Daniel Wansi (22 February 1982 – 1 August 2024) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Daniel Wansi
Personal information
Full name Daniel Jules Oscar Wansi
Date of birth (1982-02-22)22 February 1982
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Date of death 1 August 2024(2024-08-01) (aged 42)
Place of death Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2001 Cintra Yaoundé
2001–2003 ES Sahel
2003 Inker Zaprešić 6 (0)
2004 Al-Nasr Dubai
2004–2005 Dynamo Dresden 28 (0)
2006 Shenzhen Kingway 14 (1)
2006–2008 RAEC Mons 12 (0)
2008–2009 Budućnost Podgorica
2009–2010 Cintra Yaoundé
2011 El Gouna 2 (0)
International career
2003 Cameroon U23
Medal record
Men's association football
Representing  Cameroon
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Abuja Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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When Wansi was nineteen and playing in Cameroon's Cintra Yaoundé, he won the 2001 "Crack d’Or", best Cameroon's footballer of the year.[1]

He played for Croatian First League club Inker Zaprešić in autumn 2003.

He trialled at Xiamen Lanshi in February 2006.[2] He then played for Shenzhen Kingway.

In December 2007 he moved to Montenegrin First League club FK Budućnost Podgorica.

Wansi was part of the Cameroon U23 national team that won the 2003 All-Africa Games.[3]

Death

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Wansi died in Yaoundé on 1 August 2024, at the age of 42.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Panapress website informing the Wansi´s winning of the 2001 Crack d’Or
  2. ^ 杨晨昨日正式亮相厦足 首次训练位置前锋变后卫 (in Chinese). 海峡都市报. 4 February 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  3. ^ 2003 All-Africa Games at RSSSF
  4. ^ Nécrologie : décès de l’ancien international camerounais Daniel Wansi (in French)

External sources

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