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Sports
Décès de
l'atlète haitien du 20ème siècle: Emmanuel
Sanon
Documentaire :Audio/Vidéo
Nous avons appris
avec beaucoup de consternation, la
triste nouvelle de la mort de notre
héros national Emmanuel Sanon , l'atlète
haitien du 20ème siècle, survenue après
une longue maladie courageusement
supportée. En cette pénible
circonstance, Haiti d'Outre-Mer, le
staff de Haiti Connexion Network et de
Radio Haiti Connexion présentent leurs
condoléances émues à sa femme Suzie
Sanon et ses enfants ; aux parents, amis
et alliés affectés par cette lourde
perte.
En cette douloureuse
circonstance nous présentons un bref
résumé de notre grand héros
national, qui a porté l'étendard de
notre bicolore bien haut lors de la
coupe du monde à Munick( Allemagne) en
1974. A noter que Manno Sanon était
un membre très actif du forum Haiti
Connexion.
Ci-joint un résumé
qui nous a été soumis dans les colonnes
de Haiti Connexion par Lemane Vaillant
et réadapté par Haiti Connexion.
Emmanuel Sanon
25 Juin 1951 - 21 Février 2008
Emmanuel Sanon -
Haitian Soccer Player, member of 1974
Haitian National Team who participated
in the world cup in Munich, Germany
In four years Manno
Sanon scored 47 of the 106 goals scored by
the Haitian national team
Emmanuel Sanon was
born on June 25th, 1951, in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. Son of Darius Sanon, from Jacmel, and
Cherisna Fortune Sanon, from Kenscoff.
Attended Fabre
Geffrard Primary School, Lycee Firmin &
Lycee de Petion-Ville Secondary School
 From:
http://www.haitifoot.com
Sanon made his name as
a striker with the Don Bosco club of
Petionville.
In 1973 the Haitian
Football Federation successfully lobbied for
the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying tournament
to be staged in Port-au-Prince.
The favourites, Mexico
and Trinidad, were eclipsed by the young
Haitian team, and Sanon's goals propelled
his team to the top of the group. Haiti
became the first Caribbean team to qualify
for the World Cup Finals.
The 1974 World Cup
Finals in West Germany were contested by
just 16 teams.
Haiti's first game,
against the 1970 runners up, Italy, took
place in Munich in front of 65,000
spectators. 0-0 at half time, but within two
minutes of the restart, Sanon
claimed his place in World Cup history,
and in the hearts of Haitian fans, by giving
Haiti the lead against the legendary Italian
goalkeeper, Dino Zoff.
Hugh McIlvanney, of
The Observer newspaper wrote "Emmanuel
Sanon, a powerfully built and spiritedly
aggressive forward from Port-au-Prince, did
what some of the greatest players in the
world had failed to do in Zoff's 12 previous
games for Italy." The Haitian team
lost the game, and their two others against
Poland and Argentina, but Sanon had become a
star.
In four years he
scored 47 of the 106 goals scored by the
Haitian national team, and he went on to
enjoy a successful career with Beershcoot of
Antwerp, at that time a force in Belgian
football.
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Manno Sanon's goals
put Haiti on the footballing map when, in
1974, it became the first Caribbean nation
to qualify for the World Cup finals.
Manno recalls the
euphoria and tensions after Mexico's failure
to beat Trinidad in the qualification
tournament played in Port-au-Prince meant
Haiti were through to the finals in West
Germany, "It was the first time a small
country like Haiti had qualified for the
World Cup.
Manno Sanon, Philippe Vorbe, Ernst Jn-Joseph
at the 1973 Concacaf in Mexico.
At that time there
were only 16 teams in the tournament, so it
was quite something. The night we knew we
had qualified, well, the country was upside
down. It was crazy."
The team's first game
was against Italy, finalists in 1970, and
led by goalkeeper Dino Zoff who had just
completed 12 consecutive internationals
without conceding a goal.
Click to experience again Manno's Goal on Argentina
"Everybody was asking
who would beat Dino Zoff. The newspapers
mentioned European and South American
players, but nobody thought a Haitian could
do it. That upset me because I knew I could
do it", said Manno Sanon.
The Haitian team
surpassed all expectations by holding Italy
to 0-0 in the first half. Two minutesinto
the second half, Manno shocked everyone but
himself.
"With my pace, you
can't leave me with just one defender, but
that is what happened. I was one-on-one with
Spinosi. I received a pass from Phillipe
Vorbe. I beat the defender with my speed.
One-on-one with Dino
Zoff, and the goal was wide open. I
dummied to go left, and then went right.
I rounded him, and rolled the ball into
the net."
Manno Sanon félicité par le gardien italien
Dino Zoff
The team lost its two
other matches with Poland and Argentina, but
Manno's goal against Zoff had made him a
star. After the tournament he signed for the
Antwerp club, Beerschoot, at that time a
force to be reckoned with in Belgian
football.
ATHLETIC CAREER
AMATEUR:
64-65 Championship
winner 4th division
65-66 Championship winner 2nd divsision
66-67 Vice champion interschool
67-68 Championship
winner interschool tourn.
67-68 Top scorer Juvenil national team
68-69 Championship
winner interschool tourn.
69-70 Championship winner 1st division
INTERNATIONAL CAREER:
69-70 Vice champion
Concacaf
71 Vice champion Concacaf
73 Championship winner Concacaf
74 Participated in the World Cup in Germany
(scored against Italy, broke Dino Zoff
record held for two years ), scored against
Argentina
77 Vice champion Concacaf
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
74-75 Beerschoot
Athletic Club (Anvers,Belgium)
76-77 Winner Antwerpen Cup (MVP)
79-80 Championship Winner Belgium Cup (MVP)
80-81 Miami Americans (USA) (4 times voted
MVP of the week All stars celect team)
81-82 Semi finalist Soccer Bowl (NASL)
81-82 Championship winner Indoor soccer
(NASL)
82-83 Semi finalist Soccer Bowl (NASL)
82-83 Championship winner Indoor Soccer
(NASL)
COACHING CAREER:
76-80 Beerschoot youth
program
80-84 San Diego Sockers community program
83-84 Ass.Coach Chula Vista High
84-85 Head Coach Chula Vista High
85-86 Head Coach Scondido High
86-87 Head Coach Buena Vista High (San
Diego)
87-88 Ass. Coach Capitol Soccer Club
(Austin, Tx)
88-97 Head Coach Midland Blast Soccer Club
99-00 Head Coach Haitian National Team
04-05 Coach U 16 AjaxOrlando
COACHING
LICENSED AND ADMINISTRATION:
Advanced National
Diploma ( NCAA )
License "B" (USSF)
French License ( FFF )
Writer of two books (Biographies),Manno
Sanon "Toup Pou Yo"
1999 : Voted Haitian Athlete of the Century
2003-2004,Coordinator of Ambassadeur Program
(OCPS)
2003-2004, Parents / Students liaison ( OCPS
)
For more
information on his career be sure to
purchase his book:
Imprimé au Canada • 2001 •
Achat en ligne
Sources : Lemane Vaillant,
http://www.foutbol.com/ ,
http://www.haitiantreasures.com/HT_threat_sanon.htm,
Tele Image TV Show
Adaptation:
Herve Gilbert de
HaitiConnexion / 02-21-08
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