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Cameroon · 1994–2002Rigobert Song
Rating
Caps
137
Goals
5
Life
1976
Clubs
FC Metz, R.C. Lens, Galatasaray S.K.
#9
Editorial rank of 33 for Cameroon
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Sent off against Brazil in 1994 at 17 years and 358 days, he is still the youngest player dismissed at a World Cup, and he took a second red against Chile in 1998. Cameroon's most capped player with 137 appearances, captain of the Africa Cup of Nations winners in 2000 and 2002, holder of the record 35 appearances at that tournament, and a two-time Turkish champion with Galatasaray. Career record: 137 caps and 5 goals for Cameroon; club career at FC Metz, R.C. Lens, Galatasaray S.K..
Career record
| 1992–1994 | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 1994–1998 | FC Metz |
| 1998–1999 | U.S. Salernitana 1919 |
| 1999–2000 | Liverpool |
| 2000–2002 | West Ham United |
| 2001–2002 | 1. FC Köln |
| 2002–2004 | R.C. Lens |
| 2004–2008 | Galatasaray S.K. |
| 2008–2010 | Trabzonspor |
| Cameroon | 137 caps, 5 goals |
Shared the era
Cameroon legends whose careers overlapped Song's