Cameroon against Cameroon. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Cameroon · 1997–2002 · SS
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.
Cameroon · 1979–88 · GK
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.
The almanac puts Thomas N'Kono ahead by 1 rating point, 89 against 88.
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