Roger Milla
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{{Football player infobox| playername= Roger Milla
| image =
| fullname = Albert Roger Mooh Miller
| nickname = none
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1952|5|20}}
| cityofbirth = [[Yaoundé]]
| countryofbirth = [[Cameroon]]
| height = 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
| currentclub = Retired
| position = [[striker|Forward]]
| youthyears =
| youthclubs =
| years = 1965–1970</br>1971–1974</br>1974–1977</br>1977–1979</br>1979–1980</br>1980–1984</br></br>1984–1986</br></br>1986–1989</br>1989–1990</br>1990–1994</br>1994–1996</br>
| clubs = [[Eclair de Douala]]</br>[[Léopard de Douala]]</br>[[Tonnerre Yaoundé]]</br>[[Valenciennes FC|Valenciennes]]</br>[[AS Monaco]]</br>[[SC Bastia|Bastia]]</br></br>[[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]</br></br>[[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]</br>[[JS Saint-Pierroise]] </br> [[Tonnerre Yaoundé]] </br> [[Pelita Jaya]] </br> '''Total'''
| caps(goals) = {{0}}61 {{0}}{{0}}(6)</br>117 {{0}}(89)</br>{{0}}87 {{0}}(69)</br>{{0}}28 {{0}}{{0}}(6)</br>{{0}}17 {{0}}{{0}}(2)</br>113 {{0}}(35)</br>{{0}}59 {{0}}(31)</br>{{0}}95 {{0}}(37)</br>{{0}}{{0}}- {{0}}{{0}}(-)</br>{{0}}{{0}}- {{0}}{{0}}(-)</br>{{0}}{{0}}- {{0}}{{0}}(-)</br>'''577 (275)'''
| nationalyears = 1978–1994
| nationalteam = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = 102 {{0}}(28)
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'''Roger Milla''' (born '''Albert Roger Mooh Miller''', [[May 20]], [[1952]]) is a [[Cameroon]]ian former [[football (soccer)|football]] [[striker|forward]]. He was one of the first [[Africa]]n players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]] for the [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon national team]]. He achieved international stardom at 38 years old, an age at which most footballers have retired, by scoring four goals at the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]] and helping the Cameroon team reach quarterfinals. He was named one of the 125 greatest living football players in 2004 by the legendary Brazilian football player [[Pelé]].
==Club career==
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 another Douala club.
In [[1976]], by which time he had moved to [[Tonnerre Yaoundé]], he was awarded the [[African Footballer of the Year]] award.
In [[1977]], he was lured to Europe by the [[France|French]] club [[Valenciennes FC|Valenciennes]]. However, he was kept on the reserves for two years. In [[1979]], he joined [[AS Monaco FC|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 [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Etienne]] in [[1984]]; he then starred for [[Montpellier Hérault SC|Montpellier]] from [[1986]] to [[1989]], and became a member of the club's coaching staff after retiring from French football.
==Career statistics==
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|-
|1968-69||rowspan="2"|[[Eclair de Douala]]||||||||||||||
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|1969-70||||||||||||||
|-
|1970-71||rowspan="4"|[[Léopard de Douala]]||||29||25||||||||
|-
|1971-72||||30||20||||||||
|-
|1972-73||||28||19||||||||
|-
|1973-74||||30||25||||||||
|-
|1974-75||rowspan="3"|[[Tonnerre Yaoundé]]||||29||23||||||||
|-
|1975-76||||28||26||||||||
|-
|1976-77||||30||20||||||||
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|-
|[[French football Division 1 1977-78|1977-78]]||rowspan="2"|[[Valenciennes FC|Valenciennes]]||rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]||0||0||||||||
|-
|[[French football Division 1 1978-79|1978-79]]||27||6||||||||
|-
|[[French football Division 1 1979-80|1979-80]]||[[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]||[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]||16||2||||||||
|-
|[[French football Division 1 1980-81|1980-81]]||rowspan="4"|[[SC Bastia|Bastia]]||rowspan="4"|[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]||30||9||||||||
|-
|[[French football Division 1 1981-82|1981-82]]||23||8||||||||
|-
|[[French football Division 1 1982-83|1982-83]]||29||13||||||||
|-
|[[French football Division 1 1983-84|1983-84]]||31||5||||||||
|-
|1984-85||rowspan="2"|[[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]||rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 2|Division 2]]||31||22||||||||
|-
|1985-86||28||9||||||||
|-
|1986-87||rowspan="3"|[[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]||[[Ligue 2|Division 2]]||33||18||||||||
|-
|[[French football Division 1 1987-88|1987-88]]||rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]||33||12||||||||
|-
|[[French football Division 1 1988-89|1988-89]]||29||7||||||||
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|1989||rowspan="2"|[[JS Saint-Pierroise|Saint-Pierroise]]||||||||||||||
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|1990||||||||||||||
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|-
|1990-91||rowspan="4"|[[Tonnerre Yaoundé]]||||||||||||||
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|1991-92||||||||||||||
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|1992-93||||||||||||||
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|1993-94||||||||||||||
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|1994-95||rowspan="2"|[[Pelita Jaya]]||||||||||||||
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|1995-96||||||||||||||
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{{Football player statistics 4|FRA}}310||111||||||||
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==National team==
While playing in France, he made his first appearance for the [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon national team]] (in [[1978]]). 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]]. He first retired from international football in [[1987]], and eventually moved to [[Réunion]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] for his retirement.
However, in [[1990]], he received a phone call from the President of Cameroon [[Paul Biya]], who pleaded with him to come out of retirement and rejoin the national team. He agreed, and went to [[Italy]] with the ''Indomitable Lions'' for the [[Football World Cup 1990|1990 World Cup]].
===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 post that has become a popular [[goal celebration]] ever since. Two of his goals came against [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in Cameroon's second game, and two more came in extra time against [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] in the last 16 to carry Cameroon to the quarter-finals – the furthest an African team has ever advanced at the World Cup ([[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] matched this feat in [[2002]]). In the quarter-final match against England, Milla confirmed his super-sub legend, entering in the second half with Cameroon trailing 1-0 and setting up a brilliant goal and drawing a penalty shot to give Cameroon the lead before eventually losing.
===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. Cameroon were knocked out in the group stages; however, Milla scored a goal against [[Russia national football team|Russia]], breaking his own record as the [[FIFA World Cup records|oldest goalscorer]] in a World Cup tournament.
==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.
== Best African Player of the Last Fifty Years ==
In 2006, Milla was chosen for best African player of the last fifty years, ending up before El Khatib and Hassan. The election was held by the CAF, the African football association.
== References ==
* {{de icon}} [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=1784 Weltfußball]
* [http://www.soccernetusa.com/roger_milla.htm Worldwide soccer information]
* [http://www.clubgh.com/showart.asp?cat=6&art=1213 Best African Player in The Past Fifty Years]
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