Cameroon · 1997–2002Patrick Mboma
Rating
88
Caps
57
Goals
33
Life
1970
Clubs
LB Châteauroux, Cagliari Calcio, Tokyo Verdy
#5
Editorial rank of 33 for Cameroon
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Japan saw him first: 25 goals in 28 games in his debut J.League season with Gamba Osaka in 1997, enough for the top scorer award and a place in the league's best eleven. Africa Cup of Nations winner in 2000 and 2002 and its top scorer in 2002, Olympic champion at Sydney with four goals, African Footballer of the Year in 2000, and a Coppa Italia winner with Parma. Career record: 57 caps and 33 goals for Cameroon; club career at LB Châteauroux, Cagliari Calcio, Tokyo Verdy.
Career record
| 1992–1994 | LB Châteauroux |
| 1992–1997 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 1995–1996 | FC Metz |
| 1997–1998 | Gamba Osaka |
| 1998–2000 | Cagliari Calcio |
| 2000–2002 | Parma Calcio 1913 |
| 2002–2002 | Sunderland A.F.C. |
| 2002–2003 | Al-ittihad |
| 2003–2004 | Tokyo Verdy |
| 2004–2005 | Vissel Kobe |
| Cameroon | 57 caps, 33 goals |
Shared the era
Cameroon legends whose careers overlapped Mboma's