Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 June 1973 | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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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