roger mile: Cameroonian football legend
roger mile is certainly one of the best african soccer players of all time. What no one has any doubt is that it is one of the best Cameroonian footballers in history. Born in Yaoundé, in Cameroon, the 20 May 1952, his football career began in his native country before moving to France, where he achieved success as a striker in the French league. But he is certainly known for going down in history in Italy 90 when he had already retired from football.
roger mile: Cameroonian football legend
roger mile He is especially known for his outstanding performance in the World Cup in Italy 1990 and for his record in the USA 94 1994, where he led the Cameroonian team in the Italian event and became the oldest player to score a goal in the history of the competition in the World Cup played on American soil. He led his country to the quarterfinals, an unprecedented achievement for an African team at the time.
Frame 4 goals in that tournament, the most remembered without a doubt the one that hit René Higuita after stealing the ball from him in a bizarre action by the Colombian goalkeeper who came out to play with the ball at his feet almost in the center of the field and tried to dribble past the Cameroonian striker.
In USA 94 entered history after scoring against Russia in that 6-1 where two records were broken. On the one hand Oleg Salenko who scored 5 goals in a match and on the other, Mile that became the oldest footballer to score in a World Cup.
