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Jacques N'Guea

Cameroonian footballer (1955–2022)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ3806047
Source-derived summary

Jacques N'Guea Énongué (8 November 1955 – 31 May 2022) was a Cameroonian footballer who played as a forward. He appeared internationally for the Cameroon national team between 1977 and 1984, participating in Cameroon's first FIFA World Cup in 1982 and its win of the 1984 African Cup of Nations. At club level, he played for Ouragan de Loum and Canon Yaoundé.

Death

N'Guea died in Yaoundé on 31 May 2022, aged 66, after a long illness.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jacques N'Guea” as cameroonian footballer (1955–2022). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955, 2022, 1977, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1955-11-08. The account is most persuasive where Jacques, N'Guea and Cameroonian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as cameroonian footballer (1955–2022). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3806047. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955, 2022, 1977 and 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from Jacques N'Guea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.