Stephen Tataw
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Tataw Eta | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 31 March 1963||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon[2] | ||
Date of death | 31 July 2020[3] | (aged 57)||
Place of death | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1984 | Cammack of Kumba | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1991 | Tonnerre Yaoundé | ||
1992–1994 | Olympic Mvolyé | ||
1995–1996 | Tosu Futures | ||
International career | |||
1986–1994 | Cameroon[4] | 63 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stephen Tataw Eta (31 March 1963 – 31 July 2020) was a Cameroonian football right-back who played club football in his home country and Japan. He captained the Cameroon national team at the 1990 and 1994 editions of the FIFA World Cup. He was the first player from Africa to play for a Japanese club.
Career
Tataw played with Cammack of Kumba before joining Tonnerre Yaoundé from 1988 to 1991, and for Olympic Mvolyé from 1992 to 1994. Although Tonnerre were one of Cameroon's leading clubs, they lacked basic facilities; playing on a baked earth pitch in a stadium with no showers or dressing rooms. In 1991 Tataw was reported to earn £60-per-week, with another £100-per-week from a sinecure with Cameroon Radio Television.[5]
In October 1990, Tataw joined English Football League First Division club Queens Park Rangers on trial. It was reported that he was "bemused" by the experience: "The manager, I forget his name [Don Howe], said I was good – excellent – but he was full up. I was a right-back and he did not need one. Why did he not tell me this before I came? Ask him. I was excellent."[5] The following month he was reported to be on trial with Football League Second Division club Brighton & Hove Albion.[6]
In Simon Kuper's Football Against the Enemy, Tataw is described playing for second tier Olympic Mvolyé. He was dragged from his car and beaten up by four armed men days before the 1992 Cameroonian Cup final against Diamant Yaoundé. He rebounded to captain his club in the match and played well, winning the penalty kick from which teammate Bertin Ebwellé struck the only goal.[7]
In 1995, Tataw joined
International career
Tataw made his debut for the Cameroon national football team in December 1986, in a UDEAC Cup game against the Republic of the Congo in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. He became a regular fixture in the side during the subsequent years.[11]
Tataw's most successful and notable international tournament he participated in was the
The Russia game at the
Coaching career
In April 2018, Tataw was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team coaching job.[16]
Honours
Club
- Cameroon Cup: 1989, 1991 and 1992[17]
International
References
- ^ "Stephen TATAW". 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018.
- ^ According to La Part Du Lion: L'Encyclopedie de L'Histoire Du Football Du Cameroun by Raphael Ebanga-Mballa [1] Tataw was born in Kumba.
- ^ a b Enow, Njie (31 July 2020). "Cameroon's Italia '90 captain Stephen Tataw dies". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ Stephen Tataw Eta - International Appearances
- ^ a b Lovejoy, Joe (1993). "Roger Milla". In Kelly, Stephen F. (ed.). A Game of Two Halves. Random House. p. 293.
- ^ "Villa sign Czech for Pounds 300,000 – Football". The Times. 16 November 1990.
Stephen Tataw, the Cameroon World Cup captain, is joining Brighton on trial and will play for their reserves when international clearance is received. Tataw, aged 27, a central defender, has been training with Queen's Park Rangers.
- ISBN 9781409137856. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Cameroon legend Tataw passes away". Confederation of African Football. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Orlowitz, DAN (1 May 2020). "History repeats as Tosu struggles to find financial footing during COVID-19 crisis". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Stephen Tataw: The story of Indomitable Lions' able skipper". Kick442.com. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Stephen Tataw Eta – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Burnton, Simon (13 March 2018). "World Cup stunning moments: Cameroon shock Argentina in 1990". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ a b Dove, Ed (19 May 2020). "1990: When Cameroon rocked the world". ESPN. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "1990 FIFA World Cup Italy – Groups". FIFA. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Lacey, David (2 July 1990). "England find the courage to make history". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (23 April 2018). "77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Cameroon: Former Indomitable Lions' captain Stephen Tataw passes away". Journal du Cameroun. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
He equally made a name at home where he captained he won three Cup of Cameroon triumphs in 1989, 1991 and 1992 , with Tonnerre of Yaounde and Olympique Mvolye.
- ^ "Cameroon legends Tataw and Olembe to assist Total CHAN 2020 draw". CAF (Press release). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
The highlight of [Tataw's] career was winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 1988 in Morocco.
External links
- Stephen Tataw on Camfoot
- Stephen Tataw at National-Football-Teams.com