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The 33 of Cameroon.
Editorial order, with a career scene and sources behind every name.
01
Samuel Eto'o 118 caps (Cameroon) · 56 goals · FC Barcelona, Inter MilanThiago Motta's red card at Camp Nou on 28 April 2010 turned Cameroon's finest striker into a right-back, and Eto'o spent the rest of that Champions League semi-final defending against the club that had sold him.
ST1997–2014
Samuel Eto'o 118 caps (Cameroon) · 56 goals · FC Barcelona, Inter MilanThiago Motta's red card at Camp Nou on 28 April 2010 turned Cameroon's finest striker into a right-back, and Eto'o spent the rest of that Champions League semi-final defending against the club that had sold him.
ST1997–2014
02
RM
Roger Milla 63 caps (Cameroon) · 37 goals · Léopards Douala, SC BastiaIn extra time against Colombia in 1990 he picked René Higuita's pocket outside the box and rolled the ball into an empty net, then danced at the corner flag.
SS1973–1994
03
TN
Thomas N'Kono Canon Yaoundé, Tonnerre YaoundéGianluigi Buffon watched him at Italia 90, decided to become a goalkeeper, and later named his first son Louis Thomas after the Cameroonian.
GK1975–1994
04
JB
Joseph-Antoine Bell 50 caps (Cameroon) · Olympique de Marseille, FC Girondins de BordeauxHours before Cameroon met Argentina in Milan on 8 June 1990, he was dropped for telling the press what he thought of the squad's preparation, and watched the 1-0 win over the holders from the bench.
GK1976–1994
05
PM
Patrick Mboma 57 caps (Cameroon) · 33 goals · LB Châteauroux, Cagliari CalcioJapan 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.
SS1995–2004
06
TA
Théophile Abega 16 caps (Cameroon) · 4 goals · Canon Yaoundé, ToulouseWith the 1984 final against Nigeria level in Abidjan, the captain they called Le Docteur ran at the Nigerian midfield, swapped passes with Roger Milla and put Cameroon ahead on 79 minutes.
CAM1976–1987
07
G
Geremi 118 caps (Cameroon) · Gençlerbirliği S.K., ChelseaMiddlesbrough borrowed him from Real Madrid in 2002 and got a season of set pieces, the free kick at Anfield among them, and he finished as the club's joint top scorer.
RB1996–2010
08
L
Lauren Levante UD, RCD MallorcaSigned as a midfielder in 2000, he was moved to right back to succeed Lee Dixon, and he was still there in May 2005 to score Arsenal's first penalty in the FA Cup final shootout against Manchester United.
RB1997–2002
10
AZ
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa 67 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Cameroon) · Olympique de Marseille, FulhamOn 7 September 2022 at the Maradona, he ran through Liverpool's midfield all night and took Zielinski's pass past Alisson at the near post for the second goal in a 4-1 win.
CDM2017–
13
MF
Marc-Vivien Foé R.C. Lens, West Ham UnitedHe had drifted back into the centre circle at the Stade de Gerland on 26 June 2003, no player near him, when he went down in the 72nd minute of a Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia.
CM1994–2003
14
Vincent Aboubakar 117 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Cameroon) · 45 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · AC Monza, F.C. LorientTwo minutes from the end of the 2017 final in Libreville, the substitute flicked a long ball over Ali Gabr's head and volleyed it inside the far post to beat Egypt 2-1.
ST2010–
Vincent Aboubakar 117 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Cameroon) · 45 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · AC Monza, F.C. LorientTwo minutes from the end of the 2017 final in Libreville, the substitute flicked a long ball over Ali Gabr's head and volleyed it inside the far post to beat Egypt 2-1.
ST2010–
15
EK
Emmanuel Kundé 66 caps (Cameroon) · Canon Yaoundé, Stade LavalloisA centre back took the kick that settled the 1988 final in Casablanca, Kundé putting his penalty away in the 55th minute to beat Nigeria 1-0.
CB1980–1992
17
SM
Stéphane Mbia 68 caps (Cameroon) · Stade Rennais, Olympique de MarseilleSevilla were going out at the Mestalla on 1 May 2014 until Mbia met Federico Fazio's flick at the far post in the 94th minute, a header Sevilla still calls the Mbiazo.
CDM2005–2016
18
Achille Emana Toulouse, Real Betis BalompiéAlex Song slid a ball through the Zambia defence in Kumasi on 26 January 2008, and Emana ran onto it, rounded the goalkeeper and rolled in Cameroon's third before half-time. Runner-up at that Africa Cup of Nations and at the 2003 Confederations Cup, he went to the 2010 World Cup with Cameroon and scored eight goals in Toulouse's best ever Ligue 1 season, third in 2006-07.
CAM2003–
Achille Emana Toulouse, Real Betis BalompiéAlex Song slid a ball through the Zambia defence in Kumasi on 26 January 2008, and Emana ran onto it, rounded the goalkeeper and rolled in Cameroon's third before half-time. Runner-up at that Africa Cup of Nations and at the 2003 Confederations Cup, he went to the 2010 World Cup with Cameroon and scored eight goals in Toulouse's best ever Ligue 1 season, third in 2006-07.
CAM2003–
19
AK
André Kana-Biyik 42 caps (Cameroon) · Diamant Yaoundé, FC MetzSent off at the San Siro on 8 June 1990 for hauling down Caniggia, he was off the field five minutes later when his brother François Omam-Biyik headed the winner against Maradona's Argentina in the tournament's opening match.
CB1986–1994
20
BA
Benoît Assou-Ekotto 23 caps (Cameroon) · Lens, Tottenham HotspurIn a 2010 Guardian interview he said he played for the wage and often arrived at White Hart Lane knowing little about the opponent. He then started every match of Tottenham's run to the 2011 Champions League quarter-finals, made 155 Premier League appearances in nine seasons at the club, played the 2009 League Cup final, and went to two World Cups with Cameroon.
LB2009–2014
21
CM
Cyril Makanaky 14 caps (Cameroon) · 3 goals · Gazélec Ajaccio, CD MálagaCasablanca had 45,000 in the ground on 23 March 1988 and Makanaky silenced them in the 78th minute, the only goal of the semi-final, which put the hosts out and Cameroon into the final.
CAM1987–1993
22
Jean II Makoun 68 caps (Cameroon) · 5 goals · Lille OSC, Olympique LyonnaisTwo minutes into the second half on 16 February 2010, Makoun picked the ball up deep, ran at a retreating Real Madrid defence and dipped his shot over Iker Casillas to win it 1-0 for Lyon.
CM2003–2014
Jean II Makoun 68 caps (Cameroon) · 5 goals · Lille OSC, Olympique LyonnaisTwo minutes into the second half on 16 February 2010, Makoun picked the ball up deep, ran at a retreating Real Madrid defence and dipped his shot over Iker Casillas to win it 1-0 for Lyon.
CM2003–2014
23
Karl Toko Ekambi Paris, FC Sochaux-MontbéliardAt Japoma Stadium on 29 January 2022 he headed in Collins Fai's cross and then ran onto Martin Hongla's low ball, scoring both goals as the host nation put Gambia out of the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final.
LM2015–
Karl Toko Ekambi Paris, FC Sochaux-MontbéliardAt Japoma Stadium on 29 January 2022 he headed in Collins Fai's cross and then ran onto Martin Hongla's low ball, scoring both goals as the host nation put Gambia out of the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final.
LM2015–
24
MM
Modeste M'Bami 38 caps (Cameroon) · 3 goals · CS Sedan Ardennes, Paris Saint-GermainIn the 113th minute of the Sydney 2000 quarter-final against Brazil, M'Bami found the corner from 18 yards, and under the golden goal rule the match ended there.
CM2000–2009
26
SO
Salomon Olembé 64 caps (Cameroon) · 5 goals · FC Nantes, Leeds UnitedTwo first-half goals in Bamako on 7 February 2002, the second in stoppage time, knocked hosts Mali out of their own semi-final and carried Cameroon into a final they won on penalties against Senegal.
LM1997–2007
27
AC
Aurélien Chedjou 49 caps (Cameroon) · Pau FC, AuxerreAlongside Adil Rami he formed the centre of the Lille defence that conceded 24 goals in 2010/11, which is how a club that had not won the French league since 1954 won it again.
CB2009–2016
28
PW
Pierre Webó 58 caps (Cameroon) · 19 goals · Real Banjul, NacionalWebó scored all three Cameroon goals in Abidjan on 4 September 2005, the last of them in the 85th minute, and Ivory Coast lost a World Cup qualifier 3-2 at home.
ST2003–2014
29
RK
Raymond Kalla 66 caps (Cameroon) · Panachaiki, CF ExtremaduraHe was nineteen at the 1994 World Cup and played every minute of Cameroon's three group games, against Sweden, Brazil and Russia, holding the back line together after seventeen-year-old Rigobert Song was sent off at Stanford.
CB1994–2006
30
Christian Bassogog Wilmington Hammerheads, AaB FodboldCameroon's whole bench ran onto the pitch at Franceville in February 2017 after Bassogog broke clear in stoppage time and finished the semi-final against Ghana at 2-0.
RM
Christian Bassogog Wilmington Hammerheads, AaB FodboldCameroon's whole bench ran onto the pitch at Franceville in February 2017 after Bassogog broke clear in stoppage time and finished the semi-final against Ghana at 2-0.Career sources
Identity and career · Wikidata Q21005000
31
Éric Djemba-Djemba Qatar SC, Odense BoldklubA looping finish in the 117th minute at Elland Road on 28 October 2003 put Manchester United through a League Cup tie against Leeds 3-2.
CM2001–2012
Éric Djemba-Djemba Qatar SC, Odense BoldklubA looping finish in the 117th minute at Elland Road on 28 October 2003 put Manchester United through a League Cup tie against Leeds 3-2.
CM2001–2012
32
Eyong Enoh Mağusa Türk Gücü S.K., Cape Town SpursThe play-off that took Cameroon to Brazil was settled in Yaoundé on 17 November 2013, and he played all ninety minutes of the 4-1 win over Tunisia in front of his own crowd.
CDM2009–
Eyong Enoh Mağusa Türk Gücü S.K., Cape Town SpursThe play-off that took Cameroon to Brazil was settled in Yaoundé on 17 November 2013, and he played all ninety minutes of the 4-1 win over Tunisia in front of his own crowd.
CDM2009–
33
Moumi Ngamaleu Coton Sport FC de GarouaOn a September night in Bern in 2021, Ngamaleu levelled against Manchester United in the 66th minute, and Young Boys went on to win 2-1 in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
RM2016–
Moumi Ngamaleu Coton Sport FC de GarouaOn a September night in Bern in 2021, Ngamaleu levelled against Manchester United in the 66th minute, and Young Boys went on to win 2-1 in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
RM2016–
About this XI
Samuel Eto'o tops Cameroon's all-time pool, ahead of Roger Milla and Thomas N'Kono. The 33 covers 3 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 14 midfielders and 6 forwards, with sourced senior international careers spanning the 1970s to the 2020s. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then explore the careers and settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.
Who is the greatest Cameroon footballer of all time?
The editorial collection starts with Samuel Eto'o. Its first five careers: Samuel Eto'o, Roger Milla, Thomas N'Kono, Joseph-Antoine Bell, Patrick Mboma. The people's ranking on this page moves with every duel vote and can disagree.
How were these 33 Cameroon players chosen?
The collection covers every position across Cameroon's football history. Honours, international records and career achievements inform the editorial order. Each entry opens a career note and its sources. Fan votes in the duels build a separate ranking.
Where can I read about the careers?
Open a player page from the collection to read the career scene, club record and recorded honours. The source links show where the available records come from.
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