Emmanuel "Manno" Sanon (25 June 1951 – 21 February 2008) was a Haitian professional

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who played as a striker. He starred in the Haiti national team winning the

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. Haiti qualified for the finals of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Though they lost all three matches Sanon scored twice in the tournament. His goal against Italy when he ran onto a pass from Philippe Vorbe was the first conceded by Italian keeper Dino Zoff in 1,142 minutes of football. Sanon won his home

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in 1971 with top-level

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. He then won the

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in the [ elgian Pro League in 1979 with the K. Beerschot V.A.C. Sanon is among the "Les 100 Héros de la Coupe du Monde" (''100 Heroes of the World Cup''), which included the top 100 World Cup Players from 1930 to 1990, a list drawn up in 1994 by the

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magazine based exclusively on their performances at World Cup level.

Early life

Sanon attended the Lycée de Pétion-Ville Secondary School.

Club career

Sanon spent four season with his home club

, where he won the

in 1971. He then spent six seasons for the K. Beerschot V.A.C., where he won the

in 1979 with a decisive assist to

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for the only goal scored. He would finish his tenure in the [ elgian Pro League, with 142 matches and 43 goals. In 1980, Sanon signed with the Miami Americans of the second division American Soccer League (1933-1983), American Soccer League. When head coach Ron Newman (footballer), Ron Newman left the team on 20 June 1980 to become the head coach of the

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of the first division North American Soccer League, he induced Sanon to also move to the Sockers. Sanon spent three seasons with the Sockers until he suffered a career ending knee injury.

International career

Sanon earned 65 caps and 37 goals for the

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1974 FIFA World Cup

Having qualified by first knocking out

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in a play-off, then topping the final group in the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti was drawn into a very difficult group featuring two-time champions

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, future champions

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, and

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, who managed third place in the tournament. While they predictably finished last in the group with three losses and a -12 goal difference, Emmanuel Sanon scored both goals for the country in the tournament. He scored against Argentina in the last game of the group, but by far the most famous goal occurred against Italy. The ''Azzurri'' had not let in a goal in 19 games prior to the World Cup, thanks to goalkeeper

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. In the opening of the second half, Sanon shocked the Italians with the opening goal. However this lead did not hold and Italy went on to win 3–1. By the time Haiti was tossed from the tournament after losing 7–0 to Poland and 4–1 to Argentina, Sanon had nonetheless cemented his place in footballing history.

Coaching career

Sanon coached the Haiti national team for a year from 1999 to 2000, during which he led his team to the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Death

On 21 February 2008, Emmanuel Sanon died in Orlando, Florida, of pancreatic cancer, aged 56. The Haitian Legislature voted to award a perpetual exempted pension to his family posthumously as an honorific gesture for scoring the goals in Haiti's 1974 FIFA World Cup participation.

Career statistics

''This list is not completed yet'' :''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sanon goal.''

Honours

Don Bosco *

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: 1971 Beerschot *

: 1978–79 Belgian Cup, 1978–79 *

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runner-up: 1979 San Diego Sockers * NASL Indoor season: 1981–82 Haiti *

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; runner-up 1971,

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Individual *

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Top-100 1930–1990 * Haitian Athlete of the Century (1999) Orders *

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: ''Commander'' (2007)

References

External links

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FIFA: Remembering Manno
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