Raphael Ebanga-mballa

The Lion's Share: an Almanach of Soccer Success in Cameroon Raphael Ebanga-mballa

The Cameroon Indomitable Lions soccer team has much to be proud of. Touted as the best African soccer team of the twentieth century, ten of its players have won Player of the Year awards. In addition, the team has participated in: Sixty-one Africa Nations Cup games, four of them in the championship gameFive World Cup Soccer ChampionshipsSeventeen World Cup gamesEight Confederations Cup gamesNine Olympic games matchesTwo Afro-Asian Cup gamesPassionate soccer analyst Raphael Ebanga-Mballa recaps all of these accomplishments and more in this fascinating book. With an amazing attention to detail, he shares more than fifty years of success, including discussions on the team's victories and defeats, as well as anecdotes and testimonialsReflecting meticulous research, The Lion's Share also contains an astonishing amount of data on teams and players. Soccer fans will find much to appreciate about Cameroon's leading team, including greats such as Roger Milla, Thomas Nkono, and Samuel Eto'o. The Lion's Share is a moving tribute to Africa's most successful soccer team, a perfect companion for fans and players alike.