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Samuel Eto'o 118 caps · 56 goals · FC Barcelona, Inter Milan · Golden Foot 2015Thiago 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. His list runs to AFCON titles in 2000 and 2002, Olympic gold the same year, three Champions Leagues, the only back-to-back treble won at two different clubs, a record 18 AFCON goals and four African Footballer of the Year awards.
ST2000–10
Rigobert Song 137 caps · FC Metz, R.C. LensSent 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.
CB1994–2002
Vincent Aboubakar 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. That goal gave Cameroon a fifth Africa Cup of Nations and their first since 2002, and five years later Aboubakar took the Golden Boot at the 2021 edition with eight goals, the most at a single tournament since 1974.
ST1974–2021
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Nicolas Nkoulou 83 caps · AS Monaco, Olympique de MarseilleA substitute in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations final, he headed in Moukandjo's cross on 59 minutes to level against Egypt, before Aboubakar won it in the 88th minute. It gave Cameroon a fifth continental title, and it sits alongside the captaincy he was handed in 2012, appearances at the 2010, 2014 and 2022 World Cups, the 2011-12 Coupe de la Ligue with Marseille, and two selections in the Ligue 1 team of the year.
CB2010–22
83
Stéphane Mbia 68 caps · 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. It carried them to the first of two straight Europa League titles he won there, on top of Ligue 1 in 2010 and three Coupes de la Ligue with Marseille, 68 Cameroon caps, and the captain's armband at the 2014 World Cup.
CDM2010–14
82
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.
CAM2003–10
82
Jean II Makoun 68 caps · 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. He played 68 times for Cameroon and scored ten, finished runner-up at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, won the Greek league and cup with Olympiacos in 2012, and lifted the Intertoto Cup with Lille in 2004.
CM2004–12
82
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. He was in the Cameroon squad that lifted the 2017 title, took third place in 2021, won the Prix Marc-Vivien Foé as the best African player in Ligue 1 in 2018, and scored 30 goals in three seasons at Lyon.
LM2017–22
81
Aurélien Chedjou 49 caps · Lille OSC, Galatasaray S.K.Alongside 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. That title came with the Coupe de France for a double, and at Galatasaray he added the 2015 Süper Lig and three straight Turkish Cups from 2014 to 2016, before finishing with 49 caps and two World Cups for Cameroon.
CB1954–2016
80
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. He was voted the best player of that Africa Cup of Nations, won by beating Egypt in the final, and he added third place at the 2021 edition and the Chinese FA Cup with Shanghai Shenhua in 2023.
RM2017–23
80
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. Djemba-Djemba had won the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations with Cameroon at 20, reached the 2003 Confederations Cup final, and in his first season at Old Trafford collected the FA Cup and the Community Shield he made his debut in.
CM2002–03
80
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. The first Cameroonian to play for Ajax, he won the Eredivisie in 2011 and 2012 and the KNVB Cup in 2010, added the Belgian Cup with Standard Liège in 2016, and finished with 51 caps and two World Cups.
CDM2010–16
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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. Four Swiss titles in a row came with that team between 2018 and 2021, plus the 2020 Swiss Cup, and he was in the Cameroon side that finished third at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil.
RM2018–21
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. Samuel Eto'o leads the pool at 93 overall. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.