André Kana-Biyik (born 1 September 1965) is a former Cameroonian

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who played as a defender. The brother of François, he started a professional career in 1986 with Diamant Yaoundé. From 1988 to 1994 he played in France Ligue 1 with

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and

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, making 93 appearances and scored 8 goals. With the

Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team (French: ''équipe du Cameroun de football''), also known as the Indomitable Lions (French: ''les lions indomptables''), represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédérat ...

he participated at the

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and

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s. Kana-Biyik was sent off in Cameroon's opening game of the 1990 World Cup, a game against

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that Cameroon won 1–0. His brother,

François Omam-Biyik François Omam-Biyik (born 21 May 1966) is a Cameroonian football manager and former player who works as assistant manager of Cameroon. Omam-Biyik also has French nationality. A forward, he was one of the most important players of the Cameroo ...

, scored the goal that defeated the South Americans. Having been suspended for the second match against Romania following his red card in the first, he returned to the team, and picked up yellow cards both in the third group-stage match against the USSR (a heavy defeat, but irrelevant since they were already guaranteed qualification), and the second-round match against Colombia (an extra-time victory): and was thus suspended for a second time in the tournament, for the quarter-final against England - thus becoming the first and so far only player to serve two suspensions in a single World Cup tournament. His son

Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (born 3 July 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born in France, he represented Cameroon at international level. Club career Kana-Biyik began his career at Le Havre in 2005 and was promoted to th ...

, is also a professional footballer.

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* 1965 births Living people Cameroonian footballers Association football midfielders Diamant Yaoundé players FC Metz players Le Havre AC players Ligue 1 players Expatriate footballers in France 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1990 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Cameroon international footballers Cameroonian expatriate footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub