Cyrille Mangan (born 13 September 1976) is a Cameroonian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Mangan played for Skoda Xanthi F.C. in the Greek

Alpha Ethniki The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

from 1996 to 1999. He suffered a serious knee injury at the age of 22 years, but recovered and later played for Trikala F.C. in the Greek

Gamma Ethniki The Gamma Ethniki ( el, Γ΄ Εθνική Ερασιτεχνική Κατηγορία, C National Amateur Division) is the third highest football league in Greece. History The Gamma Ethniki began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 198 ...

and Panegialios F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethniki. Mangan played for the

Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team (French: ''équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédérat ...

in the

1998 African Cup of Nations The 1998 African Cup of Nations in Burkina Faso was the 21st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN), the national football championship of Africa, administered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Just like in 1996, the field o ...

finals. and in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying.CNN/SI World Cup 1998 France: Cameroon Player Profiles
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* Living people 1976 births Association football midfielders Cameroonian footballers Cameroon international footballers 1998 African Cup of Nations players Xanthi F.C. players Trikala F.C. players Panegialios F.C. players {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub