Grégoire M'Bida Abéga (born 27 January 1952), nicknamed Arantes, is a Cameroonian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He competed for the Cameroon national team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Career

M'Bida was born in

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

. He played for Canon Yaoundé (1975–1982),

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French f ...

(1982–1984),

Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first ...

(1984–1985),

USL Dunkerque Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque is a French football club based in the commune of Dunkirk. It will compete in the Championnat National in the 2022–23 season. Their kit colours are white and blue, and they play their home matches at th ...

(1985–1986), Thonon-les-Bains (1986–1987) and

CS Sedan Ardennes Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, commonly referred to as CS Sedan or simply Sedan (), is a French association football club based in Sedan. The club was formed in 1919 and plays its home matches at the Stade Louis Dugauguez located within the ci ...

(1987–1989). He played all minutes for Cameroon in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and also scored the only goal for Cameroon in the competition. The goal was scored 63 minutes into the match against

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, only one minute after

Francesco Graziani Francesco "Ciccio" Graziani (; born 16 December 1952) is an Italian football manager and former football player who played as a forward. He began his career with Arezzo in 1970, and later joined Torino in 1973, where he remained until 1981 ...

had scored for Italy. The game ended in a draw, 1–1.

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1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Yaoundé Association football midfielders Cameroonian footballers Cameroon international footballers Canon Yaoundé players SC Bastia players Angers SCO players USL Dunkerque players Thonon Evian Grand Genève F.C. players CS Sedan Ardennes players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1982 African Cup of Nations players 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1986 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Cameroonian expatriate footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Luxembourg Alliance Dudelange players {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub

Career

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