Louis-Paul M'Féde ( fr. Louis-Paul M'Fédé ; February 26, 1961, Yaounde - June 10, 2013, ibid.) - Cameroonian footballer , midfielder . He played for the Cameroonian Canon Yaounde and the French Rennes . Member of two world championships .
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Died June 10, 2013 from a pulmonary infection.
Biography
Born February 26, 1961 in Yaoundé [1] , Louis-Paul M'Fedet is a pupil of the Canon Yaounde, with whom he made his debut in the Cameroon Championship in 1980, played with Theophile Abega and Emmanuel Künde . In 1982, he won the Cameroon Champion title with the club [2] . In 1981, he played with the national team of Cameroon at the World Youth Championships in Australia [3] .
In the 1982/83 season, it was bought by the French club Rennes. He made his debut for his new club on January 9, 1983 in the winning match of the French Cup against Vitre; in this game he replaced Pierre Siter [1] . At the end of the season, Rennes rose in class, in the Premier League M'Fede played the first match against Racing Paris [4] . The player had to compete for a place on the field with Yannick Stopira , Jackie Sharya and Wlodzimierz Mazur , he played a dozen games that season, often went into the double in the third division, and at the end of the season, “Rennes” flew to League 2 [2] . However, this did not stop him from participating in a football tournament at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles . Having played two of the three matches of the group stage, he scored a goal in the match against Canada [5] .
In the 1984/85 season, after Pierre Mosca replaced Jean Vincent as a coach, M'Fede began to go on the field more often, he played 35 matches, mainly leaving the base together with Mario Relmi , Jackie Charlier and Fares Busidra [6] . M'Fede scored four goals that season, and also contributed to his team returning to the Premier League [1] , including taking his hit in the penalty shootout in the playoff match for promotion against Rouen [6] . In the 1985/86 season, however, he lost the competition for a base spot for the Belgian Eddie Vordekers [2] and began playing regularly for the reserve. In March 1986, he joined the team at the African Cup of Nations . During the tournament, he scored two goals in the match against Zambia , but he and his team lost in the penalty spot finals to Egypt [7] . The next season was his last with Rennes. After spending most of the season on the bench, despite the difficulties of “Rennes” in the championship, he was fired in January 1987, eight days after returning from vacation [8] .
Then Louis-Paul M'Fede returned to Cameroon , where he again joined the ranks of his former Canon Yaounde club. In March 1988, he and the Cameroon team won the African Cup of Nations , defeating Nigeria in the final, and Emmanuel Künde scored the only goal from the penalty spot [9] . He and his team qualified for the 1990 World Cup in Italy and helped Cameroon reach the quarter finals by playing in each of the five matches of the team. He played in center field paired with Cyril Makanaki [2] [3] .
After the mundial, Louis-Paul M'Fedet tried to return to Europe . In the 1990/91 season, he was leased to the Spanish club Figueres . He played 23 games in the second division , but the club could not rise to La Liga . M'Fede returned to Yaoundé and won the club’s second championship title in 1992. [10] He played until 1994 and continues to participate in matches for the Cameroon national team at this time. Thus, he took part in the 1992 African Cup of Nations and the 1994 World Cup .
At the end of his career, he coached the Panther du Nde and his former Canon Yaounde club [2] .
On June 10, 2013, he died of a pulmonary infection at Yaoundé Hospital [11] .
Achievements
Cameroon
- African Cup of Nations :
- Winner: 1988
- Finalist: 1986
Canon Yaounde
- Cameroon Championship :
- Champion: 1982 , 1992
Rennes
- League 2 :
- Winner: 1983
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Louis M'Fédé . stade-rennais-online.com. Date of treatment June 10, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Louis-Paul M'Fédé . afterfoot.fr. Date of treatment June 10, 2013. (unavailable link)
- ↑ 1 2 Louis M'Fédé . fifa.com. Date of treatment June 10, 2013.
- ↑ Claude Loire, Le Stade rennais, fleuron du football breton 1901-1991 , Éditions Apogée, 1994, Rennes, p. 403
- ↑ Macario Reyes. Xxiii. Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 Football Tournament . rsssf.com (09/27/2001). Date of treatment June 10, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Claude Loire, Le Stade rennais, fleuron du football breton 1901-1991 , Éditions Apogée, 1994, Rennes, p. 412-413
- ↑ Eric Boesenberg, François Mazet, Karel Stokkermans, Osvaldo José Gorgazzi. African Nations Cup 1986 . rsssf.com (06/05/2003). Date of treatment June 10, 2013.
- ↑ Claude Loire, Le Stade rennais, fleuron du football breton 1901-1991 , Éditions Apogée, 1994, Rennes, p. 422-423
- ↑ Eric Boesenberg, François Mazet, Karel Stokkermans. African Nations Cup 1988 . rsssf.com (06/12/2009). Date of treatment June 10, 2013.
- ↑ Louis M'Fédé . footballdatabase.eu. Date of treatment June 10, 2013.
- ↑ Carnet: décès de Louis-Paul M'Fédé . stade-rennais-online.com (06/10/2013). Date of treatment June 10, 2013.