Richard Towa (born 16 November 1969) is a Cameroonian professional

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and former

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. He most recently managed

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club Gokulam Kerala.

Playing career

He played 13 matches for the

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

and helped them qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but did not participate due to an injury.

Managerial career

In January 2018, he signed a contract to become manager of

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. He left in September 2018 to become new manager of Feutcheu FC. In April 2019, he resigned as manager of Feutcheu FC. On 5 December 2019, he was named new manager of

Union Douala Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala, that competes in the Elite One. History It was founded in 1958 and played its home matches in the Stade de la Réunification. Achievements National *Cameroon ...

. On July 5, 2022, Indian

defending champion Gokulam Kerala officially announced that they roped in Towa as their new head coach. He left by mutual consent on 26 December 2022 with the club in 4th place.

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