Roger Milla
Milla in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Roger Mooh Miller | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965–1970 | Eclair de Douala | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1974 | Léopards 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 | ||
| 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 | 63 | (37) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2007 | Montpellier (Coach Staff) | ||
| 2007–2011 | Tonnerre | ||
| 2011–2012 | Tonnerre (Director of football) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Albert Roger Mooh Miller (born 20 May 1952), commonly known as Roger Milla, is a retired Cameroonian footballer who played as a striker. 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.
He achieved international stardom at 38 years old, an age at which most forward-playing footballers have retired, by scoring four goals at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He helped Cameroon become the first African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Four years later, at the age of 42, he became the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history by scoring against Russia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
He is also remembered for his trademark goal celebration of running to the corner flag and performing a dance. In the years that have followed, he has been recognised as a pioneer of the many unconventional and imaginative goal celebrations seen since then. He was named one of the 125 greatest living football players in 2004 by Brazilian football player Pelé. In 2007, he was named by the Confederation of African Football as the best African player of the previous 50 years.
Born in the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé, he moved constantly as a child because of his father's railroad job. He signed for his first club in Douala as a 13-year-old. At 18, he won his first league championship with Léopards Douala.
In 1976, by which time he had moved to Tonnerre Yaoundé, he was named African Footballer of the Year.
In 1977, he was lured to Europe by the French club Valenciennes. However, he was kept on the reserves for two years. In 1979, he joined AS Monaco, but shuttled between the reserves' bench and the injury list. The next year, he joined Bastia, but still did not flourish. He finally found stardom at Saint-Etienne in 1984; 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.
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