Cyrille Ndongo-Keller

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Cyrille Ndongo-Keller (born 16 February 1974) is a Cameroonian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. [1]

Career

Ndongo-Keller grew up in the Yaoundé neighborhoods of Mballa II and Nlongkak. He started his career in Olympic Mvolyé and went on to top-tier team Tonnerre Yaoundé in 1991. [2] While here he represented Cameroon in the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, [3] where Cameroon was grouped with Colombia, Russia and Australia.

In the summer of 1993 he migrated to Australia where he signed with Parramatta Eagles. After a four-month stint in Darwin Cubs from March to July 1994 he played three seasons in Adelaide Sharks. [4] In 1995 he received his first and only cap for the Cameroon national team in an African Nations Cup qualifier against Malawi, donning the number 9 jersey formerly belonging to Roger Milla. [2] [5] In 1997 he had a brief stint with Yokohama Flugels in Japan. [4]

He settled in Australia where he coached the NSW Sapphires women's team in 19992000, [4] and later set up his own football academy and sports entrepreneurship company. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Mbella, George. "Cyrille Ndongo-Keller: Exporting Cameroon Soccer Knowledge And Culture To Australia" (PDF). Success Story. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. "FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1993™ - Cameroon". FIFA. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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  5. Cyrille Ndongo-Keller at National-Football-Teams.com