Kakoko Etepé

Kakoko Etepé
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Kakoko Etepé
Date of birth (1950-11-22) 22 November 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1981 Imana Kinshasa
1981–1982 VfB Stuttgart 1 (0)
1982–1984 1. FC Saarbrücken 49 (23)
1984–1985 Borussia Neunkirchen 0 (0)
International career
1970–1976 Zaire[1] 31 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel Kakoko Etepé (born 22 November 1950) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward.[2] He represented Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[3]

Career

Kakoko played for Imana Kinshasa, VfB Stuttgart (1981–82) and 1. FC Saarbrücken.[4] Kakoko finished fourth in the voting for France Football's 1973 African Player of the Year.[5] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[6]

Personal life

His son Yannick is also a footballer.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
  2. ^ "Kakoko, Etepe" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  3. ^ Etepe Kakoko – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ "Etepe Kakoko" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  5. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (14 February 2000). "African Player of the Year 1973". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  6. ^ Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Etepe reflects on Zaire's 1974 adventure". FIFA. 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014.


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