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	Patrick Mboma
		Patrick Mboma (born November 15, 1970 in Douala, Cameroon) is a former Cameroonian football striker, the all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroonian national team.
		In his club career that started in 1993, Mboma played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland,Al Itihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe, then retired in May 16, 2005.
		Patrick MbomaAfter first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, Mboma has scored 33 goals in 57 matches.
	www.123football.com /players/m/patrick-mboma/index.htm (159 words)

	Patrick Mboma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (known as Patrick Mboma) (born November 15, 1970 in Duala) is a Cameroonian football striker, the all-time top goalscorer for the Cameroonian national team.
		In his club career that started in 1993, Mboma played for ChÃ¢teauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland, and Tokyo Verdy.
		He played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and also led Cameroon to the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, and to victories at the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patrick_Mboma (151 words)

	2002 FIFA World Cup
		Cameroon's Patrick MBoma is a powerful forward combining aerial strength, unmatched athleticism and a stunning left foot.
		MBoma's personal goal for the World Cup, aside from hoisting the trophy, is to emulate Milla's exploits.
		Voted African Footballer of the Year in 2000, MBoma led Cameroon to an Olympic Gold Medal in 2000 and to victory in the 2002 African Nations Cup staged in Mali, finishing as the tournament's top goal scorer with three goals in four matches.
	cbc.ca /sports/soccer/playerprofile_mboma.html (439 words)

	FC JAPAN
		Patrick, naturally, was very upset and disappointed, as the Cameroon players are like a family and have an extra special bond after the death of teammate Marc-Vivien Foe at the Confederations Cup in June.
		Patrick had been with the Cameroon players the previous week at a benefit match for the family of Foe in Lyon, and he thought that might be the final time he would play with them.
		Mboma feels he still has something to offer Cameroon with his experience and also with his play, and his presence will add some spice to Wednesday's occasion.
	www.fcjapan.co.jp /mail_magazine/news/feature_view.php3?id=307&m=1 (318 words)

	Patrick Mboma
		Patrick Mboma was raised in France and has spent his career playing for numerous European squads.
		Mboma went on to play for Japan’s Gamba Osaka, where he finished top scorer in his first season with 29 goals in 34 matches.
		Mboma joined Parma in the summer of 2000 and was named the 2000 African Player of the Year.
	www.soccergamenight.com /worldcup2002/players/mboma.htm (134 words)

	CAMEROON-INFO.NET :: Mboma’s Re-insertion: Questions Cameroonians fail to ask
		The name Patrick Mboma, high sounding as it is seems to have been dissociated from his real value as a player.
		While Patrick Mboma seems to have recovered, licked his wounds and apologised for past mistakes, Cameroonians on the other hand don’t seem to have learnt anything.
		Patrick Mboma is no fool and knows that the knew philosophy is governed by output and not names.
	www.cameroon-info.net /cmi_show_news.php?id=14026 (903 words)

	Soccer Saints \| Featuring the greatest futbol, futebol, and soccer stars and players, past and present; World Cup ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cameroon's Patrick MBoma is a powerful forward combining aerial strength, unmatched athleticism and a stunning left foot.
		MBoma's personal goal for the World Cup, aside from hoisting the trophy, is to emulate Milla's exploits.
		Voted African Footballer of the Year in 2000, MBoma led Cameroon to an Olympic Gold Medal in 2000 and to victory in the 2002 African Nations Cup staged in Mali, finishing as the tournament's top goal scorer with three goals in four matches.
	www.soccersaints.com /mboma.htm (464 words)

	Eurosoccer.com - News: Premiership, Bundesliga, Serie A, Euro Cups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cameroon and Parma striker Patrick Mboma was voted African Footballer of the year last night in Cairo.
		Parma star Mboma was rewarded for his goalscoring exploits in leading Cameroon to glory in the African Nations Cup at the beginning of the year and in the Sydney Olympics in September, where he scored four goals.
		Mboma was born in Douala in 1970 and grew up in France.
	www.eurosoccer.com /news/00/1202/s6084.html (210 words)

	Cameroon sport au Cameroun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Patrick Mboma: Elle a des moyens assez simples mais aussi draconiens qui pourront aller jusqu'à la suspension soit du club, soit de la fédé libyenne pour les obliger à régler leur dette.
		Patrick Mboma: Je n'ai eu aucun problème avec lui.
		Patrick Mboma: Je dirais qu'une coupe du monde c'est tous les 4 ans et c'est toujours délicat quand un joueur est convalescent à 90 ou 95% de sa forme de savoir si on l'utilise ou si on ne l'utilise pas.
	www.sportaucameroun.net /foot_mboma.html (2188 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| African \| Biya intervenes in Mboma row
		The decision to exclude Mboma from the Nations Cup team has been a source of great worry to fans in Cameroon, who feel it would be unwise to solely depend on the goalscoring form of Samuel Eto'o.
		"Mboma is the only player for now who is sure to score goals, so he has a place in the team," one fan said.
		Mboma has been in the country since 2 January but has kept a low profile, refusing requests from the media for interviews on the controversy.
	newsimg.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/football/africa/3385833.stm (401 words)

	The World Cup from Reuters
		For himself, Mboma won the African Footballer of the Year award for 2000 after a profitable year, which also included a move to the Italian club Parma.
		Mboma scored vital goals for Cameroon in both the Nations Cup and as an over-age player at the Olympics and put the cherry on top of his personal achievements with
		Mboma hails from Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, but only lived there for the first two years of his life.
	about.reuters.com /wc/uk/players/player_Cameroon_Patrick_Mboma.htm (466 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| African Cup of Nations \| Mboma to retire
		Mboma did not make a public statement but told BBC Sport: "I enjoyed the tournament and I think I should stop here with Cameroon.
		Cameroon officials said Mboma had made his decision known to them in the dressing room after their defeat to Nigeria.
		Mboma was originally left out of Winfried Shaefer's squad for the Cup of Nations but was recalled after President Paul Biya intervened.
	newsimg.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/football/africa/3472547.stm (214 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 350 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cameroon striker Patrick Mboma, the 2000 African Footballer of the Year, has bid a fond farewell to Japan where his well-travelled career gathered steam and finally ended with recurring injuries.
		Mboma, who scored 33 goals in 57 matches for the "Indomitable Lions" of Cameroon since his international debut in 1995, has lined up a job to support the country's national team while training himself to become a football agent.
		Mboma ran around the pitch and threw 48 autographed soccer balls in to the stands, the number representing the goals he has scored in 79 J-League matches.
	www.thedailystar.net /2005/05/23/d50523041754.htm (587 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		Born in Cameroon, Patrick Mboma moved with his family to France when he was two years old.
		Mboma scored in the 17th minute to give his team a 1-0 halftime lead.
		Chosen African Footballer of the Year in 2000, Mboma went on to lead Cameroon to victory again in the 2002 African Nations' Cup.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=120737 (323 words)

	Soccer player accuses Italian fans of intolerable racism
		Patrick Mboma, forward for the Parma team in Italy, stated that it would be impossible for him to play on a team in Verona because of fans constant racist attacks
		But, Patrick Mboma, upon hearing the comment, immediately defended the president for telling the truth: "The president of Verona did not do anything other than tell the truth, he said what everybody already knows - that in Verona there exists a serious problem of racism".
		Just a few days later Mboma had replied explicitly to the questions of a journalist whether he would transfer to the team in Verona, that "with the constant boos and racist remarks from the crowd, it would be impossible for me, a person of color, to even attempt to enter on the playing field".
	ilrestodelcarlino.quotidiano.net /art/2001/05/04/1773095 (404 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Sports \| The best of Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Mboma, the 30-year-old forward for Italian club Parma, finished ahead of three compatriots in an unprecedented sweep for the central African country in the annual poll organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
		Mboma was one of the over-age players in the Olympic side, scoring four goals in the tournament.
		Mboma is the fifth Cameroonian to win the award in the 30 years of the poll and the first since Roger Milla in 1990.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2000/511/sp2.htm (537 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Mboma key to dream - Schaefer
		Cameroon coach Winfried Schafer officially buried the hatchet with Patrick Mboma on Thursday by revealing that the veteran striker will be the key man in the Indomitable Lions' march towards a third successive African Nations Cup title.
		Mboma fired a hat-trick in the 5-3 Group C defeat of Zimbabwe to take his total for the tournament to four, and Schafer admitted that Mboma gives his side an extra dimension up front.
		Despite the praise, Mboma, now playing his club football with Japanese side Verdy, refused to take the credit for the win which put Cameroon top of Group C and well on course for the quarterfinals.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/299593.htm (512 words)

	World News Watch: News and Statistics for Cameroon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cameroon striker Patrick Mboma, recalled on Sunday to a provisional squad for the African Nations Cup, has pledged to bring back the trophy from the finals in...
		Patrick Mboma is not in Cameroon`s provisional squad for the Nations Cup.
		Cameroon ace Patrick Mboma looks like missing the 2004 African Cup of Nations after he was omitted from the defending champion's provisional 26-man squad.
	www.world-news-watch.com /news/Cameroon.html (11264 words)

	Mboma magic seals 1-0 win for Cameroon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Mboma, who plays for Italian Serie A club Parma, unleashed a left-footed 35-metre drive to score the only goal of the group C game in the 40th minute.
		Mboma wasted one of his team's only real chances in the first half an hour when he broke clear on the right but fell as he tried to shoot.
		Mboma's goal came just as the Simbas had threatened to take a shock lead, with Shabani Nonda and Newcastle United striker Lomana Treso Lua-Lua both going close from long range.
	community.namibian.com.na /webx?50@218.W0lNayUBes1.0@.135e40d6 (450 words)

	FC JAPAN
		The announcement of the retirement of Patrick Mboma was inevitable, given his long fight against a variety of niggling injuries.
		Mboma did a solid rather than spectacular job, taking over from Edmundo as an experienced leader for the others to follow, but again injuries interrupted his availability.
		Mboma gave a lot to Japanese football, and Japan gave a lot to him too.
	www.fcjapan.co.jp /mail_magazine/news/feature_view.php3?id=528&m=1 (449 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		June 2: Patrick Mboma is a household name in the entire continent of Africa and soccer fraternity worldwide.
		Mboma, the African Player of the Year, is the trump card of Cameroon, as 'the Indomitable Lions' face Asian champions and co-hosts Japan in a must win situation, in the FIFA Confederations Cup later Saturday night at Niigata in Japan.
		Patrick Mboma was the hero of both these triumphs of Cameroon.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Jun01/03/SPO6.html (523 words)

	JICA - Network Vol. 20 - Interview
		Before Patrick Mboma, Japanese knew very little about Cameroon; the country was sometimes referred to as being on the "hinge" of the West African coast.
		Mboma opened the Japanese people's eyes to Cameroon, both with his notable play with a J League soccer club during the 1997-98 season, and with his visit as a part of Cameroon's national soccer team to a tiny Japanese village prior to the FIFA World Cup 2002, co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.
		Mboma at a clubhouse belonging to Tokyo Verdy 1969, his present team, during a brief break from training.
	www.jica.go.jp /english/resources/publications/network/2003/20030708.html (747 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet England: Patrick Mboma
		Mboma, a former African Footballer of the Year, signed for the Black Cats for the remainder of the season.
		Mboma also has an Olympic gold medal to his name after being part of the Cameroon side that triumphed in Sydney two years ago.
		He was a prolific scorer in that tournament with five goals in six and scored one of the decisive penalties in the final as Cameroon won on a shoot-out after extra time.
	www.soccernet.com /england/players/mbomapatrick.html (216 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		In the other match, 33-year-old Mboma, who received a late call-up for the Indomitable Lions, took his tally in the tournament to four goals as Cameroon came from behind to trounce their southern African opponents.
		But Mboma promptly hit two and made another for midfielder Modeste Mbami to put Cameroon firmly in the driving seat, despite Ndlovu scoring from the penalty spot two minutes after the re-start.
		Mboma then completed his hat-trick and Mbami added his second of the afternoon as the Lions ripped Zimbabwe's defence to shreds.
	www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,74039,00.html (546 words)

	BBC SPORT \| AFRICANS ABROAD \| Mboma wants long-term move
		Cameroonian striker Patrick Mboma says he is looking to stay at English Premiership side Sunderland for several years.
		Mboma could better Quinn's goal-scoring rate with his added power and ability in the air.
		The move is a good one for Mboma, he has had problems getting into Parma's first team.
	newsvote.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/africa/africans_abroad/1820788.stm (250 words)

	Cameroon call up Mboma for Nations Cup camp
		Yaounde - Cameroon have called up striker Patrick Mboma for a training camp after initially leaving the former African Footballer of the Year out of a provisional squad for the African Nations Cup.
		Government sources said President Paul Biya had asked for Mboma, who was a member of Cameroon's winning squads at the last two Nations Cup finals in 2000 and 2002, to be recalled.
		Mboma's return was welcomed by his team mates.
	www.iol.co.za /general/avant_newsview.php?click_id=19&art_id=qw1073833561432S163&set_id=6 (401 words)

	ATL World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. World Cup 2006, Euro 2004, ...
		Mboma ended his playing career in Japan, after 12 years which brought him gold medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the African Nations Cups in 2000 and 2002.
		Cameroon striker Patrick Mboma ended his playing career in Japan, after 12 years which brought him gold medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the African Nations Cups in 2000 and 2002.
		The last club year for Mboma, who has scored 33 goals in 57 international matches for the Indomitable Lions since he was first capped in 1995, was low-key as injuries limited him to just four appearances.
	www.wldcup.com /news/2005May/20050516_30233_world_soccer.html (507 words)

	Africansport.co.uk for the best in African sport
		Mboma can miss chances so easy that as you wince in agony you wonder what the hype is all about.
		The Indomitable Lions won the African Nations Cup in Lagos with Mboma scoring two semi-final goals with another in the final for good measure.
		He played out of position as a lone target man and it was only in the 1-1 draw with Chile where he got the Cameroonian equaliser and had another disallowed that he showed glimpses of what he could do.
	www.africansport.co.uk /football/mboma.htm (429 words)

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