Charles Léa


Charles Léa Eyoum is a Cameroonian retired professional football player and manager. A forward, he competed for the football team at the 1972 African Cup of Nations.

Club career

Born in Douala, Léa began playing football as a center forward with local side Aigle Nkongsamba. Soon after, he joined Diamant Yaoundé and Canon Yaoundé. He won the 1971 Cameroonian Cup with Diamant Yaoundé and the 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs title with Canon.
Léa made 52 appearances for the Cameroon national football team from 1969 to 1972.
In 2006, Léa was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Léa became a football manager. He received a coaching license in France and began as a player-manager with D3 side Villemomble Sports in 1978. Next, he returned to Cameroon where he would lead local clubs AS Babimbi, Léopards Douala, Dynamo Douala and Union Douala.

Honours

Cameroon