Cameroon

Confederation: CAF(Africa)
Head coach: Paul Le Guen
Captain: Samuel Eto'o
Group: E

When you look at the Cameroon squad, It's evident that they have some very good players at their disposal. The most famous current Cameroonian is Samuel Eto'o, who is one of best strikers in the world. There were rumours that Eto'o was going to withdraw from the squad, after receiving criticism from legend Roger Milla, however it's thought that he will remain in the squad. Arsenal defensive midfielder, Alexandre Song could be vital to their success if he can perform like he has at Arsenal this season. Alexandre's uncle Rigobert Song is also in the squad, the veteran defender will be familar to English fans, as he played for Liverpool and West Ham.

Cameroon's defense has a good balance of youth and experience, the likes of Geremi and Song will help youngsters Gaetan Bong and Nicolas Nkoulou. Spurs duo Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Sebastien Bassong have both played well this season, Assou-Ekotto in particular shone at left back. If Cameroon can keep it tight at the back, they could surprise a few teams this summer. In midfield they have a lot of defense minded players, Jean Makoun, Landry Nguemo and Joel Matip all like to protect the defense. Achille Emana , of Betis, will have the responsibility to get forward and supply the strikers.

The 'Indomitable Lions' will obviously look to Eto'o to get the goals, however, if the Inter Milan forward is under firing, they will have to rely on Pierre Webo and Mohamadou Idrissou. Webo has scored 12 times in 34 caps for his country and will likely partner Eto'o up front. Holland are the favourites in group E, so realistically, Cameroon will hope to see off Denmark and Japan for second place.


Squad:

Goalkeepers: Hamidou Souleymanou (Kayserispor/Turkey), Carlos Kameni (Espanyol/Spain), Guy Roland Ndy Assembe (Valenciennes/France)

Defenders: Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham/England), Sebastien Bassong (Tottenham/England), Gaetan Bong (Valenciennes/France), Aurelien Chedjou (Lille/France), Geremi (Ankaragucu/Turkey), Stephane Mbia (Marseille/France), Nicolas Nkoulou (Monaco/France), Rigobert Song (Trabzonspor/Turkey)

Midfielders: Eyong Enoh (Ajax/Netherlands), Jean II Makoun (Lyon/France), Georges Mandjeck (Kaiserslautern/Germany), Joel Matip (Schalke/Germany), Landry Nguemo (Celtic/Scotland), Alexandre Song (Arsenal/England)

Forwards: Vincent Aboubakar (Coton Sport), Eric Choupo-Moting (Nuremberg/Germany), Achille Emana (Betis/Spain), Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan/Italy), Mohamadou Idrissou (Freiburg/Germany), Pierre Webo (Mallorca/Spain)

Ant Myers