The national team coaches of Cameroon at the World Cups
World Cup 2022
Rigobert Song
World Cup 2014
Volker Finke
World Cup 2010
Paul Le Guen
World Cup 2002
Winfried Schäfer
World Cup 1998
Claude Le Roy
World Cup 1994
Henri Michel
World Cup 1990
Valeri Nepomniachi
World Cup 1982
Jean Vincent
Rigobert Song - Cameroon Manager - 2022-2024
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Personal information
Full name
Rigobert Song Bahanag
Date of birth
1 July 1976
Place of birth
Nkenglikok, Nyong-et-Kéllé, Cameroon
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position
Centre-back
Senior career*
Metz
1993-1998
123x apps 3x goals
Salernitana
1998
4x apps 1x goals
Liverpool
1999-2000
34x apps 0x goals
West Ham United
2000-2002
24x apps 0x goals
→ 1. FC Köln (loan)
2001-2002
16x apps 0x goals
Lens
2002-2004
63x apps 3x goals
Galatasaray
2004-2008
104x apps 4x goals
Trabzonspor
2008-2010
46x apps 0x goals
Total
414x apps 11x goals
International career
Cameroon
1993-2010
137x apps 5x goals
Managerial career
Cameroon A
2016-2018
Cameroon (caretaker)
2017-2018
Cameroon U23
2018-2022
Cameroon
2022-2024
Central African Republic
2025
Rigobert Song Bahanag is a Cameroonian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed the Central African Republic national team.
Known for his defensive skills, Song usually played as a centre-back, but could also operate at right-back.
Internationally, he played in a record eight Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and served as captain in five (the ones he was not captain for were South Africa 1996, Burkina Faso 1998, and Angola 2010), a record, and holds the record for most consecutive games played in the tournament with 35 first-team games.
He has won two CAF Africa Cup of Nations titles in 2000 and 2002.
In 2009, Song was dropped as Cameroon's skipper by new coach Paul Le Guen, who eventually appointed Samuel Eto'o as the new captain, which later caused concerns, as Song had never been on the bench in more than eleven years for Cameroon.
With 137 appearances, Song also holds the record of the most-capped player in the history of the Cameroon national team and has played in four World Cups, in 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2010.
Song started his professional career with Metz and helped the club to win the Coupe de la Ligue in 1996.
After appearing at the 1998 World Cup, he joined Salernitana, newly promoted to the top-flight Italian Serie A.
In January 1999, he left Italy to start successive stints with Liverpool, West Ham United, and 1. FC Köln, but after failing to hold down a first-team place, he returned to France to play for Lens.
He stayed there until 2004, before moving on to Turkey, where he spent four years with Galatasaray, winning two Süper Lig titles and the Turkish Cup.
Song then signed a contract with Trabzonspor in 2008, where he won another Turkish Cup and stayed until 2010.
Aside from Zinedine Zidane, Song is the only player to have been sent off in two different World Cups, once against Brazil in 1994 and against Chile in 1998.
He also holds the record as the youngest player ever to be sent off in a World Cup, aged 17.
Nicknamed "Big Chief" by Turkish fans, he is the uncle of fellow Cameroonian defensive midfielder Alex Song and of rugby league player Junior Nsemba.
Volker Finke - Cameroon Manager - 2013-2014
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Personal information
Date of birth
24 March 1948
Place of birth
Nienburg, West Germany
Senior career*
TSV Havelse:
1960-1969
Hannoverscher SC:
1969-1975
Teams managed
TSV Stelingen:
1975-19??
TSV Havelse:
1986-1990
SC Norderstedt:
1990-1991
SC Freiburg:
1991-2007
Urawa Red Diamonds:
2009-2010
1. FC Köln:
(Director of Sport)
2010-2012
1. FC Köln:
Interim manager
2011
Cameroon:
2013-2015
Volker Finke (born 24 March 1948) is a German football manager and former player who currently manages Cameroon. He was the coach of SC Freiburg for 16 years.
Coaching career
On 6 December 2008, the Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds announced they had signed a contract with Finke as head coach until 2010.
On 18 December 2010, was named as the new director of sport by 1. FC Köln: his contract started on 1 February 2011. Effective on 27 April 2011 he additionally became interim coach till the end of the season.
On 10 March 2012, Köln parted company with Finke by mutual consent after a 1:0 win over Hertha BSC.
On 22 May 2013, he was named coach of Cameroon.