Kakoko Etepé

Kakoko Etepé
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Kakoko Etepé
Date of birth (1950-11-22) 22 November 1950
Place of birth Léopoldville, Belgian Congo
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1981 Imana Kinshasa
1981–1982 VfB Stuttgart 1 (0)
1982–1984 1. FC Saarbrücken 49 (23)
1984–1985 Borussia Neunkirchen 0 (0)
International career
1970–1976 Congo-Kinshasa/Zaire[1] 31 (9)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Zaire
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner1974 Egypt
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel Kakoko Etepé (born 22 November 1950) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward.[2] He represented Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[3]

Career

Kakoko played for Imana Kinshasa, VfB Stuttgart (1981–82) and 1. FC Saarbrücken.[4] Kakoko finished fourth in the voting for France Football's 1973 African Player of the Year.[5] In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[6]

Personal life

Some time after his World Cup stint, Kakoko settled in West Germany and worked at a Mercedes factory in Stuttgart.[7] His son Yannick is also a footballer and currently manages FC Differdange 03 in Luxembourg.[8][7]

Honours

Zaire

See also

References

  1. ↑ Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
  2. ↑ "Kakoko, Etepe" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Etepe Kakoko – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ↑ "Etepe Kakoko" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  5. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (14 February 2000). "African Player of the Year 1973". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  6. ↑ Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί (in Greek). Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  7. 1 2 Miller, Nick (17 June 2026). "Zaire, that World Cup free kick and the sad story behind one of the World Cup's strangest moments". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Etepe reflects on Zaire's 1974 adventure". FIFA. 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "African Cup of Nations 1974-Zaire Squad". Retrieved 31 March 2026.
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