre Yaoundé players Olympic Mvolyé players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1990 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Carlos Perea
Luis Carlos "Coroncoro" Perea (born 29 December 1963) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Perea was born in Turbo. During his career he played mainly with Independiente Medellín, where he would debut in 1983, and Atlético Nacional, but also had brief spells with Atlético Junior and Deportes Tolima. Abroad, Perea represented Toros Neza in Mexico, and he won the 1989 Copa Libertadores with Nacional. He moved to the United States in 1999, intending to sign with the Miami Fusion or Tampa Bay Mutiny; he did not join either club and retired from playing, but began working as a player development coach at the Miami Strike Force. International career Over seven years, Perea played 78 games and scored two goals for the Colombia national team. This included six appearances at the 1990 and the 1994 FIFA World Cups combined. Perea participated in four Copa América finals, and netted his first international goal in the 1993 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Fernando Herrera
Luis Fernando Herrera Arango (born June 12, 1962) is a retired football defender. He was capped 61 times and scored 1 international goal for Colombia between 1987 and 1996. He is current head coach for Atlético Huila. Career Herrera (nicknamed ''Chonto'') played most of his club career for Atlético Nacional in Colombia, where he was part of the team that won the Copa Libertadores in 1989. He also helped the club to win two Colombia league titles in 1991 and 1994. Herrera played three matches at the 1994 World Cup, and four matches at the 1990 World Cup. He also played in three editions of the Copa América in 1987, 1991 and 1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Nepomnyashchy
Valery Kuzmich Nepomnyashchy (russian: Валерий Кузьмич Непомнящий; born 7 August 1943) is a Russian association football manager and a former player. He is currently in charge of youth development with Baltika Kaliningrad. Most famously he coached the Cameroon national football team when they surprisingly made the quarter-finals in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. From 1992 to 1994 he coached clubs in Turkey. In 1995, he became manager of South Korea's Yukong Elephants (currently Jeju United FC), and in 1996 led them to a victory in League Cup. In 2001, he took over the job of J. League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager from Eddie Thomson. He has also coached Shanghai Shenhua, (whom he led to a second-place finish for the first time in his career), from 2004 to 2005, and the Uzbekistan national football team in 2006. He worked as a football commentator for a Russian television channel, “NTV-Plus”. In September 2008 he signed a 2-year contract with Russian club T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Songo'o
Jacques Celestin Songo'o (born 17 March 1964) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the current goalkeeper coach of the Cameroon national team. He spent the vast majority of his professional career in France and Spain, most notably with Deportivo de La Coruña, appearing in more than 200 official games over the course of six seasons and winning the 1999–2000 La Liga. Songo'o represented the Cameroon national team in four World Cups, being first-choice in 1998. Club career Songo'o was born in Sackbayeme, in the Yaoundé suburbs. After first establishing himself as a professional in France, with Ligue 1 club FC Metz, he was voted ''Best African Goalkeeper'' in 1996, then arguably lived his most successful period at Spain's Deportivo de La Coruña. With the Galicians, Songo'o won the 1996–97 edition of the Ricardo Zamora Trophy (awarded to the best goalkeeper of the season), and was his side's undisputed starter in his first fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonaventure Djonkep
Bonaventure Djonkep (born 20 August 1961) is a former Cameroonian association football player and coach. Djonkep spent his entire playing career between the 1982 and 1995 at Union Douala, winning one Cameroonian League title in 1990 and one Cameroonian Cup in 1985. Internationally Djonkep first played for Cameroon U20 at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, appearing in all three of their group matches and scoring two goals against Australia U20. As a full international he appeared in two qualifying matches for the 1986 FIFA World Cup against Zambia in April 1985. He then played for Cameroon in the 1987 All-Africa Games and in the 1988 African Cup of Nations. He was called up by coach Valeri Nepomniachi to the Cameroon squad which participated the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Djonkep was unused in the group stage but did appear in their round of 16 match against Colombia, coming on in the 69th minute as a substitute for Cyrille Makanaky. Cameroon won in extra time through two g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Kundé
Emmanuel Jérôme Kundé (born 15 July 1956) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his professional career playing for Canon Yaoundé. He was also a member of the Cameroon national team at the World Cups of 1982 and 1990, and won the 1984 and 1988 African Nations Cups. Kundé scored the winning goal in the 1988 African Nations Cup final against Nigeria with a penalty kick. Two years later, in the 1990 World Cup quarterfinal match against England, he scored to equalize the score 1–1, again via a penalty kick. He also took part in 1992 African Nations Cup while playing for Olympic Mvolyé. Honours Club Canon Yaoundé * Cameroon Championship: 1982, 1985, 1986 *Cameroonian Cup: 1983 *African Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1984 Prévoyance Yaoundé *Cameroonian Cup: 1990 Olympic Mvolyé *Cameroonian Cup: 1992 International *Africa Cup of Nations: 1984, 1980; Runner-up 1986 Manager * Currently Coach: 2020 - Hémlè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Massing
Benjamin Roger Massing (20 June 1962 – 9 December 2017) was a Cameroonian footballer who played as a central defender. He played professionally for Diamant Yaoundé, Créteil in France, and Olympic Mvolyé. At international level, he played for the Cameroon national team which he represented at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Football career Diamant Yaoundé Massing started his professional career with Diamant Yaoundé, a Cameroonian football club based in the country's capital, and finished the 1986–1987 football season with the team. US Créteil In the 1987–88 season, Massing signed for French club US Créteil from where he was picked up for Cameroon's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Massing was sent off in the opening game for a foul on Argentina's Claudio Caniggia, in a 1–0 shock win for Cameroon. Massing also appeared in the quarter-final loss to England (2–3) where he was booked, conceding a penalty for committing a foul on Gary Lineker. Massing earned 21 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Makanaky
Cyrille Thomas Makanaky (born 28 June 1965) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Makanaky was born in Douala. After impressing at amateur level in France, with FC Saint-Leu and Gazélec Ajaccio, he represented, with little impact but always in Ligue 1, SC Toulon (twice) and RC Lens. In 1990, Makanaky moved to Spain and remained in the country for three years, playing in Segunda División for CD Málaga and Villarreal CF. His second year, whilst at the Andalusians, finished in relegation, and the club folded soon afterwards. Until his retirement at the age of 32, Makanaky also played in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, Ecuador for Barcelona Sporting Club – two spells, winning the national league on both occasions – and France with former side Gazélec. International career Makanaky appeared in two Africa Cup of Nations with the Cameroon national team. In the 1988 edition, held in Morocco, he scored the game's only goal, hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Omam-Biyik
François Omam-Biyik (born 21 May 1966) is a Cameroonian football manager and former player who works as assistant manager of Cameroon. Omam-Biyik also has French nationality. A forward, he was one of the most important players of the Cameroon national team in the nineties, playing at the three World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998. He played 73 international matches in total. Early life Omam-Biyik started out as a goalkeeper, and later a defender, before converting into a striker at the age of 16. Club career Omam-Biyik had success with different French clubs before moving to Marseille in the summer of 1992. He only played one match, and was transferred to Lens in October 1992. After a few years he continued his career in Mexico with Club América and Puebla F.C., with short stops in European clubs towards the late nineties. Omam-Biyik retired after the 1999–2000 season. In 1987 and 1991 he finished third in a run for an African Footballer of the Year award. In 2003, he playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
