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Marc-Vivien Foé (1 May 1975 – 26 June 2003) was a Cameroonian international footballer, who played in midfield for both club and country. With success in the French League, and stints in England in the Premier League, his sudden death, while in the middle of an international competitive fixture, came as a shock to the worldwide footballing community. He was posthumously decorated with the Commander of the National Order of Valour. ==Biography== Foé was born on 1 May 1975 in Yaoundé. He started as a junior with Second Division Union Garoua. Moving to Canon Yaoundé, one of the biggest clubs in Cameroon, he won the Cameroon Cup in 1993. His international debut was against Mexico in September 1993. The following year, he was included in the Cameroon squad for the 1994 World Cup, starting all three of Cameroon's matches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 World Cup 1994 )〕 Marred by financial and disciplinary disputes, the 1994 Cameroon squad was a shadow compared to the quarter-finals in 1990. Cameroon mustered just one point from three matches, and finished with a 6–1 defeat to Russia.〔Glanville, ''The Story of the World Cup'', p 344.〕 However, Foé's performances prompted interest from European clubs. After turning down Auxerre for a trainee position, he signed for another French club, RC Lens of Ligue 1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 La vie de Marc Vivien Foé )〕 His debut on 13 August 1994 was a 2–1 win against Montpellier.〔 In five seasons at Lens, he finally won the 1998 French league title. In 1999, he was targeted by Manchester United, but refused a £3 million offer. Further negotiations were curtailed abruptly after he broke a leg at Cameroon's pre-World Cup training camp,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Foe's World Cup dream ends with broken leg )〕 and missed the 1998 World Cup. Shortly after his recovery, he moved to English Premier League club West Ham United, for a club record £4.2 million in January 1999. He played 38 league matches for West Ham, scoring one goal against Sheffield Wednesday. He also scored a goal in West Ham's 3–1 win against NK Osijek in the UEFA Cup. In May 2000, he moved back to France's Lyon on a £6 million transfer. He missed much of the season from malaria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Marc-Vivien Foe )〕 After recovery, he won the French league Cup in 2001, and the French league title in 2002. He was on the Cameroon squad in the 2002 World Cup. As in 1994, he played in all of Cameroon's matches. Though the team performed better since 1994, they were again eliminated. At the group stage, they beat Saudi Arabia, drew with Ireland and lost to Germany.〔〔 Foé returned to the Premier League, loaned to Manchester City in the 2002–03 season for £550,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Foe signs for City )〕 His debut on the opening day of the season was a 3–0 loss to Leeds United. Foé was a first team regular for Kevin Keegan's team, starting 38 of 41 matches. His first goal for the club came against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on 9 December 2002,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Sunderland 0 Manchester City 3 )〕 and he scored five more goals in the next month. Of nine total, the last was most significant. His second goal in a 3–0 victory against Sunderland on 21 April 2003 was the club's final goal at their Maine Road stadium. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marc-Vivien Foé」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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