Roger Milla
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Milla in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Albert Roger Miller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1967 | Eclair de Douala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1970 | Eclair de Douala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1974 | Léopard Douala | 116 | (89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1977 | Tonnerre | 87 | (69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Valenciennes | 28 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Monaco | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Bastia | 113 | (35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Saint-Étienne | 59 | (31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Montpellier | 95 | (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Saint-Pierroise | 23 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Tonnerre | 116 | (89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Pelita Jaya | 23 | (23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Putra Samarinda | 12 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 666+ | (405+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1994 | Cameroon | 102 | (36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | Montpellier (coaching staff) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Tonnerre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Tonnerre (director of football) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albert Roger Miller (born 20 May 1952), known as Roger Milla, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was one of the first African players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in three World Cups for the Cameroon national team.
He achieved international stardom at 38 years old, an age at which most forwards have retired, by scoring four goals at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and thus becoming the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history. He helped Cameroon become the first African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Four years later, at the age of 42, Milla broke his own record as the oldest goalscorer in World Cup by scoring against Russia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Milla frequently celebrated goals by running to the corner flag and performing a dance similar to the lambada. In 2004 he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. In 2007, the Confederation of African Football named Milla the best African player of the previous 50 years. At the time of his retirement, he was regarded as the all-time topscorer from African region in FIFA World Cup finals with five goals and his record was eventually surpassed by Ghana's Asamoah Gyan.