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Cameroon · 2000–06

Carlos Kameni

Icon GK Right-footed clutch
Rating
84
Life
1984
Clubs
Le Havre AC, AS Saint-Étienne, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
#12
Editorial rank of 33 for Cameroon
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Spain won a penalty in the opening minutes of the Sydney Olympic final on 30 September 2000, and Kameni, sixteen years old, pushed out Angulo's kick before Cameroon came back from 2-0 to win the shootout 5-3. The gold made him the youngest footballer to win an Olympic title, and he went on to keep goal for the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations winners and lift the Copa del Rey with Espanyol in 2006. Career record: club career at Le Havre AC, AS Saint-Étienne, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona.

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Career record

2000–2004Le Havre
2002–2003AS Saint-Étienne
2004–2011RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
2012–todayMálaga CF

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Around Kameni in the almanac

One rank above: François Omam-Biyik at #11.

One rank below: Marc-Vivien Foé at #13.

Cameroon's editorial top five: Samuel Eto'o · Roger Milla · Thomas N'Kono · Joseph-Antoine Bell · Patrick Mboma.