ALBERT ROGER MILLA.

Albert Roger Milla, is a very famous footballer from Cameroon. He has played football for Cameroon from 1978 to 1994. In the year 1977 he moved to Europe and played for a French club Valenciennes.
He first played for Cameroon in 1978 . But in the 1982 world cup he had a goal disallowed verses Peru.
In the year 1990 world cup time,. He recieved a phone call from the President of Cameroon pleading with him to come out of reirement and play for Cameroon in the 1990 world cup in ITALY. HE agreedto do so.The president Mr Paul Biya was delighted. He was thirtyeight years old at that time. He scored a total of four goals in 1990 2 against Romania and 2 verses Columbia. He always ran to the flag at the end of the field and did a famous hip shaking dance. The goal in the match against Columbia will always remembered as the Columbian goalkeeper Rene Higuita came running to almost the half way and then slipping so giving Roger Milla an open goal to score a goal.
He then played again in the 1994 world cup in the U.S.A. By that time he was fourtytwo years old making him the oldest man to play a world cup, he is also the oldest man to score a goal at fourtytwo years
He has played a total of102 games and scored 28 goals.
In the 1990 world cup he helped Cameroon to reach the quater finals, first time an African country has done so. Senegal also reached the quaterfinals in the year 2002.
He recieved the highest civilan honour along with the goalkeeper in 1990.