Famous Cameroonian athletes
Football, basketball, tennis, athletics, boxing and mixed martial arts: the Cameroonian athletes, and athletes of Cameroonian descent, who carried the country's name.
SportRoger MillaThe footballer who made the whole world dance
SportSamuel Eto'oThe most decorated striker in African football- SportFrançoise Mbango EtoneDouble Olympic triple jump champion
SportThomas N'KonoThe goalkeeper who made Buffon want to play in goal- SportJoseph-Antoine BellThe goalkeeper voted Africa's best of the 20th century
SportRigobert SongThe most capped player in Indomitable Lions history- SportPatrick MbomaThe striker behind Cameroon's golden year
- SportMarc-Vivien FoéThe Indomitable Lion who fell on the pitch in Lyon
SportAndré OnanaThe goalkeeper who plays with his feet like a midfielder
SportVincent AboubakarThe striker who scores when it matters
SportKylian MbappéThe all-time top scorer in World Cup historyCameroonian roots
SportSamuel UmtitiThe Yaoundé-born defender who sent France into the 2018 World Cup finalCameroonian roots
SportEric Maxim Choupo-MotingBorn in Hamburg, he chose the Indomitable LionsCameroonian roots
SportBryan MbeumoFrom Burgundy to Old Trafford, the winger who chose the LionsCameroonian roots
SportBreel EmboloThe Swiss striker who would not celebrate scoring against the country of his birthCameroonian roots
SportBenoît Assou-EkottoThe Tottenham full-back who called football "just a job"Cameroonian roots
SportFrancis NgannouFrom the sand quarry of Batié to the UFC belt
SportJoel EmbiidThe centre from Yaoundé who became NBA MVP
SportPascal SiakamFrom a seminary in Bafia to an NBA championship
SportLuc Mbah a MouteThe ‘Prince’ who opened the NBA to young Cameroonians
SportYannick NoahThe boy from Yaoundé who won the French OpenCameroonian roots
SportJoakim NoahThe tireless defender of the Chicago BullsCameroonian roots
SportCarlos TakamThe heavyweight who lasted ten rounds against Anthony Joshua- SportHassan N’Dam N’JikamTwo-time middleweight world champion and two-time Olympian