Ebelle "Eugène" Ferdinand Ekéké (born 30 May 1960) is a Cameroonian former professional

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who played as a forward. He appeared for the Cameroon national team at the

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in Italy. He famously scored to give Cameroon the lead against

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in the quarter-finals, before eventually losing 3–2. Born in Bonabéri, Cameroon, Ekéké played most of his club football in France, at RC Paris from 1982 to 1986, during which period he played for

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in the 1984 Olympic Football competition, alongside many of the team who would later play so well at the

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six years later. Ekéké spent the 1986–87 season at K.S.K. Beveren, in Belgium, before returning to France to

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for a couple of seasons, before his move to

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, for whom he was playing when he was called up for the 1990 World Cup. After he retired from playing, Ekéké established a football academy in Douala and was appointed president of ''l’Union Camerounais des clubs amateurs de football'' (UCCAF). Ekéké is now based in

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country ...

, occasionally commenting on matters regarding the Indomitable Lions in the local media.

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* 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Littoral Region (Cameroon) Cameroonian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Cameroon men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Cameroon Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics 1990 FIFA World Cup 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 Racing Club de France Football players K.S.K. Beveren players Quimper Kerfeunteun FC players Valenciennes FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium {{Cameroon-footy-forward-stub