Daniel Wansi (22 February 1982 – 1 August 2024) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a striker.
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Full name | Daniel Jules Oscar Wansi | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 22 February 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 August 2024 | (aged 42)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
–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
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career
editWhen 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
editWansi died in Yaoundé on 1 August 2024, at the age of 42.[4]
References
edit- ^ Panapress website informing the Wansi´s winning of the 2001 Crack d’Or
- ^ 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.
- ^ 2003 All-Africa Games at RSSSF
- ^ Nécrologie : décès de l’ancien international camerounais Daniel Wansi (in French)
External sources
edit- Daniel Wansi at WorldFootball.net
- Stats from 1HNL[permanent dead link] at HRrepka.