On the day that one of Cameroon's favourite sons, Marc-Vivien Foe , would have turned 46, Goal celebrate a player whose candle burned brightly…but all too briefly.
The Central African's impact on the African game was memorable, but was ultimately unfulfilled, with the player passing away following a cardiac arrest while on international duty with Cameroon at the 2003 Confederations Cup.
"Marc-Vivien Foe will leave us the memory of a charming boy, the incarnation of the joy in life," read a statement on the Olympique Lyonnais website. "We will keep of him his bursts of laughter, the music which comes out of the changing room, and his kindness away from the ground.