The 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede occurred on 29 March 2009 in the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire before a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match, the match was particularly popular among locals, with world stars such as which professional footballer who plays for Championship side Cardiff City and the Ivory Coast national team, as a centre-back?
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2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede The 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede occurred on 29 March 2009 in the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire before a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Malawi and Côte d'Ivoire. Nineteen people were killed and 135 were injured. In an attempt to control a stampede police fired tear gas into the crowds, who had begun jostling with each other at least 40 minutes before kick off. The match was particularly popular among locals, with world stars such as Didier Drogba, Sol Bamba and Salomon Kalou due to play for Côte d'Ivoire.
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Sol Bamba Souleymane "Sol" Bamba (born 13 January 1985) is a professional footballer who plays for Championship side Cardiff City and the Ivory Coast national team as a centre-back.
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Cheikh M'Bengue Cheikh Sidy Bouya M'Bengue (born 23 July 1988) is a professional footballer who plays for French club Saint-Étienne, as a left-back.
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Ivory Coast Player of the Year The Footballer of the Year of Ivory Coast is a yearly award given by the Football Association of Ivory Coast (French: "Fédération Ivoirienne de Football" ) to the best player of the year.
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Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club (Welsh: "Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd" ) is a professional association football club based in the city of Cardiff, Wales that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
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Ibrahim Fazeel Ibrahim Fazeel (born 9 October 1980) is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Oppo", who can play both as a midfielder and as a forward currently who plays for Llangefni Town FC
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Douhou Pierre Douhou Sey Djidja Pierre (born 21 December 1987) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for DSK Shivajians in the Indian I-League.
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Itumeleng Khune Itumeleng Isaac Khune (born 20 June 1987) is a South African footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League, and also the South African national team. He is the former captain of both. Khune shot to fame when he saved three penalties from Esrom Nyandoro and Peter Ndlovu against Mamelodi Sundowns in the Telkom Knockout final on 1 December 2007. He is also well known for saving a David Villa penalty and proceeding to make a double save in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage match against Spain a day before his 22nd birthday on 20 June 2009. On 16 June 2010 against Uruguay, Khune became being the second goalkeeper in the history of the FIFA World Cup to be sent off. He is also famous for performing a Rene Higuita scorpion kick save in a league victory over Mpumalanga Black Aces on 28 October 2015. which made rounds in England. Khune is known for his quick reflexes and his distribution which has been hailed as "the best you will see anywhere" by former Liverpool goalkeeper Sander Westerveld.
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Gilles Domoraud Gilles Domoraud (born February 15, 1979 in Man, Côte d'Ivoire) is a Côte d'Ivoire footballer. He is a defender who played for FC Stade Nyonnais.
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Leighton Elliott Leighton Elliott (born 23 October 1984) is a Caymanian footballer who plays as a defender. He has represented the Cayman Islands during the 2010 Caribbean Championship and World Cup qualifying matches in 2008 and 2011.
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Kurt Zouma Kurt Happy Zouma (born 27 October 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Stoke City, on loan from fellow Premier League club Chelsea, and the France national team.
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Ibrahima Sonko Ibrahima Sonko (born 22 January 1981) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a centre back for Isthmian League Premier Division club Harlow Town.
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Jean-Jacques Domoraud Dakaud Otto Jean-Jacques Domoraud (born 1 March 1981 in Man) is a Côte d'Ivoire football defender who is currently without a club.
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Cynthia Djohore Cynthia Djohore (born 16 December 1987) is an Ivorian professional footballer. She was part of the Ivorian squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps (] ; born 15 October 1968) is a retired French footballer and current manager of the France national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France team-mate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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Diego Ivo Diego Ivo Pires (born 6 April 1989) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Moreirense.
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Ivory Coast national under-20 football team Côte d'Ivoire national under-20 football team, also known as Côte d'Ivoire Under-20s or Ivory Coast U20(s), represents Côte d'Ivoire in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by Fédération Ivoirienne de Football, the governing body for football in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Tonnerre Yaoundé Tonnerre Kalara Club of Yaoundé are a football club based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The club was most prominent during the 1980s, winning all of their 5 national championship during the decade with Players like Weah Opong George, Goalkeeper Andre Boe, Roger Milla and some of the best African footballers. They have also won the national cup 5 times. Among the club's most notable players have been the African player of the Century Roger Milla, Rigobert Song and the former FIFA World Player of the Year, Liberian George Weah.
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Lossémy Karaboué Lossémy Karaboué (born 18 March 1988) is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays as a winger for Valenciennes. He was called up to the Ivory coast national football team, but is still eligible for France.
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Morgan Gould Morgan Leonard Gould (born 23 March 1983) is a South African international footballer who plays professionally for Supersport United as a defender.
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Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed in French "Les Lions Indomptables" (The Indomitable Lions or Untameable Lions), is the national team of Cameroon. It is controlled by the "Fédération Camerounaise de Football" and has qualified seven times for the FIFA World Cup, more than any other African team (in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2014), they were the only African team to appear at both the 1990 and 1994 tournaments. However, the team has only made it once out of the group stage. They were the first African team to reach the quarter-final of the World Cup, in 1990, losing to England in extra time. They have also won five Africa Cup of Nations titles.
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Nigeria national football team The Nigeria national football team represents Nigeria in international association football and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). They are three time African Champions, with their recent title in 2013, defeating Burkina Faso in the final.