Patrick M'Boma

Henri Patrick M'Boma Dem (born 15 November 1970 in Douala, Cameroon) is a former Cameroonian football striker and the former all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroonian national team.

M'Boma started his domestic football career in 1993, and during his career played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland (where he scored once against Tottenham Hotspur), Al Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe before retiring on 16 May 2005.

After first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, M'Boma scored 33 goals in 57 matches. He played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and also led Cameroon to the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics and victories at the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups. He was named African Footballer of the Year for his efforts in 2000. He scored a memorable overhead kick against France in 1998. His trademark goal-scoring celebration was a two-gun shooting spree with both his hands. He was renowned for scoring long distance goals with his powerful left foot.

Individual honours

• African Footballer of the Year: 2000
• BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2000
• African Nations Cup top scorer: 2002
• J. League Top Scorer: 1997
• J. League Best Eleven: 1997
• Coppa Italia Top-scorer: 1999–2000

Team honours

• Summer Olympics : 2000
• African Nations Cup : 2000, 2002

• Roberto Di Maggio; Davide Rota (4 June 2015). "Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2015.