Biography of Patrick MBOMA
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Born on 15/11/1970
(format : day/month/year)Biography :Henri Patrick Mboma is a
Cameroonian footballer.
Henri Patrick Mboma Dem
(born November 15, 1970 in Douala, Cameroon) is a former Cameroonian football striker, the all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroonian national team.
He started his domestic football career in 1993, and during his career played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland,Al Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe, before retiring on May 16, 2005.
After first being capped for Cameroon in
1995, Mboma has scored 33 goals in 57 matches. He played in the
1998 and
2002 World Cups, and also led Cameroon to the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, and to victories at the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups. He was named
African Footballer of the Year for his efforts in
2000. His special goal trademark goal-scoring celebration was a two-gun shooting spree with both his hands.
Last update : 07/16/2008
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