Died at 68 Emmanuel couldformer fender who was part of the Cameroon squad that beat Argentina 1-0, led by Diego Maradonain the debut of the World Cup in Italy 1990. That team reached the quarterfinals, an instance that no African selected had reached before in the history of the World Cup.
The death, whose causes did not transcend, was informed this Friday by the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecofoot).
“The Fefoot sadly received the news of the death of the old ‘Indomitable Leon’ (referring to the nickname of the national team), Emmanuel Kunde,” the entity published on the Facebook social network.
“Kunde was part of the golden generation that participated in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, during which Cameroon became the first African nation to play in the quarterfinals of a world football championship,” they added in the statement.
“It constitutes one Huge loss for Cameroonian football“The message concluded.
Kunde served as a defender and spent most of his career in the Canon Yaundé, a club located in the Cameroonian capital.
In addition to participating in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, he also played in Spain 1982 and was part of the national team that He won the African Cup of Nations in 1984 and 1988.
After retiring as a player, Kunde dedicated himself to the technical direction, commanding Canon Yaundé and other Cameroonians, and held various technical positions in the national team.