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Jean Manga-Ongene was a Cameroonian footballer who played for Canon Yaoundé throughout his career. In 1980, he was recognized as the best football player in Africa, and in 1972 he won a bronze medal at the African Cup of Nations as part of the Cameroon national team.
Jean Manga-Ongene, Africa's best footballer in 1980, has died at the age of 81.
Manga-Ongene, who died on October 6 in Paris after an illness, spent his entire career with Canon Yaounde and achieved significant success, including victories in the Cameroon League and Cup, as well as the African Champions Club Cup.
MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. The best footballer in Africa in 1980, Cameroonian Jean Manga-Ongene, died at the age of 81, according to the Cameroonian Ministry of Sports and Physical Education page on Facebook* (owned by Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia as extremist).
Manga-Ongene died on October 6 in Paris after an illness.
The footballer spent his entire career at Canon Yaounde, with whom he won the Cameroonian championship and Cup six times, and also won the African Club Champions Cup three times. As part of the Cameroon national team, Manga-Ongene became a bronze medalist at the 1972 African Cup of Nations.

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