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Manno Sanon
Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Sanon
Date of birth (1951-06-25)25 June 1951
Place of birth Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Date of death 21 February 2008(2008-02-21) (aged 56)
Place of death Orlando, Florida, United States
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1974 Don Bosco FC
1974–1980 Beerschot 142 (43)
1980 Miami Americans
1980–1983 San Diego Sockers 31 (16)
1981–1982 San Diego Sockers (indoor) 16 (8)
International career
1970–1981 Haiti 65 (37)
Managerial career
1999–2000 Haiti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel "Manno" Sanon (25 June 1951 – 21 February 2008[1]) was a Haitian professional footballer who played as a striker. He starred in the Haiti national team winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship. Haiti qualified for the finals of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Though they lost all three matches Sanon scored twice in the tournament. His goal against Italy when he ran onto a pass from Philippe Vorbe was the first conceded by Italian keeper Dino Zoff in 1,142 minutes of football.

Sanon won his home national championship in 1971 with top-level Don Bosco. He then won the Belgian Cup in the Belgian Pro League in 1979 with the K. Beerschot V.A.C.

Sanon is among the "Les 100 Héros de la Coupe du Monde" (100 Heroes of the World Cup), which included the top 100 World Cup Players from 1930 to 1990, a list drawn up in 1994 by the France Football magazine based exclusively on their performances at World Cup level.

Early life

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Sanon attended the Lycée de Pétion-Ville Secondary School.

Club career

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Sanon spent four season with his home club Don Bosco, where he won the national championship in 1971. He then spent six seasons for the K. Beerschot V.A.C., where he won the Belgian Cup in 1979 with a decisive assist to Johan Coninx for the only goal scored.[2] He would finish his tenure in the Belgian Pro League, with 142 matches and 43 goals.[2][3]

In 1980, Sanon signed with the Miami Americans of the second division American Soccer League.[4] When head coach Ron Newman left the team on 20 June 1980 to become the head coach of the San Diego Sockers of the first division North American Soccer League, he induced Sanon to also move to the Sockers.[5] Sanon spent three seasons with the Sockers until he suffered a career ending knee injury.

International career

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Sanon earned 65 caps and 37 goals for the Haiti national football team.

1974 FIFA World Cup

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Having qualified by first knocking out Puerto Rico in a play-off, then topping the final group in the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti was drawn into a very difficult group featuring two-time champions Italy, future champions Argentina, and Poland, who managed third place in the tournament. While they predictably finished last in the group with three losses and a -12 goal difference, Emmanuel Sanon scored both goals for the country in the tournament. He scored against Argentina in the last game of the group, but by far the most famous goal occurred against Italy. The Azzurri had not let in a goal in 19 games prior to the World Cup, thanks to goalkeeper Dino Zoff. In the opening of the second half, Sanon shocked the Italians with the opening goal. However this lead did not hold and Italy went on to win 3–1. By the time Haiti was tossed from the tournament after losing 7–0 to Poland and 4–1 to Argentina, Sanon had nonetheless cemented his place in footballing history.

Coaching career

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Sanon coached the Haiti national team for a year from 1999 to 2000, during which he led his team to the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[3][6]

Death

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On 21 February 2008, Emmanuel Sanon died in Orlando, Florida, of pancreatic cancer, aged 56.[1] The Haitian Legislature voted to award a perpetual exempted pension to his family posthumously as an honorific gesture for scoring the goals in Haiti's 1974 FIFA World Cup participation.

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sanon goal.
List of international goals scored by Emmanuel Sanon[7][8][9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 April 1970 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Bermuda 1–1 Friendly
2 31 October 1971 Stade Louis Achille, Fort-de-France, Martinique  Martinique 2–2 Friendly
3 28 November 1971 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 6–1 1971 CONCACAF Championship
4 1 December 1971 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Honduras 3–1 1971 CONCACAF Championship
5 13 February 1972 Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis  Guadeloupe 4–4 Friendly
6 15 April 1972 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Puerto Rico 7–0 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification
7
8
9 23 April 1972 San Juan, Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico 5–0 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification
10
11
12 14 December 1972 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Netherlands Antilles 1–0 3–0 Friendly
13 2–0
14 3–0
15 17 December 1972 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Netherlands Antilles 4–1 Friendly
16 30 January 1973 Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana  Guyana 3–1 Friendly
17 6 February 1973 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados  Barbados 2–3 Friendly
18 8 February 1973 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 4–2 Friendly
19 5 November 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  United States 1–0 1–0 Friendly
20 10 November 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Canada 5–1 Friendly
21
22
23 1 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Netherlands Antilles 3–0 1973 CONCACAF Championship
24
25 4 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 1973 CONCACAF Championship
26 13 December 1973 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Guatemala 2–1 1973 CONCACAF Championship
27
28 13 November 1974 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Poland 2–1 Friendly
29 15 June 1974 Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany  Italy 1–3 1974 FIFA World Cup
30 23 June 1974 Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany  Argentina 1–4 1974 FIFA World Cup
31 30 July 1976 National Stadium, Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles  Netherlands Antilles 2–1 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
32
33 14 August 1976 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Netherlands Antilles 7–0 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
34
35 28 November 1976 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Cuba 1–1 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
36 11 December 1976 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Cuba 1–1 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
37 16 October 1977 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  El Salvador 1–0 1–0 1977 CONCACAF Championship

Honours

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Don Bosco[10]

Beerschot[3][10]

San Diego Sockers

Haiti[10]

Individual

Orders

References

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  1. ^ a b Ramos, Victor Manuel (1 March 2008). "Haitian soccer star Sanon dies at 56". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Bordes, Gérald, ed. (29 March 2016). "Quatre Haïtiens en Belgique pour un stage" (in French). Le National. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Jourdan, Jean-François, ed. (3 March 2008). "La perle haïtienne du Kiel n'est plus" (in French). La Libre. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  4. ^ Crossley, Andrew, ed. (29 May 2013). "1980 Miami Americans". Fun While It Lasted. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ^ Scheiber, Dave, ed. (1 September 1980). "Go West Young Men! Rowdies tackle San Diego". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. ^ Press (ed.). "Notables 6400.- Haiti and Personalities: Emmanuel Sanon". Haiti-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016.
  7. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Emmanuel "Manno" Sanon - International Appearances". RSSSF.
  8. ^ Courtney, Barrie, ed. (6 March 2014). "Haiti - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Emmanuel Sanon (profile)". Soccer-db.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  10. ^ a b c Néré, Enock, ed. (21 February 2008). "Un grand s'en est allé" (in French). Le Nouvelliste. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. ^ "V Copa de Naciones CONCACAF (NORCECA) 1971 - Match details". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  12. ^ Pierrend, José Luis, ed. (7 May 1999). "France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  13. ^ Pointlane, Joffrey, ed. (26 May 2018). "Emmanuel Sanon (Haïti), nouvel épisode de nos 100 joueurs qui ont marqué l'histoire de la Coupe du monde" (in French). France Football. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  14. ^ Witzig, Richard, ed. (2006). The Global Art of Soccer. p. vii. ISBN 0977668800. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  15. ^ Néré, Enock, ed. (5 March 2008). "Pour dire adieu à Emmanuel Sanon" (in French). Le Nouvelliste. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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