Roger MILLA, Official guest of the State of Israel, from 13th to 18th August 2017.
For some, he’s “M. l’Ambassadeur”
For others he’s just “Rogers”
He’s a great football icon and as founder of the Coeur d’Afrique – Roger MILLA Foundation, Roger MILLA is a humanitarian and is active in the promotion of the social inclusion of disabled persons, promotion of gender balance, assistance to less privileged persons and sickle cell anemic children etc.
He is also the African footballer of the 20th century.
He scored 5 goals at the FIFA world Cup (4 in 1990 and 1 in 1994) and became World Cup oldest goal scorer at 38 in Italy 1990 and beat the record at 42 in USA-1994.
Other accolades include:
CLUB
Cameroon Première Division: 1972, 1973
African Cup Winners' Cup: 1975
Coupe de France: 1980, 1981
French Division 2: 1987
INTERNATIONAL
Africa Cup of Nations: 1984, 1988
INDIVIDUAL
African Footballer of the Year: 1976, 1990
Africa Cup of Nations Best Player: 1986
African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 1986, 1988
FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1990
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1990
FIFA 100
CAF Best African Player of the last 50 years: 2007
Golden Foot Legends Award: 2014
Israel is very honored and proud of this visit which will be successful.