The Great World Cup Goals, #4: Pierre Njanka-Beyaka (Cameroon) vs Austria, 1998 (Video)
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Pierre Njanka-Beyaka was the very definition of a journeyman defender during his playing days, turning out for clubs in his native Cameroon, Switzerland, France, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and four or five teams in Indonesia before calling it a day, with a three-year stint at RC Strasbourg between 2000 and 2003 being the highest level he ever reached domestically speaking.
Indeed, Njanka’s first season at Strasbourg included a strange anomaly, as the club spent the entire league season in the bottom three before being relegated from Ligue 1 despite winning the Coupe de France!
As for Cameroon; the nomadic full-back won a not-too-shabby 47 caps for his country – scoring two goals over the course of his six-year international career.
Now, the latter of those goals we are sadly unable to vouch for, but Njanka’s first international goal was truly and unforgettably spectacular – coming, as it did, in the Indomitable Lions’ opening group stage game against Austria at France ’98…
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