Author: Abdihakim Siyad

Former Cameroon Captain Emmanuel Kundé Dies at 68

Yaoundé: Cameroon ; Emmanuel Jérôme Kundé, the composed centre-back whose ice cool penalties twice crowned Cameroon champions of Africa and carried the Indomitable Lions to within touching distance of a FIFA World Cup semi-final, died Thursday night in Yaoundé. He was 68. Family members said Kundé had battled a longstanding cardiac ailment. An autopsy investigation is pending. A Life Forged in Football Born 15 July 1956 in the forest village of Ndom (Centre Region of Cameroon), Kundé was raised by a primary-school teacher father and a chocolate-seller mother who insisted he finish homework before going any football training. At 17…

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