Pascal Miézan Aka (3 April 1959 – 31 July 2006) was an Ivorian professional

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who played as a

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Career

Miézan spent most of his career playing for

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Africa Sports Africa Sports d'Abidjan is an Ivorian multi-sports club founded in 1947 and based in Abidjan. The club fields teams in the sports of track and field, handball, basketball and association football, of these the football team is the most prominen ...

. He also had a spell with

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Lierse Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring (), often simply known as Lierse, was a Belgian professional football club from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse have won four championship titles and two Belgian Cups. Lierse was one of the six Be ...

. Miézan made several appearances for the

Ivory Coast national football team The Ivory Coast national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire'', recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in men's international football. Nicknamed ''the Elephants'', the team is managed by ...

, including three appearances at the

1984 African Cup of Nations The 1984 African Cup of Nations was the 14th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast. Just like in 1982, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Cameroo ...

finals. He also played for

Ivory Coast national under-20 football team Ivory Coast national under-20 football team, also known as Côte d'Ivoire Under-20s or Ivory Coast U20(s), represents Ivory Coast in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by Ivorian Football Federation, the governing bod ...

at the

1977 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship was the inaugural staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, hosted by Tunisia from 27 June to 10 July 1977, in three venues — Tunis, Sousse and Sfax. The 28 matches played were the smallest number in to ...

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. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.

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* 1959 births 2006 deaths People from Gagnoa Men's association football midfielders Ivorian footballers Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers Ivory Coast men's international footballers 1980 African Cup of Nations players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1990 African Cup of Nations players Belgian Pro League players Africa Sports d'Abidjan players Lierse S.K. players Ivorian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub