Patrice Abanda is a football player who has competed for Cameroon. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. At the 2000 Olympic Games, he scored an own goal in the semifinal against Chile. Although that opened the score, putting the team 0 - 1 behind, Cameroon managed to win the match, eventually winning the tournament as well.
He was one of five Cameroonian defenders competing in the men's football tournament in 2000, and only one of four players of the team to have played every minute of the competition, together with Lauren Etame Mayer, Pierre Wome, and Serge Mimpo. With 24 fouls committed, he represented the physical play of the Cameroonian defense throughout the tournament. After a 3 - 2 win against Kuwait, a penalty-driven 1 - 1 against the United States, and another 1 - 1 draw against the Czech Republic, Cameroon advanced to the quarterfinals after a second place in group C. After winning the quarterfinal 2 - 1 against the star-studded team of Brazil with nine players after extra time, the semifinal against Chile was about as hectic. In the 78th minute, a shot of Sebastian Gonzalez ricocheted from Abanda to score the 1 - 0, but in the remaining quarter of an hour, Patrick Mboma and Etame Mayer completely turned it around to go through to the final. In the final against Spain, he received his first yellow card of the tournament, and after a 2 - 2 results after extra time, with the Spaniards finishing with nine players, the penalties resulted in favor of the Africans, to become the second African champions of the men's football tournament in a row.
Olympic Results[]
| Year | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Men's football | 
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2000[]
| Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Kuwait | 3 - 2 |
| United States | 1 - 1 | |
| Czech Republic | 1 - 1 | |
| Quarterfinal | Brazil | 2 - 1 |
| Semifinal | Chile | 2 - 1 |
| Final | Spain | 2 - 2 5 - 3 pen. |