Cameroon World Cup Team Blog

Cameroon v Egypt

Chris — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:04:12 +0000

(Apologies for the delay. Intentions are only as good as the time allowed to accomplish them.)

Tomorrow kicks off the African Cup O’ Nations for the Indomitable Lions when they’re given the unenviable task of opening play against the defending champions, Egypt. The Lions go into the game headstrong, buoyed by the presence of (recently) oft-injured Samuel Eto’o. If recent club form is any indication, the Lions are in optimal hands, as Papa Eto’o has scored 6 goals in his last 6 games, including 2 braces. In short: he’s en fuego. You could say that he’s peaking, but that’d be grossly misleading. He’s just that good.
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The Lions: Provisional Roster

Chris — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:35:22 +0000

I meant to release the roster, until I realzied it still hasn’t been whittled down to the 23-man final version from the 27 man not-so-final version, and as soon as that happens, we can get down to business - although a couple of these names seem likely to the first to the chopping block. So for now, here’s the provisional roster (Copied directly from wikipedia, of course):

Goalkeepers:
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
GK Souleymanou Hamidou 22 November 1973 40 0 Flag of Turkey Denizlispor
GK Idriss Carlos Kameni 18 February 1984 27 0 Flag of Spain RCD Espanyol
GK Pierre Ebede 9 February 1980 0 0 Flag of France FC Metz
GK Janvier Charles Mbarga 27 September 1985 0 0 Flag of Cameroon Canon Yaoundé

Defenders:
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
DF Rigobert Song 1 July 1976 103 3 Flag of Turkey Galatasaray
DF Thimothée Atouba 17 February 1982 20 0 Flag of Germany Hamburger SV
DF Geremi 20 December 1978 60 6 Flag of England Newcastle United
DF Andre Bikey 8 January 1985 10 1 Flag of England Reading
DF Eric Matoukou 8 July 1983 Flag of Belgium K.R.C. Genk
DF Gilles Augustin Binya 29 August 1984 8 1 Flag of Portugal Benfica
DF Enam Alexis 25 October 1986 Flag of Tunisia Club Africain
DF Benoit Angbwa 1 January 1982 Flag of Russia Krylya Sovetov
DF Bill Tchato 14 May 1975 Flag of Qatar Qatar Sports Club

Midfielders:
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
MF Modeste M’Bami 9 October 1982 22 7 Flag of France Olympique Marseille
MF Jean Makoun 29 May 1983 22 7 Flag of France Lille
MF Alain Junior Olle Olle 11 April 1987 0 0 Flag of Uruguay Nacional
MF Alexandre Song 9 September 1987 0 0 Flag of England Arsenal
MF Landry N’Guémo 28 November 1985 2 1 Flag of France AS Nancy
MF Stéphane Mbia 20 May 1986 2 1 Flag of France Stade Rennais
MF Joël Epalle 20 February 1978 20 2 Flag of Germany VfL Bochum
MF Achille Emana 5 June 1982 10 0 Flag of France Toulouse FC
MF Alain Nkong 6 April 1979 21 9 Flag of Mexico Atlante

Strikers:
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
FW Samuel Eto’o 10 March 1981 60 24 Flag of Spain FC Barcelona
FW Bertin Tomou 8 August 1978 11 6 Flag of Belgium Excelsior Mouscron
FW Christian Bekamenga 9 May 1986 0 0 Flag of Indonesia Persib Bandung
FW Joseph-Désiré Job 1 December 1978 22 1 Flag of France OGC Nice
FW Mohammadou Idrissou 8 March 1980 1 0 Flag of Germany MSV Duisburg

The Indomitable Lions

Chris — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:32:41 +0000

Welcome, my name’s Chris and I’m whoring myself out to the Cameroon World Cup Blog for the African Cup of Nations. Why Cameroon? I dunno. Honestly. Though it might very well be the fact that the” Indomitable Lions” is the coolest name for a football team in the history of cool names. You could call it an “experiment” I guess, but there doesn’t seem to be any end result other than, “hey, that was awesome”. And no one can throw themselves onto a bandwagon for the duration of a tournament like I can. So who knows, maybe it’ll go well and it’ll be enough to make me a devoted fan for the long term. (I can tell already I’m going to love this team. Don’t ask why.) I’m stoked. (more…)