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{{Short description|Haitian footballer (1951–2008)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Manno Sanon
| fullname = Emmanuel Sanon
| image = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|2|21|1951|6|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Orlando, Florida]], United States
| height = 1.78 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| years1 = 1971–1974
| clubs1 = [[Don Bosco FC]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1974–1980
| clubs2 = [[K. Beerschot V.A.C.|Beerschot]]
| caps2 = 142
| goals2 = 43
| years3 = 1980
| clubs3 = [[Miami Americans]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 1980–1983
| clubs4 = [[San Diego Sockers (NASL)|San Diego Sockers]]
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 16
| years5 = 1981–1982
| clubs5 = [[San Diego Sockers (NASL)|San Diego Sockers]] (indoor)
| caps5 = 16
| goals5 = 8
| nationalyears1 = 1970–1981
| nationalteam1 = [[Haiti national football team|Haiti]]
| nationalcaps1 = 65
| nationalgoals1 = 37
| manageryears1 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs1 = [[Haiti national football team|Haiti]]
}}

'''Emmanuel''' "'''Manno'''" '''Sanon''' (25 June 1951 – 21 February 2008<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Ramos|first=Victor Manuel|date=1 March 2008|title=Haitian soccer star Sanon dies at 56|work=Orlando Sentinel|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2008-03-01-bizdead01b-story.html|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>) was a Haitian professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He starred in the [[Haiti national football team|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 [[Ligue Haïtienne|national championship]] in 1971 with top-level [[Don Bosco FC|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==
Sanon attended the Lycée de Pétion-Ville Secondary School.

==Club career==
Sanon spent four season with his home club [[Don Bosco FC|Don Bosco]], where he won the [[Ligue Haïtienne|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.<ref name="Bordes">{{cite web|url=http://lenational.ht/quatre-haitiens-en-belgique-pour-un-stage/ |title=Quatre Haïtiens en Belgique pour un stage |editor=Bordes, Gérald|date=29 March 2016 |publisher=Le National |access-date=11 April 2016|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420211221/http://lenational.ht/quatre-haitiens-en-belgique-pour-un-stage/|archive-date=20 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He would finish his tenure in the [[Belgian Pro League]], with 142 matches and 43 goals.<ref name="Bordes"/><ref name="lalibre">{{cite web|url=http://www.lalibre.be/sports/football/la-perle-haitienne-du-kiel-n-est-plus-51b898e2e4b0de6db9b1b6b4 |title=La perle haïtienne du Kiel n'est plus |editor=Jourdan, Jean-François |date=3 March 2008 |publisher=La Libre |access-date=11 April 2016|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421202317/https://www.lalibre.be/sports/football/la-perle-haitienne-du-kiel-n-est-plus-51b898e2e4b0de6db9b1b6b4|archive-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>

In 1980, Sanon signed with the [[Miami Americans]] of the second division [[American Soccer League (1933–1983)|American Soccer League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://funwhileitlasted.net/2013/05/29/1980-miami-americans-soccer/|title=1980 Miami Americans|editor=Crossley, Andrew|date=29 May 2013|publisher=Fun While It Lasted|access-date=12 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722145608/https://funwhileitlasted.net/2013/05/29/1980-miami-americans-soccer/|archive-date=22 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> When head coach [[Ron Newman (footballer)|Ron Newman]] left the team on 20 June 1980 to become the head coach of the [[San Diego Sockers (NASL)|San Diego Sockers]] of the first division [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]], he induced Sanon to also move to the Sockers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19800901&id=PbsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3774,145097 |title=Go West Young Men! Rowdies tackle San Diego |editor=Scheiber, Dave |date=1 September 1980 |publisher=St. Petersburg Times |access-date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512205708/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19800901&id=PbsNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hVoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3774,145097|archive-date=12 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Sanon spent three seasons with the Sockers until he suffered a career ending knee injury.

==International career==
Sanon earned 65 caps and 37 goals for the [[Haiti national football team]].

===1974 FIFA World Cup===
Having qualified by first knocking out [[Puerto Rico national football team|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 national football team|Italy]], future champions [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], and [[Poland national football team|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==
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]].<ref name="lalibre"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haiti-reference.com/notables/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=A-4 |title=Notables 6400.- Haiti and Personalities: Emmanuel Sanon|editor=Press|publisher=Haiti-Reference|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018103013/https://haiti-reference.com/notables/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=A-4|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Death==
On 21 February 2008, Emmanuel Sanon died in [[Orlando, Florida]], of [[pancreatic cancer]], aged 56.<ref name=":0" /> 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==
''This list is not completed yet''
:''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sanon goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Emmanuel Sanon<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mamrud |first1=Roberto |title=Emmanuel "Manno" Sanon - International Appearances |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/sanon-intlg.html |website=RSSSF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/haiti-intres.html|title=Haiti - List of International Matches|editor=Courtney, Barrie|date=6 March 2014|access-date=29 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311150419/http://rsssf.com/tablesh/haiti-intres.html|archive-date=11 March 2018|website=[[RSSSF]]|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=player&sid=0&id=20433&Itemid=0 |title=Emmanuel Sanon (profile) |publisher=Soccer-db.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822020209/http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=player&sid=0&id=20433&Itemid=0 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |access-date=21 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 14 April 1970 || [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti || {{fb|BER}} || || align="center"|1–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 31 October 1971 || [[Stade Louis Achille]], [[Fort-de-France]], Martinique || {{fb|MTQ|snake}} || || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|3 || 28 November 1971 || [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], Trinidad and Tobago || {{fb|TRI}} || || align="center"|6–1 || [[1971 CONCACAF Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 1 December 1971 || Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago || {{fb|HON|1949}} || || align="center"|3–1 || [[1971 CONCACAF Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|5 || 13 February 1972 || [[Basseterre]], Saint Kitts and Nevis || {{fb|GPE|local}} || || align="center"|4–4 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|6 || rowspan="3"|15 April 1972 || rowspan="3"|Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || rowspan="3"|{{fb|PUR}} || || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|7–0 || rowspan="3"|[[1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|7 ||
|-
| align="center"|8 ||
|-
| align="center"|9 || rowspan="3"|23 April 1972 || rowspan="3"|[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], Puerto Rico || rowspan="3"|{{fb|PUR}} || || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="3"|1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification
|-
| align="center"|10 ||
|-
| align="center"|11 ||
|-
| align="center"|12 || rowspan="3"|14 December 1972 || rowspan="3"|Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || rowspan="3"|{{fb|ANT|1959}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|13 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|14 || align="center"|3–0
|-
| align="center"|15 || 17 December 1972 || Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || {{fb|ANT|1959}} || || align="center"|4–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|16 || 30 January 1973 || [[Bourda]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], Guyana || {{fb|GUY}} || || align="center"|3–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|17 || 6 February 1973 || [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], Barbados || {{fb|BRB}} || || align="center"|2–3 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|18 || 8 February 1973 || Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago || {{fb|TRI}} || || align="center"|4–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|19 || 5 November 1973 || Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || {{fb|USA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|20 || rowspan="3"|10 November 1973 || rowspan="3"|Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || rowspan="3"|{{fb|CAN}} || || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="3"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|21 ||
|-
| align="center"|22 ||
|-
| align="center"|23 || rowspan="2"|1 December 1973 || rowspan="2"|Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ANT|1959}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1973 CONCACAF Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|24 ||
|-
| align="center"|25 || 4 December 1973 || Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || {{fb|TRI}} || || align="center"|2–1 || 1973 CONCACAF Championship
|-
| align="center"|26 || rowspan="2"|13 December 1973 || rowspan="2"|Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || rowspan="2"|{{fb|GUA}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|1973 CONCACAF Championship
|-
| align="center"|27 ||
|-
| align="center"|28 || 13 November 1974 || Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || {{fb|POL}} || || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|29 || 15 June 1974 || [[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Munich]], [[West Germany]] || {{fb|ITA}} || || align="center"|1–3 || [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|30 || 23 June 1974 || Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany || {{fb|ARG|alt}} || || align="center"|1–4 || 1974 FIFA World Cup
|-
| align="center"|31 || rowspan="2"|30 July 1976 || rowspan="2"|[[Trinidad Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]], Netherlands Antilles || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ANT|1959}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|[[1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|32 ||
|-
| align="center"|33 || rowspan="2"|14 August 1976 || rowspan="2"|Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ANT|1959}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|7–0 || rowspan="2"|1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
|-
| align="center"|34 ||
|-
| align="center"|35 || 28 November 1976 || [[Estadio Pedro Marrero]], [[Havana]], Cuba || {{fb|CUB}} || || align="center"|1–1 || 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
|-
| align="center"|36 || 11 December 1976 || Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti || {{fb|CUB}} || || align="center"|1–1 || 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification
|-
| align="center"|37 || 16 October 1977 || [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]], Mexico || {{fb|SLV}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[1977 CONCACAF Championship]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Don Bosco'''<ref name="Néré">{{cite web|url=http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/54533/Un-grand-sen-est-alle |title=Un grand s'en est allé |editor=Néré, Enock |date=21 February 2008 |publisher=Le Nouvelliste |access-date=11 April 2016|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425151413/http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/54533/Un-grand-sen-est-alle|archive-date=25 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ligue Haïtienne]]: 1971

'''Beerschot'''<ref name="lalibre"/><ref name="Néré"/>
* [[Belgian Cup]]: [[1978–79 Belgian Cup|1978–79]]
* [[Belgian Super Cup]] runner-up: 1979

'''San Diego Sockers'''
* NASL Indoor season: [[1981–82 NASL Indoor season|1981–82]]

'''Haiti'''<ref name="Néré"/>
* [[CONCACAF Championship]]: [[1973 CONCACAF Championship|1973]]; runner-up [[1971 CONCACAF Championship|1971]], [[1977 CONCACAF Championship|1977]]

'''Individual'''
* [[CONCACAF Championship|RSSSF CONCACAF Championship Team of The Tournament]]: [[1971 CONCACAF Championship|1971]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=V Copa de Naciones CONCACAF (NORCECA) 1971 - Match details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca71det.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
* [[France Football]]: [[FIFA World Cup]] Top-100 1930–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ff-wc100.html|title=France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990|editor=Pierrend, José Luis|date=7 May 1999|access-date=27 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107085107/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ff-wc100.html|archive-date=7 January 2016|website=[[RSSSF]]|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Emmanuel-sanon-haiti-nouvel-episode-de-nos-100-joueurs-qui-ont-marque-l-histoire-de-la-coupe-du-monde/904756|title=Emmanuel Sanon (Haïti), nouvel épisode de nos 100 joueurs qui ont marqué l'histoire de la Coupe du monde|editor=Pointlane, Joffrey |date=26 May 2018|publisher=France Football|access-date=22 July 2019|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722160452/https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Emmanuel-sanon-haiti-nouvel-episode-de-nos-100-joueurs-qui-ont-marque-l-histoire-de-la-coupe-du-monde/904756|archive-date=22 July 2019}}</ref>
* Haitian Athlete of the Century (1999)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2T0ZD5S86QC |title=The Global Art of Soccer |editor=Witzig, Richard |year=2006 |page=vii |isbn=0977668800 |access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref>

'''Orders'''
* [[National Order of Honour and Merit]]: ''Commander'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/55079/Pour-dire-adieu-a-Emmanuel-Sanon |title=Pour dire adieu à Emmanuel Sanon |editor=Néré, Enock |date=5 March 2008 |publisher=Le Nouvelliste |access-date=12 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210930/https://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/55079/Pour-dire-adieu-a-Emmanuel-Sanon|language=fr|archive-date=25 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Soccerway|emmanuel-sanon/107052}}
* {{NFT player|52192}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181201005301/https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/news/y=2008/m=2/news=remembering-manno-699053.html FIFA: Remembering Manno] (archived)

{{Haiti national football team managers}}
{{Haiti Squad 1974 World Cup}}
{{Haiti squad 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}

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