Grégoire M'Bida

Grégoire M'Bida

Personal information
Full name	Grégoire M'Bida Abéga
Date of birth	(1952-01-27) 27 January 1952
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
0000–1974	Réal d’Éssé
1974–1975	Canon Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1982	Canon Yaoundé	–	(–)
1982–1984	Bastia	49	(3)
1984–1985	Angers	31	(9)
1985–1986	Dunkerque	17	(1)
1986–1987	Thonon-les-Bains	12	(2)
1987–1989	Sedan Ardennes	35	(6)
1989–1990	Alliance Dudelange	5	(0)
International career
1978–1989	Cameroon	32	(–)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Grégoire M'Bida Abéga (born 27 January 1952), nicknamed Arantes, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He competed for the Cameroon national football team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Career

M'Bida was born in Yaoundé. He played for Canon Yaoundé (1975–1982), SC Bastia (1982–1984), Angers SCO (1984–1985), USL Dunkerque (1985–1986), Thonon-les-Bains (1986–1987) and CS Sedan Ardennes (1987–1989).

He played all minutes for Cameroon in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and also scored the only goal for Cameroon in the competition. The goal was scored 63 minutes into the match against Italy, only one minute after Francesco Graziani had scored for Italy. The game ended in a draw, 1–1.

See also

• 1982 FIFA World Cup squads

References

Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

External links

• Grégoire M'Bida at National-Football-Teams.com
• Player website