Roger Milla 426859 225006133 2008-07-11T12:36:47Z LatitudeBot 6771835 robot Modifying: [[ru:Милла, Роже]] {{Expand|date=January 2007}} {{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&ndash;1970</br>1971&ndash;1974</br>1974&ndash;1977</br>1977&ndash;1979</br>1979&ndash;1980</br>1980&ndash;1984</br></br>1984&ndash;1986</br></br>1986&ndash;1989</br>1989&ndash;1990</br>1990&ndash;1994</br>1994&ndash;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&ndash;1994 | nationalteam = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] | nationalcaps(goals) = 102 {{0}}(28) |pcupdate = |ntupdate = }} '''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== {{Football player statistics 1|NN}} {{Football player statistics 2|CMR|NN}} |- |1968-69||rowspan="2"|[[Eclair de Douala]]|||||||||||||| |- |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|||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|FRA|NN}} |- |[[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|||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|Réunion|NN}} |- |1989||rowspan="2"|[[JS Saint-Pierroise|Saint-Pierroise]]|||||||||||||| |- |1990|||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|CMR|NN}} |- |1990-91||rowspan="4"|[[Tonnerre Yaoundé]]|||||||||||||| |- |1991-92|||||||||||||| |- |1992-93|||||||||||||| |- |1993-94|||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 2|IDN|NN}} |- |1994-95||rowspan="2"|[[Pelita Jaya]]|||||||||||||| |- |1995-96|||||||||||||| {{Football player statistics 3|4|CMR}}|||||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|FRA}}310||111|||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|Réunion}}|||||||||| {{Football player statistics 4|IDN}}|||||||||| {{Football player statistics 5}}|||||||||| |} ==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 &ndash; 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] {{start box}} {{s-awards}} {{succession box|title=[[African Footballer of the Year]]|before={{flagicon|MAR}} [[Ahmed Faras]]|after={{flagicon|TUN}} [[Tarak Dhiab]]|years=1976}} {{succession box|title=[[African Footballer of the Year]]|before={{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]|after={{flagicon|GHA}} [[Abédi Pelé]]|years=1990}} {{end box}} {{Cameroon Squad 1982 World Cup}} {{Cameroon Squad 1990 World Cup}} {{Cameroon Squad 1994 World Cup}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Milla, Roger}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:FIFA 100]] [[Category:Cameroonian footballers]] [[Category:AS Monaco FC players]] [[Category:SC Bastia players]] [[Category:AS Saint-Étienne players]] [[Category:Expatriate footballers in France]] [[Category:Montpellier HSC players]] [[Category:Valenciennes FC players]] [[Category:Cameroon international footballers]] [[Category:Olympic footballers of Cameroon]] [[Category:Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players]] [[Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players]] [[Category:1994 FIFA World Cup players]] [[Category:FIFA Century Club]] [[Category:African Footballers of the Year]] [[ar:روجيه ميلا]] [[bg:Роже Мила]] [[ca:Roger Milla]] [[de:Roger Milla]] [[es:Roger Milla]] [[fr:Roger Milla]] [[it:Roger Milla]] [[he:רוז'ה מילה]] [[nl:Roger Milla]] [[ja:ロジェ・ミラ]] [[no:Roger Milla]] [[pl:Roger Milla]] [[pt:Roger Milla]] [[ru:Милла, Роже]] [[fi:Roger Milla]] [[sv:Roger Milla]] [[th:โรเจอร์ มิลลา]] [[vi:Roger Milla]] [[tr:Roger Milla]] [[zh:羅傑·米拉]] [[sk:Roger Milla]]