The Cameroonian Soccer Star Emmanuel Kundé, which was part of the selection of his country that in 1990 managed to become the first African team that reached the quarterfinals of a World Cup, died Friday at age 68, according to the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecofot).
“The fecofoot has sadly received the news of the death of the old Indomitable lion (nickname of the national team of Cameroonian), Emmanuel Kunde,” He published the institution on the social network Facebook.
“Kunde was part of the golden generation that participated in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, during which Camerún became the first African nation to play in the quarterfinals of a world football championship,” The organism said.
“His loss constitutes a huge loss for Cameroonian football”, added.
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Kundé played as a defense and spent most of his career in the Canon Yaundé. In addition to the World Cup in Italy, he also participated in Spain in 1982where Cameroon debuted in the competition, and was part of the national Cameroonian team that He won the Africa Cup in 1984 and 1988.
It was he who launched the penalty that decided the 1988 Africa Cup final against Nigeria in Casablanca and also scored a maximum penalty in the dramatic defeat against England (3-2) in the historic quarterfinals of the 1990 World Cup.
After retiring as a player, Kundé became a coach, at the head of Canon Yaundé himself and other Cameroon teams, in addition to occupying several technical positions in the selection.
