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Is Aboubakar up there with Eto’o, Milla and Mboma as a Cameroon legend?

Even though Cameroon exited the World Cup in the group stage, Vincent Aboubakar dropped a remarkable performance with the Lions. He scored a goal of the tournament contender and also recorded an assist as they drew 3-3 with Serbia, before going on to score a superb header in Cameroon’s 1-0 win over Brazil.

The 30 year old is just one in the long list of formidable strikers Cameroon has produced.

How does Vincent Aboubakar rank with the top two elite strikers and arguably Cameroon greatest players of all time Samuel Eto’o and Roger Milla.

INTERNATIONAL GOALS:

Samuel Eto’o: 56 goals in 114 appearances
Roger Milla: 43 goals in 77 appearances
Vincent Aboubakar: 35 goals in 92 appearances
Patrick Mboma: 33 goals in 55 appearances

Samuel Eto’o who is Cameroon’s highest international goal scorer of all time tops the list here, 13 goals more than second placed Aboubakar. However in terms of goal ratio, Patrick Mboma takes the top spot with a goal per game ratio of 0.7 goals per game, closely followed by Roger Milla with a goal per game ratio of 0.7 goals per game then Eto’o with a ratio of 0.5 goals per game and then Aboubakar with 0.4 goals per game.

AFCON GOALS

Samuel Eto’o: 18 goals in 29 appearances.
Patrick Mboma: 11 goals in 17 appearances
Vincent Aboubakar: 9 goals in 15 appearances
Roger Milla: 7 goals in 18 appearances

Samuel Eto’o holds the record of most Afcon goals in the history of the tournament as he bagged an impressive 18 goals in 29 appearances averaging 0.62 goals per game ratio. Patrick Mboma is Cameroon’s second highest scorer in the tournaments history with 11 goals in 17 appearances averaging 0.65 goals per game. Vincent Aboubakar currently has 9 Afcon goals in 15 appearances for Cameroon averaging 0.60 goals per game. The 30 year old is still active with the Indomitable Lions and will be looking forward to adding his tally during the next Afcon edition in Ivory Coast 2023.

Roger Milla managed 7 Afcon goals in 18 appearances during his playing days averaging 0.39 goals per game ratio.

AFCON ACHIEVEMENTS
Samuel Eto’o: two Afcon titles won(2000 and 2002), two Afcon top scorer awards(2006 and 2008)

Roger Milla: Two Africa Cup of Nations titles won(1984 and 1988)
Individual
Africa Cup of Nations best player: 1986, 1988
Africa Cup of Nations top scorer: 1986, 1988

Patrick Mboma: two Afcon titles won(2000 and 2002), one Afcon top scorer award(2002).

Vincent Aboubakar: one Afcon title won(2017), one Afcon top scorer award won(2021)

WORLD CUP GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENT

Roger Milla: 5 FIFA World cup goals, 1990 FIFA World cup bronze boot.

Samuel Eto’o: 3 FIFA World cup goals

Vincent Aboubakar: 2 FIFA World cup goals.

OTHER AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Samuel Eto’o:
2000 Olympic gold medal
Young African Player of the Year: 2000
African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010
CAF Team of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Roger Milla:
African Footballer of the Year: 1976, 1990
Africa Cup of Nations best player: 1986, 1988
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990
CAF Best African Player of the last 50 years: 2007

Patrick Mboma:
Olympic gold medal 2000
African Footballer of the Year: 2000
BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2000

Vincent Aboubakar:
Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2021

Samuel Eto’o is Africa’s most decorated player interns of individual awards and trophies. He has been named African player of the year four times which is joint most with Yaya Toure. He has also appeared in CAF team of the year a record six times. Samuel Eto’o led Cameroon to an Olympic gold medal win in 2000 scoring the winning goal against Brazil in the finals.

Roger Milla won the African player of the year award two times and was also named African best player of the last 50 years in 2007. He’s the only Cameroonian up to date to feature in the FIFA World cup team of the tournament when he did so in Italia 1990.

Patrick Mboma has won the African ballon d’or once in 2000, the year he also won the Olympic gold medal with Cameroon.

Interms of individual awards, Vincent Aboubakar hasn’t had much luck in winning any for Cameroon yet. Apart from his Afcon golden boot win 2021, the player hasn’t won any reputable individual award yet.

From the above statistics where will you place Vincent Aboubakar in top 4 Cameroon strikers of all time list?