Marc-Vivien Foé

Marc-Vivien Foé
Personal information
Full name Marc-Vivien Foé
Date of birth (1975-05-01)1 May 1975
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Date of death 26 June 2003(2003-06-26) (aged 28)
Place of death Lyon, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1992 Union de Garoua
1992–1994 Fogape Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Canon Yaoundé
1994–1999 Lens 85 (11)
1999–2000 West Ham United 38 (1)
2000–2003 Lyon 43 (3)
2002–2003 → Manchester City (loan) 35 (9)
Total 201 (24)
International career
1993 Cameroon U20 3 (1)
1993–2003 Cameroon 65 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marc-Vivien Foé (1 May 1975 – 26 June 2003) was a Cameroonian professional football player. He played for the Cameroonian national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[1]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lens 1994–95 Division 1 153153
1995–96 192192
1996–97 282282
1997–98 18200182
1998–99 521062
Total 8511108611
West Ham United 1998–99 Premier League 130000000130
1999–2000 251103031322
Total 381103031452
Lyon 2000–01 Division 1 251303081392
2001–02 182000080262
Total 4333030161654
Manchester City 2002–03 Premier League 359102000389
Career total 20124508020223426

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 199320
199460
199521
199640
199760
199850
199920
200083
200192
2002142
200340
Total628

International goals

Cameroon score listed first, score column indicates score after each Foé goal.[2]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 December 1995Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon10 Liberia1–01–0Friendly
2 22 January 2000Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana28 Ghana1–01–12000 African Cup of Nations
3 6 February 200031 Algeria2–02–1
4 19 April 2000Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon34 Somalia2–03–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 1 July 200142 Togo2–02–0
6 14 July 2001Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia43 Zambia1–02–2
7 7 January 2002Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso45 Burkina Faso1–03–1Friendly
8 7 February 2002Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali51 Mali3–03–02002 African Cup of Nations

Honours

Canon Yaoundé
  • Cameroonian Cup: 1993[3]
Lens
West Ham United
Lyon
Cameroon

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.
  2. 1 2 Mamrud, Roberto (30 October 2014). "Marc-Vivien Foé – International appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "La fiche de Marc-Vivien Foé". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2007.
  4. 1 2 "Former clubs to honor fallen player". ESPN FC. 27 June 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Villepreux, Olivier (11 May 1998). "Les sang et or champions sur le fil devant Metz. Au bonheur de Lens". Libération (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Haylett, Trevor (11 August 1999). "West Ham unable to master a meaty Metz challenge". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Tongue, Steve (25 August 1999). "Hammers storm Metz citadel". The Independent. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Berlin, Peter (6 May 2002). "Lyon catches Lens to grab French title". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ambitious Lyon clinches first trophy in 28 years". Hürriyet Daily News. Reuters. 7 May 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Cameroon victorious on penalty kicks". ESPN. Reuters. 13 February 2000. Archived from the original on 17 November 2000. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. ↑ Copnall, James (11 February 2002). "Cameroon are hot from the spot". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "FIFA Confederations Cup official awards". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2003. Archived from the original on 4 July 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2016.