THE DANCING WIZARD FROM AFRICA

Roger Milla of Cameroon was already 38, when the president encouraged that he be included in the nations squad heading to the world cup in Italy in 1990. After some magical moments during a few friendlies, prior to departing Cameroon, the rest of the squad came to accept him as a worthy member. They were not disappointed.

He was their major goal scorer. And after each goal he ran to the corner flag and wowed spectators with an African dance. Eugene Ebode described the dance like this: " It was not quite a samba but an erotic dance ...with the hand down by the groin, just to show the virile way that the defence had been pierced."

Roger Milla was to feature again for Cameroon at the world cup in Russia, 1994. He was 42 years old and 39 days. He became the oldest goal scorer, when he scored the only goal for Cameroon, as the host, Russia, walloped them 61.