Alain Nkong has been journeyman his whole career (a still young one at that, only 28 years old). He was in his native Cameroon for a while, then Portugal, Spain, Portugal again, then Uruguay, and then the Colorado Rapids. While with the Rapids, he played well enough to be kept around for a couple years [.

Benin overcame the formidable challenge of Angola on Sunday to join Nigeria and Cameroon in the last phase of African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

A 3-2 win in Cotonou for the small West African country came 24 hours after Cameroon had secured their progress by beating the Cape Verde Islands 2-1 in Praia.

Alain Nkong impressed with his national side Cameroon in the recently concluded African Cup of Nations and now The Daily Mail speculates that Premiership club Tottenham Hotspur are in the chase to sign the 28-year old striker in the summer. Spurs manager Juande Ramos has already underlined the need and desire to sign a new striker [.