Cyrille Ndongo-Keller

Cyrille Ndongo-Keller (born 16 February 1974) is a Cameroonian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.[1]

Career

Ndongo-Keller grew up in the Yaoundé neighborhoods of Mballa II and Nlongkak. He started his career in Olympic Mvolyé and went on to top-tier team Tonnerre Yaoundé in 1991.[2] While here he represented Cameroon in the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship,[3] where Cameroon was grouped with Colombia, Russia and Australia.

In the summer of 1993 he migrated to Australia where he signed with Parramatta Eagles. After a four-month stint in Darwin Cubs from March to July 1994 he played three seasons in Adelaide Sharks.[4] In 1995 he received his first and only cap for the Cameroon national team in an African Nations Cup qualifier against Malawi, donning the number 9 jersey formerly belonging to Roger Milla.[2][5] In 1997 he had a brief stint with Yokohama Flugels in Japan.[4]

He settled in Australia where he coached the NSW Sapphires women's team in 1999–2000,[4] and later set up his own football academy and sports entrepreneurship company.[2]

References
  1. Hill, Simon (13 February 2021). "The A-League stars with African origins lighting up the 2020/21 campaign". A-League Men. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. Mbella, George. "Cyrille Ndongo-Keller: Exporting Cameroon Soccer Knowledge And Culture To Australia" (PDF). Success Story. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. "FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1993™ - Cameroon". FIFA. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. Cyrille Ndongo-Keller at WorldFootball.net
  5. Cyrille Ndongo-Keller at National-Football-Teams.com


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