Kakoko Etepé

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]

Kakoko Etepé
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Kakoko Etepé
Date of birth (1950-11-22) 22 November 1950
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

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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