Roger Milla

For other people with similar names, see Roger Miller (disambiguation).

Albert Roger Miller (born 20 May 1952), known as Roger Milla, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was one of the first African players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in three World Cups for the Cameroon national team.

Roger Milla

Milla in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Albert Roger Miller[1]
Date of birth	(1952-05-20) 20 May 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1965–1967	Eclair de Douala
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1970	Eclair de Douala
1970–1974	Léopard Douala	116	(89)
1974–1977	Tonnerre	87	(69)
1977–1979	Valenciennes	28	(6)
1979–1980	Monaco	17	(2)
1980–1984	Bastia	113	(35)
1984–1986	Saint-Étienne	59	(31)
1986–1989	Montpellier	95	(37)
1989–1990	Saint-Pierroise	23	(8)
1990–1994	Tonnerre	116	(89)
1994–1995	Pelita Jaya	23	(23)
1995–1996	Putra Samarinda	12	(18)
Total		666+	(405+)
International career
1973–1994	Cameroon	102	(36)
Managerial career
2001–2007	Montpellier (coaching staff)
2007–2011	Tonnerre
2011–2012	Tonnerre (director of football)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations Winner 1984 Ivory Coast Winner 1988 Morocco Runner-up Egypt 1986 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Winner 1985 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 and thus becoming the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history.^[2][3][4][5] He helped Cameroon become the first African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Four years later, at the age of 42, Milla broke his own record as the oldest goalscorer in World Cup by scoring against Russia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[6]

Milla frequently celebrated goals by running to the corner flag and performing a dance similar to the lambada.^[7] In 2004 he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.^[6] In 2007, the Confederation of African Football named Milla the best African player of the previous 50 years.^[8] At the time of his retirement, he was regarded as the all-time topscorer from African region in FIFA World Cup finals with five goals and his record was eventually surpassed by Ghana's Asamoah Gyan.

Biography

His birth certificate as well as his passport implies his name as Roger Miller due to a clerical error and misunderstanding. His parents wanted to give him the surname of his uncle 'Milla' by the time he was born. He was often referred to as Miller whenever he featured in high-profile international matches with World Cup statistical sheets referring to him as Miller speaks volume of how far his name had been mispronounced and wrongly heard in international community. His family moved to Douala when he was 11.^[9]

His father worked on the railroads and Milla had the fortune of travelling all over the nation on many occasions in his childhood. He was raised up in the streets of Yaoundé and he hailed from a typical middle-class family so that his parents were able to provide him a satisfactory education. However, his parents were unhappy when they noticed that Milla was going after football and they were initially reluctant to accept their son playing the sport of football.^[10]

He learnt the art of playing football by playing barefoot with fellow kids on dirt streets and roads and in most of the occasions he played with an orange or a tin can as an alternate option for a ball. He also had the habit of kicking lemons and rags tied together into balls.^[11] He along with other children had to play in dusty courts since Cameroon had not yet established children soccer academies at that time and Cameroon did not have the luxury of well maintained fields nor did they afford to have licensed coaches. It was revealed that Milla played football solely for leisure, fun and entertainment purposes and did not think seriously of making it as his career and he went onto polish his football skills during school vacations.^[11]

Roger Milla himself said that he had finished high school but his claim has been refuted by some Cameroonian writers.^[11] He has three brothers with different surnames such as Joseph Debouba, Jacques Edjanque and Alexandre Diboussi. He nearly quit the sport after his mother's untimely death at home during the time when he played soccer in a distant arena and also due to his wife had become pregnant as the couple were awaiting for their second child.^[12]

Club career

Early years

He played for Eclair de Douala's junior team at the age of 13 and engaged exclusively in school tournaments. He later convinced his parents following his impressive performances in age group category matches.

He made his debut for Eclair de Douala's senior team in the second division of the Cameroonian championship at the age of 15.^[9] Two years later, aged 17, he became the Cameroonian schools high jump champion.^[9] He signed up for the top division club Léopard Douala in 1970 at the age of 18 and eventually went onto win three Cameroonian championship titles with the club. He also scored a tally of 89 goals in 116 appearances for Léopard Douala during a tenure of four years. He subsequently moved to Tonnerre Yaoundé in 1974 four years after the successful stint with Léopard Douala. He won the African Cup Winners' Cup with Tonnerre Yaoundé and for Tonnerre Yaoundé club he scored 69 goals in 87 games.

Moving to France

He moved to France at the age of 25 in 1977 where he spent 12 years of his career playing for various clubs. In 1977, he was lured to Europe by the French club Valenciennes. There he scored 6 goals in 28 league games over two seasons. In 1979, he joined AS Monaco, where he won the 1980 French Cup and scored 5 goals in 25 league and cup games.^[10] He had endured multiple injury concerns during his short stay and his team management decided to release him at the end of the season. The next year, he joined Bastia, where he spent four seasons. Milla scored 42 goals in 133 competitive matches and was instrumental in assisting the club to win the 1981 French Cup.

He next moved to Saint-Etienne in 1984 and became a crucial member of the club, which was recovering from the aftermath of a massive bribery scandal in 1982 and the subsequent relegation to Division 2, having had to sell out most of its first-choice players. He overall played 69 matches for the club scoring 36 goals and played a part in helping the club to re-enter the first division. He then starred for Montpellier from 1986 to 1989, where Milla later went on to become a member of the club's coaching staff after retiring from French football.^{[citation needed]} In his first season, Milla scored 18 goals in 33 regular season matches, which ultimately helped the Montpellier to return to Division 1. Overall, he scored 41 goals in 103 appearances for the Montpellier.^[10]

Later years

Milla left French football at the age of 37 in 1989 and moved to Réunion in the Indian Ocean where he played for JS Saint-Pierroise. After his World Cup success, he returned to Tonnerre in Cameroon for four seasons. He closed out his playing days with two clubs in Indonesia after the 1994 World Cup, retiring from the sport at the end of the 1996 season. The number of goals he had scored in the Indonesian local championship surpassed the number of matches he had even played in the competition, with 41 goals coming in just 35 matches over a period of two years.

International career

Milla was capped 77 times for the national team, scoring 43 goals.^[13] Milla made his first appearance for Cameroon in 1973 versus Zaire in a World Cup qualifier.^[14]

He made his World Cup debut in also what is considered to be the maiden World Cup appearance for Cameroon when they qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup after winning both their final round matches against Morocco at the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification for the African Zone. Milla played an instrumental role in helping Cameroon to qualify for the 1982 World Cup by top scoring in the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification for the African Zone competition.^[15] He endured mixed emotions at 1982 FIFA World Cup having a goal disallowed against Peru in their first match. Cameroon went out with three draws from their three first-round games. Two years later, he was part of the squad competing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.^{[citation needed]}

Milla was also an integral member of the Cameroonian squad which won the 1984 African Cup of Nations where Cameroon defeated Nigeria 3-1 in the final to secure Cameroon's first ever continental title.^[16] He was a key member of the Cameroonian side which emerged as runners-up to Egypt in the final of the 1986 African Cup of Nations and he received the best player award in the tournament for being the top goal scorer with 4. He was also named in 1986 African Cup of Nations team of the tournament. He was also the joint top goalscorer in the 1988 African Cup of Nations with 2 goals alongside Algeria's Lakhdar Belloumi, Abdoulaye Traoré of Ivory Coast and Gamal Abdelhamid of Egypt. He once again played a vital role in Cameroon's trumph at the 1988 African Cup of Nations and for his noteworthy performances throughout the tournament, he was adjudged as the player of the tournament and was also included in the 1988 African Cup of Nations team of the tournament.

In 1988, at the age of 36, Milla celebrated his early retirement from international football with a jubilee in Cameroon.^[17] However, in 1990, he received a phone call from the President of Cameroon Paul Biya, who pleaded with him to come out of international retirement and rejoin the national team. He agreed, and went to Italy with the Indomitable Lions for the 1990 World Cup, where he would cause a sensation. It was revealed that Paul Biya wanted Milla to play in the World Cup after watching Milla play in an exhibition charity match which was played at Douala where Milla went on to score two goals.^[18] Following the insistence of the Cameroonian President, Milla decided to make a comeback to international football by making an official announcement in May 1990.^[19]

It is also reported that most of the Cameroonian teammates and the national head coach Valery Nepomnyashchy who is a Russian did not want Milla to be part of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.^[20] Biya issued a decree summoning him to return to the national side and Biya officially signed the decree requesting and compelling the coach to pick him for the World Cup squad. It was also reported that the renowned sportswriters in Cameroon along with fans began a campaign to recall Milla back to the national team following Cameroon's embarrassing display during the 1990 African Cup of Nations in Algeria where Cameroon crashed out from the group stage with defeats to The Gambia and Senegal.^[21][22]

1990 World Cup

Milla scored all his four goals in the tournament as a substitute as he started every game of the tournament on the bench. He started in the second half in four out of five World Cup matches and appeared in the first half once. His two crucial goals came in the second half of the match against Romania within just two minutes in extra time where he once again appeared as a substitute and following his heroics, he was hailed as a hero in Cameroon.^[23][24] It was the coach Valery Nepomnyashchy who decided to bring in Milla a bit earlier in the game against Romania knowing full well that a victory would secure Cameroon's spot in the knockout stages and the coach later acknowledged the importance of Milla after his important late cameo in Cameroon's remarkable upset victory over defending world champions Argentina. He was the oldest outfield player to feature in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was the second oldest player during the tournament after England's Peter Shilton.

The 38-year-old Milla emerged as one of the tournament's major stars. He scored four goals in Italy, celebrating each one with a dance around the corner flag that has become a popular goal celebration ever since. Two of his goals came against Romania in Cameroon's second game, and two more came in extra time against Colombia in the last 16 to carry Cameroon to the quarter-finals,^[25] the furthest an African team had ever advanced at the World Cup (Senegal and Ghana matched this feat in 2002 and 2010 respectively, whilst Morocco surpassed it by reaching the semi-finals in 2022). In the quarter-final match against England, Milla confirmed his super-sub legend by entering in the second half with Cameroon trailing 1–0 and drawing a penalty and then setting up a goal for Ekeke to give Cameroon a 2–1 lead, before England later scored two penalties, to win 3–2 after extra time.^[26][27] Due to his performances in Italy, he was once again named African Footballer of the Year.^{[citation needed]}

His second goal celebration against Colombia became iconic across the world, and was used by Coca-Cola as seen in ads like the 2010 World Cup Coca-Cola advertisement.^[28]

1994 World Cup

Milla returned to the 1994 FIFA World Cup at the age of 42, being the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup until the 2014 tournament when Colombia's Faryd Mondragón entered in a group stage match versus Japan when 43 years and 3 days old. Mondragon's record in turn was beaten by Essam El Hadary in 2018.^[29] Cameroon were knocked out in the group stages; however, Milla scored a goal against Russia, setting a record as the oldest goalscorer in a World Cup tournament, breaking the record he had set in 1990.^[30] His final international appearance came in a friendly against South Africa in December 1994.^[14]

Post-playing career

He is now an itinerant ambassador for African causes. He also works as a volunteer for various groups including the World Wide Fund for Nature. He also opened two companies for recycling plastic into paving slabs. In 2004, he was named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé in conjunction with FIFA's centenary celebrations.

He coached Montpellier from 2001 to 2007. He also went onto serve as the manager of the Tonnerre for a tenure of four years between 2007 and 2011.^[31]

Legacy

Milla with the Africa Cup of nations trophy in 2022.

He was appointed as honourary president of the Cameroonian Football Federation in March 2008. However, he was removed from the position as honorary president in May 2012 after criticising the top officials of the Cameroon Football Federation with regards to the lengthy ban imposed on Samuel Eto'o.^[32][33]

On 24 November 2022, he was honoured by the FIFA for his achievements as the FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented him a plaque just prior to the start of the group stage match between Cameroon and Switzerland during the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Al Janoub Stadium and Milla was also officially invited as a special guest by FIFA President to watch the match.^[34][35]

His wily celebration in a kind of Makossa dance at corner flag area during the 1990 FIFA World Cup changed the perceptions of how people started to see African football in a positive manner. His celebrations were deemed as instant hit and triggered positive energy to the viewers during the World Cup.^[36] He became the talk of the town and tournament sensation during the 1990 FIFA World Cup mainly for his skill sets on the field, dance celebrations and for his technique. He was later dubbed as "King of the Corner Flag".^[37]

In 2020, he along with the Cameroonian teammates received three bedroom bungalows as gifts in recognition of their stellar run during the 1990 FIFA World Cup.^[38] However, they had to wait for 30 years to receive the gift despite early promise by President Paul Biya in 1990. The project was long delayed following the concerns with regards to corruption and malpractices relating to the submitted list of 44 beneficiaries.^[39]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[40]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Eclair de Douala	1968–69	Première Division	28	1
	1969–70		29	5
	Total		57	6
Léopard Douala	1970–71	Première Division	29	25
	1971–72		30	20
	1972–73		28	19
	1973–74		30	25
	Total		117	89
Tonnerre Yaoundé	1974–75	Première Division	29	23
	1975–76		28	26
	1976–77		30	20
	Total		87	69
Valenciennes	1977–78	Division 1	0	0
	1978–79		28	6	1	1
	Total		28	6	1	1
Monaco	1979–80	Division 1	17	2	8	3
Bastia	1980–81	Division 1	30	9	9	8
	1981–82		23	8	6	3
	1982–83		29	13	2	0
	1983–84		31	5	3	1
	Total		113	30	20	12
Saint-Étienne	1984–85	Division 2	31	22	8	3
	1985–86		28	9	2	2
	Total		59	31	10	5
Montpellier	1986–87	Division 2	33	18	2	1
	1987–88	Division 1	33	12	4	3
	1988–89		29	7	2	0
	Total		95	37	8	4
Saint-Pierroise	1989
	1990	D1 Pro	23	8
	Total		23	8
Tonnerre Yaoundé	1990–91	Première Division	29	22
	1991–92		30	19
	1992–93		27	23
	1993–94		30	25
	Total		116	89
Pelita Jaya	1994–95	Premier Division	23	23
Putra Samarinda	1995–96		12	18
Career total			747	413	47	25	794	438

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[41]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	1973	3	0
	1975	3	1
	1976	8	7
	1977	6	4
	1978	1	0
	1979	2	3
	1980	1	1
	1981	7	9
	1982	6	0
	1984	8	2
	1985	2	2
	1986	5	4
	1987	4	3
	1988	5	2
	1990	5	4
	1991	1	0
	1992	5	0
	1994	5	1
Total		77	43

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Milla goal.

List of international goals scored by Roger Milla

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	19 November 1975	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Zaire	—	2-1	Friendly	[42]
2	7 July 1976	Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon	Rwanda	5-0	5-0	1976 Central African Games	[43]
3	10 July 1976	Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon	Burundi	—	5-0	1976 Central African Games	[44]
4				—
5	14 July 1976	Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon	Congo-Brazzaville	—	3-2	1976 Central African Games	[45]
6				3-2
7	17 October 1976	Stade de la Revolution, Brazzaville, Congo	Congo-Brazzaville	1-0	2-2	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	[46]
8	31 October 1976	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Congo-Brazzaville	1-0	1-2	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	[47]
9	26 January 1977	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Congo-Brazzaville	—	2-2	Friendly	[41]
10	13 March 1977	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Congo-Brazzaville	—	2-0	1978 African Cup of Nations qualification	[41]
11	27 December 1977	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Rwanda	—	4-0	1978 All-Africa Games qualification	[41]
12				—
13	10 April 1979	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Guinea	1-0	3-0	1980 African Cup of Nations qualification	[41]
14				2-0
15				3-0
16	29 June 1980	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Malawi	1-0	3-0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	[48]
17	5 April 1981	Reunification Stadium, Douala, Cameroon	Togo	1-0	4-0	1982 African Cup of Nations qualification	[49]
18				3-0
19				4-0
20	26 April 1981	Reunification Stadium, Douala, Cameroon	Zaire	1-0	6-1	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	[50]
21				3-0
22				6-1
23	16 August 1981	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Madagascar	5-1	5-1	1982 African Cup of Nations qualification	[51]
24	15 November 1981	Kenitra Municipal Stadium, Kenitra, Morocco	Morocco	1-0	2-0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	[52]
25	29 November 1981	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Morocco	2-1	2-1	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	[53]
26	10 March 1984	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Ivory Coast	1-0	2-0	1984 African Cup of Nations	[54]
27	30 July 1984	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, USA	Yugoslavia	1-0	1-2	1984 Summer Olympics	[55]
28	15 September 1985	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Saudi Arabia	2-0	4-1	1985 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	[56]
29				3-0
30	8 March 1986	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Zambia	1-0	3-2	1986 African Cup of Nations	[57]
31	11 March 1986	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Morocco	1-0	1-1	1986 African Cup of Nations	[58]
32	14 March 1986	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Algeria	3-1	3-2	1986 African Cup of Nations	[59]
33	17 March 1986	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Ivory Coast	1-0	1-0	1986 African Cup of Nations	[60]
34	29 March 1987	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Uganda	5-1	5-1	1988 African Cup of Nations qualification	[61]
35	5 July 1987	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Sudan	2-0	2-0	1988 African Cup of Nations qualification	[62]
36	15 November 1987	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Ghana	1-1	2-2	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	[63]
37	14 March 1988	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Egypt	1-0	1-0	1988 African Cup of Nations	[64]
38	17 March 1988	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Nigeria	1-1	1-1	1988 African Cup of Nations	[65]
39	14 June 1990	Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy	Romania	1-0	2-1	1990 FIFA World Cup	[66]
40				2-0
41	23 June 1990	Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy	Colombia	1-0	2-1	1990 FIFA World Cup	[67]
42				2-0
43	28 June 1994	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, USA	Russia	1-3	1-6	1994 FIFA World Cup	[68]

Honours

Léopards Douala

• Cameroon Première Division: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74^[6]

Tonnerre Yaoundé

• African Cup Winners' Cup: 1975^[6]
• Cameroonian Cup: 1991^[6]

Monaco

• Coupe de France: 1979–80^[6]

Bastia

• Coupe de France: 1980–81^[6]

Montpellier

• Division 2: 1986–87^[6]

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations: 1984, 1988^[6]

Individual

• African Footballer of the Year: 1976, 1990^[6]
• Africa Cup of Nations best player: 1986, 1988^[6]
• Africa Cup of Nations top scorer: 1986, 1988^[6]
• FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1990^[69]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990^[70]
• FIFA 100^[6]
• CAF Best African Player of the last 50 years: 2007^[6]
• Golden Foot Legends Award: 2014^[71]
• IFFHS Legends^[72]
• World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time^[73]
• CAF Golden Jubilee #1 Best Player

Orders

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 2006^[1]

See also

• Biography portal
• Association football portal
• Football in Africa portal

• List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals

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External links

• Roger Milla at WorldFootball.net
• Best African Player in The Past Fifty Years