Cameroon · 1979–88Thomas N'Kono
Rating
89
Caps
112
Goals
0
Life
1955
Clubs
RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, Club Bolívar
#3
Editorial rank of 33 for Cameroon
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Gianluigi Buffon watched him at Italia 90, decided to become a goalkeeper, and later named his first son Louis Thomas after the Cameroonian. He kept clean sheets against Peru and Poland in 1982 as Cameroon went out unbeaten on goals scored, won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1984, took African Footballer of the Year in 1979 and 1982, and reached the 1988 UEFA Cup final with Espanyol. Career record: 112 caps and 0 goals for Cameroon; club career at RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, Club Bolívar.
Career record
| 1974–1975 | Canon Yaoundé |
| 1975–1976 | Tonnerre Yaoundé |
| 1976–1982 | Canon Yaoundé |
| 1982–1991 | RCD Espanyol de Barcelona |
| 1991–1993 | Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club |
| 1994–1994 | CE L'Hospitalet |
| 1994–1997 | Club Bolívar |
| Cameroon | 112 caps, 0 goals |
Shared the era
Cameroon legends whose careers overlapped N'Kono's