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Albert Roger Miller (born 20 May 1952), known as Roger Milla, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was one of the first African players to be major stars on the international stage. He played in three World Cups for the Cameroon national team.

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Roger Milla

Milla in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Albert Roger Miller[1]
Date of birth	(1952-05-20) 20 May 1952 (age 70)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1965–1967	Eclair de Douala
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1970	Eclair de Douala
1970–1974	Léopard Douala	116	(89)
1974–1977	Tonnerre	87	(69)
1977–1979	Valenciennes	28	(6)
1979–1980	Monaco	17	(2)
1980–1984	Bastia	113	(35)
1984–1986	Saint-Étienne	59	(31)
1986–1989	Montpellier	95	(37)
1989–1990	Saint-Pierroise	23	(8)
1990–1994	Tonnerre	116	(89)
1994–1995	Pelita Jaya	23	(23)
1995–1996	Putra Samarinda	12	(18)
Total		666	(405)
National team
1973–1994	Cameroon	77	(43)
Teams managed
2001–2007	Montpellier (Coach Staff)
2007–2011	Tonnerre
2011–2012	Tonnerre (Director of football)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He achieved international stardom at 38 years old, an age at which most forwards have retired, by scoring four goals at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and thus becoming the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history. He helped Cameroon become the first African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Four years later, at the age of 42, Milla broke his own record as the oldest goalscorer in World Cup by scoring against Russia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Milla is also remembered for his trademark goal celebration of running to the corner flag and performing a dance.[3] In the years that have followed, he has been recognised as a pioneer of the many unconventional and imaginative goal celebrations seen since then. In 2004 he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.[2] In 2007, the Confederation of African Football named Milla the best African player of the previous 50 years.[4]

Club career

Early years

Milla's father worked for the railways and the family moved to Douala when he was 11.[5]

He made his debut for Eclair de Douala at the age of 15, in the Cameroonian second division.[5] Two years later, aged 17, he became the Cameroonian schools high jump champion.[5]

He then played for Léopard Douala,[5] and later Tonnerre Yaoundé.[6]

Moving to France

In 1977, he was lured to Europe by the French club Valenciennes. There he scored 6 goals in 28 league games over two seasons. In 1979 he joined AS Monaco scoring twice in 17 league games in one season.^{[citation needed]}

The next year, he joined Bastia where he scored 35 goals in 113 league appearances for the first team. He next moved to Saint-Etienne in 1984 scoring 31 times in 59 league games. He then starred for Montpellier from 1986 to 1989, where he later went on to become a member of the club's coaching staff after retiring from French football.^{[citation needed]}

Later years

After leaving France in 1987 Milla moved to Réunion in the Indian Ocean where he played for JS Saint-Pierroise. He then returned to Tonnerre in Cameroon for four seasons. He closed out his playing days with two clubs in Indonesia from after the 1994 World Cup to 1996.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Milla was capped 77 times for the national team, scoring 43 goals.[7] Milla made his first appearance for Cameroon in 1973 versus Zaire in a World Cup qualifier.[8] He was a member of Cameroon's team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, having a goal disallowed against Peru in their first match. Cameroon went out with three draws from their three first-round games. Two years later, he was part of the squad competing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.^{[citation needed]}

In 1988, at the age of 36, Milla celebrated his early retirement from international football with a jubilee in Cameroon.[9] However, in 1990, he received a phone call from the President of Cameroon Paul Biya, who pleaded with him to come out of international retirement and rejoin the national team. He agreed, and went to Italy with the Indomitable Lions for the 1990 World Cup, where he would cause a sensation.^{[citation needed]}

1990 World Cup

38-year-old Milla emerged as one of the tournament's major stars. He scored four goals in Italy, celebrating each one with a dance around the corner flag that has become a popular goal celebration ever since. Two of his goals came against Romania in Cameroon's second game, and two more came in extra time against Colombia in the last 16 to carry Cameroon to the quarter-finals, the furthest an African team had ever advanced at the World Cup (Senegal matched this feat in 2002, as did Ghana in 2010). In the quarter-final match against England, Milla confirmed his super-sub legend by entering in the second half with Cameroon trailing 1–0 and drawing a penalty and then setting up a goal for Ekeke to give Cameroon a 2–1 lead, before England later scored two penalties, to win 3–2 after extra time. Due to his performances in Italy, he was once again named African Footballer of the Year.^{[citation needed]}

His second goal celebration against Colombia became iconic across the world, and was used by Coca Cola as seen in ads like the 2010 World Cup Coca-Cola advertisement.[10]

1994 World Cup

Milla returned to the 1994 FIFA World Cup at the age of 42, being the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup until the 2014 tournament when Colombia's Faryd Mondragón entered in a group stage match versus Japan being 43 years and 3 days old, setting a new record. Mondragon's record in turn was beaten by Essam El Hadary in 2018.[11] Cameroon were knocked out in the group stages; however, Milla scored a goal against Russia, setting a record as the oldest goalscorer in a World Cup tournament, breaking the record he had set in 1990.[12] His final international appearance came in a friendly against South Africa in December 1994.[8]

Post-playing career

He is now an itinerant ambassador for African causes. In 2004, he was named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé in conjunction with FIFA's centenary celebrations.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Eclair de Douala	1968–69		28	1
	1969–70		29	5
	Total		57	6
Léopard Douala	1970–71		29	25
	1971–72		30	20
	1972–73		28	19
	1973–74		30	25
	Total		117	89
Tonnerre Yaoundé	1974–75		29	23
	1975–76		28	26
	1976–77		30	20
	Total		87	69
Valenciennes	1977–78	Division 1	0	0
	1978–79		28	6	1	1
	Total		28	6	1	1
Monaco	1979–80	Division 1	17	2	8	3
Bastia	1980–81	Division 1	30	9	9	8
	1981–82		23	8	6	3
	1982–83		29	13	2	0
	1983–84		31	5	3	1
	Total		113	30	20	12
Saint-Étienne	1984–85	Division 2	31	22	8	3
	1985–86		28	9	2	2
	Total		59	31	10	5
Montpellier	1986–87	Division 2	33	18	2	1
	1987–88	Division 1	33	12	4	3
	1988–89		29	7	2	0
	Total		95	37	8	4
Saint-Pierroise	1989
	1990	D1 Pro	23	8
	Total		23	8
Tonnerre Yaoundé	1990–91		29	22
	1991–92		30	19
	1992–93		27	23
	1993–94		30	25
	Total		116	89
Pelita Jaya	1994–95	Premier Division	23	23
Putra Samarinda	1995–96	Premier Division	12	18
Career total			747	413	47	25	794	438

Honours

Léopards Douala

• Cameroon Première Division: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74[2]

Tonnerre Yaoundé

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 1975[2]
• Cameroonian Cup: 1991[2]

Monaco

• Coupe de France: 1979–80[2]

Bastia

• Coupe de France: 1980–81[2]

Montpellier

• Division 2: 1986–87[2]

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations: 1984, 1988[2]

Individual

• African Footballer of the Year: 1976, 1990[2]
• Africa Cup of Nations Best Player: 1986,1988[2]
• African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 1986, 1988[2]
• best scorer of eliminatories of world cup 1982 région africa (5goals).
• FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1990[14]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990[15]
• FIFA 100[2]
• CAF Best African Player of the last 50 years: 2007[2]
• Golden Foot Legends Award: 2014[16]
• IFFHS Legends[17]
• World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time[18]

Orders

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 2006[1]

See also

•  Football in Africa portal

References

External links

• Roger Milla at WorldFootball.net
• Best African Player in The Past Fifty Years

На других языках

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[de] Roger Milla

Albert Roger Mooh Miller[1] (* 20. Mai 1952 in Yaoundé), bekannt als Roger Milla (wahrscheinlich wegen des Rechtschreibfehlers eines Standesbeamten), ist ein ehemaliger kamerunischer Fußballspieler. Er hatte großen Anteil am Einzug seiner Nationalmannschaft ins Viertelfinale der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1990.

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- [en] Roger Milla

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[es] Roger Milla

Roger Milla (nacido en Yaundé, Camerún, el 20 de mayo de 1952) es un exfutbolista camerunés. Jugaba de delantero y pasó gran parte de su carrera jugando en Francia y su país natal. Su último club fue el Pelita Jaya FC de Indonesia.

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[fr] Roger Milla

Albert Roger Mooh Miller (né le 20 mai 1952 à Yaoundé au Cameroun) est un joueur international camerounais de football qui évoluait au poste d'avant-centre.

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[it] Roger Milla

Albert Roger Mooh Miller, meglio noto come Roger Milla (Yaoundé, 20 maggio 1952), è un dirigente sportivo, allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore camerunese, di ruolo attaccante.

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[ru] Милла, Роже

Роже́ Милла́ (фр. Roger Milla; настоящее имя — Альбер Роже Моок Миллер[2][3]; фр. Albert Roger Mooh Miller; род. 20 мая 1952[4][5][6][…], Яунде) — камерунский футболист, нападающий. Дважды признавался лучшим африканским футболистом года (1976 и 1990), включён в список ФИФА 100. Является обладателем рекорда финальных стадий чемпионатов мира — как самый возрастной автор забитого мяча, во время матча Камерун — Россия на чемпионате мира 1994 года ему было 42 года и 1 месяц. Участник трёх чемпионатов мира (1982, 1990 и 1994). Выступал за сборную Камеруна более 20 лет (1973—1994).

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