- Thomas Nkono
Thomas Nkono (born
July 20 ,1955 inDizangue ) is a retired footballgoalkeeper fromCameroon . A legend for theCameroon national football team , and arguably the greatest goalkeeper Africa has produced. He played three matches at the 1982 World Cup and five at the 1990 World Cup. In addition he was a bench cover forJoseph-Antoine Bell at the 1994 World Cup.On club level he played for
Adanaspor in his native Cameroon,RCD Espanyol ,CE Sabadell andCE L'Hospitalet in Spain, andClub Bolívar in Bolivia. He received theFrance Football African Footballer of the Year award in 1979 and 1982.He now works as a goalkeeping coach at Espanyol. Italian world champion
Gianluigi Buffon declared he named his son Thomas in honour of the African goalkeeper.Arrest
He was arrested by riot police for allegedly using "black magic" prior to the African Cup of Nations semi-final with Mali. He was dragged onto the running track after stepping onto the pitch at the March 26 Stadium with Cameroon coach Winfried Schafer. There was speculation that an object found in his pocket was a black-magic charm aimed at helping Cameroon's cause.
References
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=15451 Career stats] at National Football Teams
* [http://www.rcdespanyol.com/ RCD Espanyol webpage]
* [http://www.camlions.com/fr/indexlions.php?nid=10194&tid=77&seite=&wid=13]
* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=4619 Liga de Fútbol Profesional]
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