Roger Milla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Roger Milla

Cameroonian association football player

Date of Birth: 20-May-1952

Place of Birth: Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Cameroon

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Roger Milla

  • Albert Roger Miller (born 20 May 1952), known as Roger Milla, is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a forward.
  • He was one of the first African players to be major stars on the international stage.
  • He played in three World Cups for the Cameroon national team. He achieved international stardom at 38 years old, an age at which most forwards have retired, by scoring four goals at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
  • He helped Cameroon become the first African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.
  • Four years later, at the age of 42, Milla became the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history by scoring against Russia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.Milla is also remembered for his trademark goal celebration of running to the corner flag and performing a dance.
  • In the years that have followed, he has been recognised as a pioneer of the many unconventional and imaginative goal celebrations seen since then.
  • In 2004 he was named by PelĂ© in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
  • In 2007, the Confederation of African Football named Milla the best African player of the previous 50 years.

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