Patrick Mboma

Henri Patrick Mboma Dem was born November 15, 1970 in Douala, Cameroon. When he was two years old he moved with his family to France. He 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.

Patrick Mboma led the “Indomitable Lions” of Cameroon to victory in the African Nations’ Cup. In the Sydney Olimpics Cameroon were considered outsiders and they attracted little attention winning against Kuwait and tying with the U.S and the Czech Republic. It was in the quarterfinals when the team started to be noticed, and when Patrick Mboma started scoring critical goals. The Team was able to earn the Olympic championship in Sydney.
 
Patrick MbomaAfter first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, Mboma has scored 33 goals in 57 matches. He had the opportunity of playing 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.