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Marc-Vivien Foe Factbox Posted: Thursday June 26, 2003 7:00 PMLONDON (Reuters) -- Factbox on Marc-Vivien Foe, the Cameroon midfielder who died on Thursday after his country's Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia. Born: Nkolo, Cameroon on May 1, 1975 1993 - Wins Cameroon Cup with his first club Canon Yaounde September: Makes international debut for Cameroon against Mexico, the first of 65 caps (eight goals) 1994 - Plays for Cameroon in the World Cup finals in the United States August: Joins French club RC Lens, where he stays for almost five seasons 1998 - Helps Lens win the French league title for the first time and reach French Cup final June - Misses World Cup finals in France due to broken leg which also scuppers possible transfer to Manchester United 1999 - Joins West Ham United for 4.2 million pounds ($6.99 million), making 38 league appearances, scoring one goal 2000 - Wins African Nations Cup with Cameroon, with victory over co-hosts Nigeria on penalties after 2-2 draw in the final in Lagos Moves to French club Olympique Lyon for 6 million pounds, playing 61 matches in all competitions and scoring four goals 2001 - Helps Lyon win French League Cup 2002 - Retains African Nations Cup in Mali when Cameroon beat Senegal on penalties after 0-0 draw in the final in Bamako Helps Lyon wins their first French league title June: Plays for Cameroon in all three of their matches in the Korea/Japan World Cup finals August: Signs for English premier league club Manchester City on loan, making 35 league appearances, scoring nine goals, but was due to return to Lyon for the 2003-04 season. Copyright 2003 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. |
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