Raphaël Anaba

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Marked for Raphaël Anaba

19 Edition

The Victoria United Sentinel

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match5 Dec 2026

After 8 games, Victoria United finally taste it again

The first defeat in 8 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Fortuna Mfou; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Victoria United

Raphaël Anaba and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Marius Obekop beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Marius Obekop falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match5 Dec 2026

Victoria United come up short against Fortuna Mfou

Fortuna Mfou left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout7 Dec 2026

Jason Moulle gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Both jobs done by Fabrice Olinga — 6.87

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 6.87, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Agbor Ashu stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Agbor Ashu and Victoria United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout7 Dec 2026

Landry Etame faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Landry Etame after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief

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9 Edition

The Victoria United Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market28 Sep 2026

Yves Aimé Zoa puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Victoria United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 Sep 2026

The step up is real for Serge Bogam

At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Mamoudou Hassana in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Victoria United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Bryan Nokoue has improved at 24, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Fabrice Olinga falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match26 Sep 2026

Victoria United come up short against Cotonsport Garoua

Cotonsport Garoua left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Marius Obekop was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Landry Etame: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Paul Ombolo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

1 Edition

The Victoria United Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Alex Diboto signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alex Diboto commits to Victoria United for another 4 years.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

An offer of $130.0K for Abdoul l'Almanie

Victoria United have gone to Fauve Azur Elite with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Victoria United

Mamoudou Hassana was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market3 Aug 2026

The ambition of Raphaël Anaba outgrows Victoria United early

Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.

Squad3 Aug 2026

This league is too small for Marius Obekop

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Victoria United will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Market3 Aug 2026

49 months and counting on Alex Diboto

Still no offer on the table, and Alex Diboto’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Victoria United try to borrow Paul Ombolo

Canon Yaounde have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Victoria United ask about Joseph Tientchou

A loan enquiry to Fauve Azur Elite: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Gazhac Ronauld is in the works

Victoria United have made the call to Aigle Royal de la Menoua. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief