a écrit le 30 décembre 2009 à 14h06 Cameroon went back on the right path, winning their remaining games against Gabon (beating their neighbours twice in four days), Togo and qualifying against Morocco in Fez.
The Coach
Paul Le Guen was appointed in July 2009 after a few weeks of interim coaching at the helm of the national team by local legend Thomas Nkono. He would later on keep Nkono on as the goalkeeper's trainer and his senior assistant. Le Guen only originally signed for a commando-mission type contract of six months, with the clear mission of qualifying the African Vice-champions to the first African Mundial in South Africa.
Before moving to Africa, Paul Le Guen was one of the symbolic defenders in the French league and a legend for Paris Saint-Germain where he was a beloved figure during the glory years, winning a UEFA Cup Winner's Cup in 1996 and playing more than 400 games with the Capitol club.
As a coach, he was quickly successful with Rennes and as the talisman man for Lyon from 2002 to 2005, winning three consecutive titles with the now seven-time champions. That's when he decided to leave because of internal conflicts and his unwillingness to see his work meddled with, feeling untrusted despite three titles under his belt.
His decision to leave Lyon gave him time to rest for a year before taking on Glasgow Rangers, a team where he never managed to get through to his players. Himself a very discreet man, he couldn't understand the Scottish team and he considered them unprofessional. After a year and a half, he was sacked and thus started a lobbying campaign by most of his ex-teammates at Paris, wanting him back there to repeat his success at Lyon.
Le Guen went back to his former team as coach, but the results never created league success with Paris even though he managed to win a Coupe de la Ligue and a Coupe de France against arch-rivals Marseilles. His run at Paris is retrospectively considered as unsuccessful. He won with a team he didn't compose and in a club that changed owners six months into his reign.
Star Player
Idriss Carlos Kameni is, aside from Samuel Eto'o, the best player on the Cameroonian team. Let's be honest, Kameni has never received his props in the European press and might never get the accolades he deserves. But he is potentially the best goalkeeper in Africa (in the great tradition of Thomas Nkono and Joseph-Antoine Bell) and that's nothing new. A very precocious teen, the Espanyol keeper has an impressive trophy case and may need to move away from Barcelona to be credited
The Coach
Paul Le Guen was appointed in July 2009 after a few weeks of interim coaching at the helm of the national team by local legend Thomas Nkono. He would later on keep Nkono on as the goalkeeper's trainer and his senior assistant. Le Guen only originally signed for a commando-mission type contract of six months, with the clear mission of qualifying the African Vice-champions to the first African Mundial in South Africa.
Before moving to Africa, Paul Le Guen was one of the symbolic defenders in the French league and a legend for Paris Saint-Germain where he was a beloved figure during the glory years, winning a UEFA Cup Winner's Cup in 1996 and playing more than 400 games with the Capitol club.
As a coach, he was quickly successful with Rennes and as the talisman man for Lyon from 2002 to 2005, winning three consecutive titles with the now seven-time champions. That's when he decided to leave because of internal conflicts and his unwillingness to see his work meddled with, feeling untrusted despite three titles under his belt.
His decision to leave Lyon gave him time to rest for a year before taking on Glasgow Rangers, a team where he never managed to get through to his players. Himself a very discreet man, he couldn't understand the Scottish team and he considered them unprofessional. After a year and a half, he was sacked and thus started a lobbying campaign by most of his ex-teammates at Paris, wanting him back there to repeat his success at Lyon.
Le Guen went back to his former team as coach, but the results never created league success with Paris even though he managed to win a Coupe de la Ligue and a Coupe de France against arch-rivals Marseilles. His run at Paris is retrospectively considered as unsuccessful. He won with a team he didn't compose and in a club that changed owners six months into his reign.
Star Player
Idriss Carlos Kameni is, aside from Samuel Eto'o, the best player on the Cameroonian team. Let's be honest, Kameni has never received his props in the European press and might never get the accolades he deserves. But he is potentially the best goalkeeper in Africa (in the great tradition of Thomas Nkono and Joseph-Antoine Bell) and that's nothing new. A very precocious teen, the Espanyol keeper has an impressive trophy case and may need to move away from Barcelona to be credited
