Sanda Mallam Oumarou (6 November 1982 – May 2021) was a

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 ...

ian professional

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who played as a

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for Coton Sport and Egyptian club

Al Masry SC Al Masry Sporting Club ( ar, النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, that competes in the Egyptian Premier Leag ...

Biography

Oumarou first played for

Coton Sport FC de Garoua Coton Sport Football Club de Garoua, or simply Coton Sport, is a Cameroonian football club based in Garoua. They play their home games at the Stade Omnisport de Garoua, commonly known as the Roumde Adjia Stadium. The club is chaired by Sadou Fern ...

, with whom he reached the final of the

2003 CAF Cup The 2003 CAF Cup was the 12th and final edition of the African continental club competition for runners up of the respective domestic leagues. It was won by Moroccan team Raja Casablanca who beat Cotonsport Garoua from Cameroon Cameroon ...

. He played for Egyptian club

between 2005 and 2007. After returning to Coton Sport he helped the club to the final of the

2008 CAF Champions League The 2008 CAF Champions League was the 44th edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Coton Sport of Cameroon in th ...

. He retired from playing in 2012 and became the coach of Cameroonian second-tier side Université FC de Ngaoundéré. He died in May 2021 aged 38 after a long illness.

Honours

Cotonsport Garoua * CAF Champions League: runners-up

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs. History The tou ...

: 2003

References

1982 births 2021 deaths Men's association football midfielders Cameroonian men's footballers Egyptian Premier League players Kadji Sports Academy players Coton Sport FC de Garoua players Al Masry SC players People from Ngaoundéré {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub