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Cameroonian footballer (born 1965)

André Kana-Biyik
Personal information
Full name André Kana-Biyik
Date of birth (1965-09-01) 1 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Sackbayene, Cameroon
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Diamant Yaoundé ? (?)
1988–1990 Metz 20 (1)
1990–1994 Le Havre 73 (6)
Total 93 (7)
International career
1986–1994 Cameroon 80 (15)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 1988 Morocco
Runner-up Egypt 1986
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Winner 1985 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

André Kana-Biyik (born 1 September 1965) is a former Cameroonian footballer who played as a defender. The brother of François, he started a professional career in 1986 with Diamant Yaoundé. From 1988 to 1994 he played in France Ligue 1 with FC Metz and Le Havre AC, making 93 appearances and scoring 8 goals. With the Cameroon national football team he participated at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups.

Kana-Biyik was sent off in Cameroon's opening game of the 1990 World Cup, a game against Argentina that Cameroon won 1–0. His brother, François Omam-Biyik, scored the goal that defeated the South Americans. Having been suspended for the second match against Romania following his red card in the first, he returned to the team, and picked up yellow cards both in the third group-stage match against the USSR (a heavy defeat, but irrelevant since they were already guaranteed qualification), and the second-round match against Colombia (an extra-time victory): and was thus suspended for a second time in the tournament, for the quarter-final against England - thus becoming the first and so far only player to serve two suspensions in a single World Cup tournament. His son Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, is also a professional footballer.

References

  1. "André Kana Biyik" (in French). FC Metz. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  2. Kobo, Kingsley (4 January 2012). "Fifa clears Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik to play for Cameroon". Goal.com.

External links

Cameroon squads
Cameroon squad1986 African Cup of Nations runners-up
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Cameroon squad1988 African Cup of Nations winners (2nd title)
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Cameroon squad1990 African Cup of Nations
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Cameroon squad1990 FIFA World Cup
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Cameroon squad1992 African Cup of Nations fourth place
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Cameroon squad1994 FIFA World Cup
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Awards
1986 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
1990 Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament
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