Roger Milla has been fortunate to play in three World Cups for the Cameroon national team a feat that most football players can only dream of in their careers. His accomplishments came rather late in life as he would at the ripe old age of 38 go on to score four goals in the 1990 world cup, the event that he is most remembered for.
Roger Milla was born in Cameroon’s capital of Yaoundé and was signed by his first club in Douala at the early age of 13. His career would progress well as he would go on to win ‘The African Footballer of the Year’ in 1974. A few years later in 1977 he would be signed by a French Club Valenciennes and would go on to play for several other European clubs like AS Monaco, Bastia, Saint-Etienne, most of them for very short stints. His longest and best tenure was with Saint-Etienne in 1984.
Roger Milla’s name became synonymous with excellence in Africa Soccer. He is most notable for his gyrating hips dance at the corner zone after scoring a goal; a feat he was really prolific at.
No.7 Haile Gebrselassie Country:
Ethiopia Sports: Track and Field
The most dominant distance runner at the beginning of the 21st century Haile Gebrselassie ranks 7th in our rankings of Africa’s Greatest Athletes ever in Africa’s sports history.
Haile Gebrselassie used to run back and forth to school everyday growing up in rural Ethiopia in his home town of Asella in Arsi Province. He had his athletics breakthrough when he won the 5000-metre and 10,000-metre races at the 1992 Junior World Championships in Seoul, and he has been dominant ever since. He has broken 61 Ethiopian National Records ranging from 800 meters to the marathon, and has set over 27 world records and is widely considered one of the greatest distance runners in history. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Gebrselassie tried to become the first male athlete in history to win three straight Olympic gold med- als in the 10,000 metres but alas he will fall short.
Gebrselassie is indisputably one of the greatest distance runners in history. On November 7 2010, he would drop out of the New York City Marathon with an inflamed knee, and then announce his retirement. However a few days later, he posted to his Twitter account that he wants to run in the 2012 London Olympics. It is speculated that he would likely enter politics after retirement.
93
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102