What is Norbert Owona?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Norbert Owona | image = | fullname = | birth_date = 1951 | birth_place = | death_date = 3 February 2021 (aged 70) | death_place = [[Douala]], Cameroon | height = | position = [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = [[Union Douala]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 196?–1972 | nationalteam1 = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = }} '''Norbert Owona''' (1951 – 3 February 2021) was a Cameroonian [[association football|footballer]]. He played as a [[midfielder]] for the [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon national team]] until 1972. Owona scored against Nigeria during the [[1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification]] campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=247/match=1790/index.html|title=1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico - Matches - Cameroon-Nigeria - FIFA.com|website=FIFA.com|access-date=2021-02-10|archive-date=2018-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828134637/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=247/match=1790/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After his football career, he was homeless and had a [[hernia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=L'ancien Capitaine des Lions du Cameroun dans la Rue et gravement Malade |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdQKuOTBKNE|publisher=Regard Social (via Youtube)|access-date=28 August 2018 |date=4 August 2018}}</ref> Owona was found dead on a street in [[Douala]], on 3 February 2021. He was aged 70.<ref>[https://africafootunited.com/cameroun-norbert-owona-lancien-lion-indomptable-tire-sa-reverence/ Cameroun: Norbert Owona, l’ancien Lion Indomptable tire sa révérence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221141130/https://africafootunited.com/cameroun-norbert-owona-lancien-lion-indomptable-tire-sa-reverence/ |date=2021-02-21 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Owona, Norbert}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Ca