Samuel Mbappé Léppé (28 February 1936 – 25 December 1985), also known as Mbappé Moumi Samuel, nicknamed ''Maréchal'' was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He comes from the Sawa community.

Biography

Childhood

Samuel Mbappé Léppé was born on 28 February 1936 in Douala. He was the son of Moumè Mbappé and de Rose Ebelle.

Career

He played for

Oryx Douala Oryx Club de Douala is a football club from Douala, Cameroon, that achieved most of its success in the 1960s. It won the inaugural African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964 beating Stade Malien on a score of 2–1 in the final, and so becoming the f ...

in the 1950s and 1960s, winning five Cameroon championship titles (

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, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967), three times the

Cameroon Cup The Cameroon Cup is the national football competition in Cameroon, on a knock-out-basis. Cup Finals Before independence * 1941 : Caïman de Douala 6-0 Mikado ASTP * 1942 : Caïman de Douala 3-1 Léopards Douala * 1943 : Caïman de Douala * ...

(1963, 1968 and 1970) and he was the first

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to lift the

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, doing so in the 1964–65 season. Roger Milla describes him as being the greatest. Over the course of his career, he earned several transfer deals European clubs offered him a chance to play professional football in Europe but he refused to join them. Nicknamed the "Marshal". he also served as the captain of the Cameroon football team at a point in his career. He was part of the Cameroonian squad who were selected to play in the

1970 African Cup of Nations The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Sudan. Just like in 1968, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Sudan won its f ...

, however The Cameroon National Football Team were unfortunately eliminated in the group stage. His brother Ebèllé Moumi Walter was also a footballer. The "Moumi" brothers both played careers with Oryx Douala and the Cameroon national team.

Death

Samuel Mbappé Léppé died on 25 December 1985 due to complications at age 49, in Douala. Cameroon He was buried in the Cimitière de Banguè

Legacy

In 1982, the

Cameroonian government The Republic of Cameroon is a decentralized unitary state. State power In the Republic of Cameroon, the President of the Republic and the Parliament exercise 'State power' as per Article 4 of the constitution of Cameroon. Executive power 'Execut ...

issued a 125 F stamp bearing the image of Mbappé in honour of him. The Akwa Stadium was renamed after him as the Stade Mbappé Léppé. He was posthumously awarded the African Legend trophy by the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

in 2015 during the 2015

CAF Awards The CAF Awards is an awards evening held to honour the best African association football players. It is conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Current awards The awards include: CAF Player of the Year CAF Most Promising Talen ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leppe, Samuel Mbappe 1936 births Cameroon men's international footballers Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Douala 1970 African Cup of Nations players 1985 deaths