var teamInfo={"38882684D19FD665":"Cameroon","76505AA7FEAE524629F3119E5AE1B881":"Case postale 1116, YAOUND\u00e9","A98A68DC04206563":"<P><STRONG>First international<BR><\/STRONG>Belgian Congo 3&#8211;2 Cameroon (Belgian Congo; September 1956)<BR><BR><STRONG>Biggest win<BR><\/STRONG>Cameroon 9&#8211;0 Chad (DR Congo; April 1965)<BR><BR><STRONG>Biggest defeat<BR><\/STRONG>Norway 6-1 Cameroon (Oslo, Norway; 31 October 1990)<BR>Russia 6&#8211;1 Cameroon (Palo Alto, California, USA; 28 June 1994)<BR>Costa Rica 5&#8211;0 Cameroon (San Jos&#233;, Costa Rica; 9 March 1997)<BR><BR><STRONG>World Cup<BR><\/STRONG>Appearances: 8 (first in 1982)<BR>Best result: Quarter-finals (1990)<BR><BR><STRONG>Africa Cup of Nations<BR><\/STRONG>Appearances: 20 (first in 1970)<BR>Best result&nbsp;: Champions (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017)<BR><BR><STRONG>African Nations Championship<BR><\/STRONG>Appearances: 4 (first in 2011)<BR>Best result: Fourth place (2020)<BR><BR><STRONG>FIFA Confederations Cup<BR><\/STRONG>Appearances: 3 (first in 2001)<BR>Best result: Runners-up (2003)<BR><BR><STRONG>Most caps<BR><\/STRONG>Rigobert Song (137)<BR><BR><STRONG>Top scorer<BR><\/STRONG>Samuel Eto&#39;o (56)<\/P>","10F46377A2D9EE76FE37CF1F7D8CD961E656BCF9304C68C6":"1959","6EB6F6F47FE792764A0F2C28812F2AC0":"Cameroon(U23)","781CC09C30E6A152":"1","0108B3B67855A673":"329","B9284411187FEFF20D941F8E3FDF6E1E":"Cameroon","5D5D4DE02E331F86809BABE1DE910881":"Cameroon","0192D11C6FFC52B1FA5A279107C4769C":"Rigobert Song Bahanag","5B70C105C09228B419825F9D2D3BB765":"<P>Rigobert Song Bahanag (born 1 July 1976) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who is the current manager of the Cameroon national team.<BR><BR>Known for his defensive skills, Song usually played as a centre back but could also operate at right back. Internationally, he played at a record eight Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and served as captain in five (the ones he was not captain for were South Africa 1996, Burkina Faso 1998 and Angola 2010), a record, and holds the record of most consecutive games played in the tournament with 35 first team games. He has won two CAF Africa Cup of Nations titles in 2000 and 2002. In 2009, Song was dropped as Cameroon skipper by new coach Paul Le Guen, who eventually appointed Samuel Eto&#39;o as the new captain but later caused concerns as Song had never been on the bench in more than 11 years for Cameroon. With 137 appearances, Song also holds the record of the most capped player in the history of the Cameroon national team and has played in four World Cups, in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010.<BR><BR>Song started his professional career with Metz and helped the club to win the Coupe de la Ligue in 1996. After appearing at the 1998 World Cup, he joined Salernitana, newly promoted to the top-flight Italian Serie A. In January 1999, he left Italy to start successive stints with Liverpool, West Ham United and 1. FC Koln, but after failing to hold down a first-team place, he returned to France to play for Lens. He stayed there until 2004 and moved on to Turkey, where he spent four years with Galatasaray, winning two S&#252;per Lig titles and the Turkish Cup. Song then signed a contract with Trabzonspor in 2008, where he won another Turkish Cup and stayed until 2010.<BR><BR>Aside from Zinedine Zidane, Song is the only player to have been sent off in two different World Cups, once against Brazil in 1994 and against Chile in 1998. He also holds the record as youngest player ever to be sent off in a World Cup, aged 17.<BR><BR>Nicknamed &quot;Big Chief&quot; by the Turkish fans, he is the uncle of fellow Cameroon defensive midfielder Alex Song.<\/P>","AB7F89FECD1635E88F612521E9058068":"60000","989AD94B51E25F0B":"278","A20449E387E65FAD0B1A86B77F820411":"2022-3-1","473E4F49EDE372FCCD98814B96C64159":"","64CC7FC06580777C":"Rigobert Song Bahanag","406113B88EA1E6CB":"1","F3825434658EC407":"","64A2290C09C50CF35B7DBD9C8F3A2F5E":"76kg","798114606EDBEE4E25243C6C8C1B5714":"Cameroon(U23),Chad","39EE935EB0ECE6E5":"26.37","5BAF7C8A60756B5496BBA4CBC6C0BED8DD63717CA1BB6492":"1","5F7B7520852B84068F743240139E0997":"<P><STRONG>FIFA Confederations Cup<BR><\/STRONG>Runners-up (1): 2003<BR><BR><STRONG>Africa Cup of Nations<BR><\/STRONG>Winners (5): 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017<BR>Runners-up (2): 1986, 2008<BR>Third place (2): 1972, 2021<\/P>","691614162C53789F7BF95A6EBC086644":"183cm","784C7E93CE11DD2A5DB4877325546098":"1976-7-1","C12329A43735BD683D9F19F4C632272A":"Cameroon","ED1B32E089DA5A802C3D6EB75016A1DA":"<P>The Cameroon national football team represents Cameroon in men&#39;s international football. It is controlled by the Federation Camerounaise de Football, a member of FIFA and its African confederation CAF.<BR><BR>The team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup eight times, more than any other African team, and four times in a row between 1990 and 2002. However, the team has only made it out of the group stage once. They were the first African team to reach the quarter-final of the World Cup in 1990, losing to England in extra time. They have also won five Africa Cup of Nations and Olympic gold in 2000.<\/P>","CC482DEE81E43A3D":"http:\/\/fecafoot-officiel.com\/","02EB7DF46653B329":"Cameroon","E917916C02D12AF6D7EA48F7303A1362":"<P><STRONG><U>CLUB<\/U><BR><BR>Metz<\/STRONG><BR>Coupe de la Ligue: 1995&#8211;96<BR><BR><STRONG>Liverpool<\/STRONG><BR>UEFA Cup: 2000&#8211;01<BR><BR><STRONG>Galatasaray<\/STRONG><BR>Super Lig: 2005&#8211;06, 2007&#8211;08<BR>Turkish Cup: 2004&#8211;05<BR><BR><STRONG>Trabzonspor<\/STRONG><BR>Turkish Cup: 2009&#8211;10<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INTERNATIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Cameroon<\/STRONG><BR>African Cup of Nations: 2000, 2002; runner-up: 2008<BR>Confederations Cup runner-up: 2003<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>IFFHS All-time Africa Men&#39;s Dream Team: <BR><\/STRONG>2021<\/P>","5BAF7C8A60756B540D834B0A0F0B7C9C":"0","94A63A88C13097EB":"Yaounde","D649C50F893C14D0":"","9B2CF1B8E224CFD097332B024E65EDED":"62","e_index":8};