Marc Vivian Foe: Winner of two AFCON titles with Cameroon national team, Marc Vivian Foe scored six goals for the Indomitable Lions. Foé was part of the Cameroon squad for the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. He played in wins against Brazil and Turkey, and was rested for the match against the United States, with Cameroon having already qualified.

On 26 June 2003, Cameroon faced Colombia in the semi-final, held at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon, France. In the 72nd minute of the match Foé collapsed in the centre circle with no other players near him. He was later pronounced death by the medical team. Marc Vivian Foe won the bronze ball award in the tournament despite Cameroon’s defeat to France in the finals.

Geremi Njitap: Geremi Njitap won two AFCON titles with Cameroon. Geremi was also part of the team that won gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympic games. He scored 13 goals for Cameroon in 118 appearances.

Geremi Njitap also had an illustrious club career where he won two Champions league titles with Real Madrid and two Premier league titles with Chelsea.

Emmanuel Kunde: He won two AFCON titles with Cameroon in 1984 and 1988 where he scored the winning goal against Nigeria in the finals. He racked up an impressive 17 goals for the Cameroon national team in 102 appearances.

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Samuel Eto’o: Cameroon’s all time top scorer with 56 goals and also the top scorer in the history of the African nations cup with 18 goals to his name. Widely considered by many as Africa’s greatest footballer of all time, Eto’o won two AFCON titles with Cameroon and also led Cameroon to gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic games. Samuel Eto’o also had an incredible career where he won many trophies with clubs like Barcelona, Inter Milan, Mallorca, etc. He is Africa’s most decorated footballer of all time and the only footballer in the World to win back to back trebles. Samuel Eto’o won the the African player of the year award four times which has only been matched by Yaya Toure

Patrick Mboma: Mboma played a vital role as Cameroon won two AFCON’s in a row in 2000 and 2002 where he finished as highest goal scorer. He was also part of the team that won gold at the Sydney Olympic games in 2000. Mboma is Cameroon’s fourth highest goalscorer of all time with 33 goals in just 55 appearances.

Roger Milla: Milla won the 1984 and 1988 AFCON titles with Cameroon. He finished best player and top scorer in the 1986 and 1988 editions of the tournament. Roger Milla led Cameroon to the historic Italia 1990 World Cup quarter finals where he scored four goals. Roger Milla was named African footballer of the year twice. He is Cameroon’s second highest goal scorer of all time with 43 goals.

Players like Vincent Aboubakar, Joseph Antoine Bell, Achille Webo, Salomon Olembe, etc all miss out on the list.