ALTERNATE PLAYERS

*Jean-Manga ONGUÈNÈ, 1980 African Golden, was, despite his 36 years, first Cameroon’s coach Jean Vincent choice for the center forward position, rather seeing Roger Milla as his No. 10. A bad injury during the training camp in Germany put an end to this hope. Onguéné said later in an interview : "The World Cup 1982. I had to go. I had to wear the captain's armband and I broke my leg. It would have been the apotheosis of my career, the opportunity to bid farewell in the biggest of our competitions. And with Roger (Milla), we could have scored goals. What a team we had … ”.

*Eugène EKOULÈ was, in 1982, considered by many to be the best n°9 in Cameroon, with the title of best African scorer in inter-club competitions, in the early 80s with 27 goals. Selected during Can 1982, Jean Vincent did not retain him when he was appointed coach after this competition. For some, Abega and M'bida, who wanted to favor their teammates from Canon Yaoundé, did not deliberately highlight Ekoulé by giving him bad passes.

*Isaac SINKOT, left Back, with an imposing physique, rough on the opposing winger and tackle specialist, winner, two years later, of the CAN 1984, was not retained for Espana 82. In an interview, he will say that "my biggest regret was not to have been chosen for the 1982 World Cup. At the time, the leaders of the Douala Dynamo did not see the importance of a world cup and preferred to retain me as captain of the team, while I was physically and technically a good starter for this competition".


*World Cup qualifications & African Cup of Nations : From June 29 1980 to March 2 1982

Forwards

Jacques N’Guea (Canon Yaoundé) : 13 selections (11 as starter/2 as substitute)
Roger Milla (Sporting Club Bastia) : 11 selections as starter
Paul Bahoken (As Cannes) : 6 selections as starter
Ernest Ebongué (Tonnerre Yaoundé) : 6 selections (4 as starter/2 as substitute)
Jean Manga Onguéné (Canon Yaoundé) : 6 selections (4 as starter/2 as subsitute
Bonaventure Djonkep (Union Douala) : 4 selections as starter
René Emana (Canon Yaoundé) : 4 selections as starter
Eugène Ekoulé (Union Douala) : 2 selections as starter
Martin Maya (Cs Thonon) : 1 selection as starter
Eugène Ekéké (Paris FC) : 1 selection as starter
Charles Léa Eyoum (Stella Sport Abidjan) : 1 selection as starter

Midfielders

Théophile Abega (Canon Yaoundé) : 14 selections (13 as starter/1 as substitute)
Emmanuel Kundé (Canon Yaoundé ) : 13 selections as starter
Grégoire M’Bida (Canon Yaoundé) : 13 selections (11 as starter/2 as substitute)
Jean-Daniel Eboué (Canon Yaoundé) : 3 selections (2 as starter/1 as subsitute)
Jean-Pierre Tokoto (Philadelphia Fever) : 2 selections as starter
Joseph Kamga (Union Douala) : 2 selections as starter
Jean-Louis Mama (Tonnerre Yaoundé) : 1 selection as starter
Joseph Enanga (Union Douala) : 1 selection as substitute

Defenders

Ibrahim Aoudou (As Cannes) : 15 selections as starter
François N’Doumbé Léa (Union Douala) : 12 selections as starter
Ephrem M’Bom (Canon Yaoundé) : 9 selections as starter
René N’Djeya (Union Douala) : 5 selections as starter
Edmond Enoka (Dragon Douala) : 4 selections as starter
Dagobert Moungam (Canon Yaoundé) : 3 selections as starter
Jacques Ename (Tonnerre Yaoundé) : 3 selections as starter
Michel Kaham (Stade Quimpérois) : 2 selections as starter
Elie Onana (Fédéral SFC du Noun) : 2 selections as starter
Ngole Charles Epie ( ? ) : 2 selections as starter
Charles Toubé (Tonnerre Yaoundé) : 1 selection as starter

Goalkeepers

Thomas N’Kono (Canon Yaoundé) : 14 selections as starter
Pierre Koh ( ? ) : 1 selection as starter

*Scorers

Roger Milla (Sporting Club Bastia) : 6
Grégoire M’Bida (Canon Yaoundé) : 3
Jean-Manga Onguéné (Canon Yaoundé) : 2
Emmanuel Kundé (Canon Yaoundé) : 2 (1 pénalty)
Théophile Abega (Canon Yaoundé) : 1
Jean-Pierre Tokoto (Philadelphia Fever) : 1
Ibrahim Aoudou (As Cannes) : 1 (1 pénalty)

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