Cameroon Manager - Volker Finke
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Personal information
Date of birth
24 March 1948
Place of birth
Nienburg, West Germany
Current:
Cameroon: Manager
Senior career*
TSV Havelse:
0000-1969
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 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 end of 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.
Fixtures and results for the 2014 Confed Cup.
2013 champions: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Winners advance to group stage
Roger Milla has lost his record as the oldest footballer to represent an African national team to 43-year-old Mauritius striker Kersley Appou.
Striker Samuel Eto'o could be available for Chelsea when they face Paris-St Germain in Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg.
Milla returned to the 1994 FIFA World Cup at the age of 42, being the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup. Cameroon were knocked out in the group stages; however, Milla scored a goal against Russia, setting a record as the oldest goalscorer in a World Cup tournament; a record he set in the previous World Cup edition.
African Players on the FIFA 100 list:
• Abédi Pelé (Ghana)
• El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
• George Weah (Liberia)
• Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria)
• Roger Milla (Cameroon)
All five of Africa's World Cup finalists are in action this week as they continue their preparations for this summer's tournament in Brazil.
(Algeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Côte d'Ivoire; Nigeria)
Eto'o was a part of the squads that won the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, and was a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Cameroon finished as runners-up, he scored his only goal in a 1:0 group-stage upset of Brazil on 19 June.
The Anzhi star was accompanied by former team mates at Barcelona Victor Valdes and Xavi Hernandez in Gabon to launch his youth football training centre. - Eto'o football foundation -
