Emmanuel Sanon

Emmanuel "Manno" Sanon (25 June 1951 – 21 February 2008) was a Haitian footballer who played as a striker. He starred in the Haiti national football team winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship and scored the team's only two goals in its history during the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany, where he became notorious for snapping Italy's Dino Zoff's no-goal 1,142-minute streak from a lead pass from Philippe Vorbe.

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)
National team
1970–1981 Haiti 100 (47)
Teams managed
1999–2000 Haiti
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Youth

Sanon attended the Lycée de Pétion-Ville Secondary School.

Club career

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.[1] He would finish his tenure in the Belgian Pro League, with 142 matches and 43 goals.[1][2]

In 1980, Sanon signed with the Miami Americans of the second division American Soccer League.[3] 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.[4] Sanon spent three seasons with the Sockers until he suffered a career ending knee injury.

International career

Sanon has 100 caps and 47 goals for the Haiti national football team.[5][6]

1974 FIFA World Cup

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 0-7 to Poland and 1-4 to Argentina, Sanon had nonetheless cemented his place in footballing history.

Coaching career

He coached the Haiti national team for a year from 1999 to 2000, during which he led his team to the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[2][7]

Career statistics

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 April 1970Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Bermuda1–1DrawFriendly
2.31 October 1971Stade Louis Achille, Fort-de-France, Martinique Martinique2–2DrawFriendly
3.28 November 1971Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago1–6Win1971 CONCACAF Championship
4.1 December 1971Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Honduras3–1Win1971 CONCACAF Championship
5.15 April 1972Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Puerto Rico7–0Win1973 CONCACAF Championship qual.
6.15 April 1972Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Puerto Rico7–0Win1973 CONCACAF Championship qual.
7.15 April 1972Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Puerto Rico7–0Win1973 CONCACAF Championship qual.
8.23 April 1972San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico0–5Win1973 CONCACAF Championship qual.
9.23 April 1972San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico0–5Win1973 CONCACAF Championship qual.
10.23 April 1972San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico0–5Win1973 CONCACAF Championship qual.
11.14 December 1972Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles3–0WinFriendly
12.14 December 1972Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles3–0WinFriendly
13.14 December 1972Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles3–0WinFriendly
14.17 December 1972Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles4–1WinFriendly
15.5 November 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti United States1–0WinFriendly
16.10 November 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Canada5–1WinFriendly
17.10 November 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Canada5–1WinFriendly
18.10 November 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Canada5–1WinFriendly
19.1 December 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles3–0Win1973 CONCACAF Championship
20.1 December 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles3–0Win1973 CONCACAF Championship
21.4 December 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Trinidad and Tobago2–1Win1973 CONCACAF Championship
22.13 December 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Guatemala2–1Win1973 CONCACAF Championship
23.13 December 1973Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Guatemala2–1Win1973 CONCACAF Championship
24.13 November 1974Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Poland2–1WinFriendly
25.15 June 1974Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany Italy3–1Loss1974 FIFA World Cup
26.23 June 1974Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany Argentina4–1Loss1974 FIFA World Cup
27.30 July 1976National Stadium, Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles1–2Win1977 CONCACAF Championship qual.
28.30 July 1976National Stadium, Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles1–2Win1977 CONCACAF Championship qual.
29.14 August 1976Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles7–0Win1977 CONCACAF Championship qual.
30.14 August 1976Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Netherlands Antilles7–0Win1977 CONCACAF Championship qual.
31.28 November 1976Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba Cuba1–1Draw1977 CONCACAF Championship qual.
32.11 December 1976Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Cuba1–1Draw1977 CONCACAF Championship qual.
33.16 October 1977Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico El Salvador1–0Win1977 CONCACAF Championship
This list has not completed yet[8][9]

Honours

Club
Don Bosco[10]
Beerschot[2][10]
San Diego Sockers

International
Haiti national team[10]

Individual

Orders

Death

On 21 February 2008, Emmanuel Sanon died of pancreatic cancer, aged 56. 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.

References
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