Yves Belle-Belle

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Yves Belle-Belle
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-06-08) 8 June 1973 (age 50)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996 HNK Rijeka
1998–1999 Melaka United
1999–2000 TSF Ditzingen 5 (0)
International career
1989–1992 Cameroon 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yves Belle-Belle (born 8 June 1973) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. [1]

Belle-Belle won seven caps for the Cameroon national team and scored three goals. [2] He made his debut in 1989 in a World Cup qualifier against Gabon. [2] Second, he scored Cameroon's only goal in the 6–1 away defeat to Norway in October 1990. [3] He then scored again in a 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification 1–1 draw against Sierra Leone. [4]

On the club level he featured for HNK Rijeka in the 1995–96 season, Malaysian outfit Melaka United in 1998–99 and German minnows TSF Ditzingen in 1999–2000. [4]

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References

  1. Yves Belle-Belle at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Yves Belle-Belle at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Holm, Jan et al (1998). Eventyret Drillos (in Norwegian). Oslo: Schibsted, p. 120.
  4. 1 2 Yves Belle-Belle at FootballDatabase.eu