Pius Sielenu N'Diefi (born 5 July 1975) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He later worked as a forward coach and sporting director at Saint-Quentin.
Club career N'Diefi learned of the death of his father the day before Germinal Beerschot was to play the second leg of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup against Olympique de Marseille. He was nevertheless part of the starting eleven for that match.
International career N'Diefi was part of the Cameroon national team for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 African Cup of Nations,BBC: World Cup 2002 as well as at the victorious 2000 and 2002 African Cup of Nations. He scored the winner in the infamous 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between Cameroon and Colombia, where teammate Marc-Vivien Foé died on the pitch. In the final, Cameroon were defeated 1–0 by hosts France.
Career statistics
International goals Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each N'Diefi goal.2000 MATCHES AFRICAIntercontinental Cup for Nations 20032001 MATCHES AFRICA
+ List of international goals scored by Pius N'DiefiNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 11 January 2000 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 1–02–2 Friendly2 2–2 3 14 July 2001 Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia 2–12–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification4 26 June 2003 Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France 1–0 1–0 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
Honours Cameroon African Cup of Nations: 2000, 2002 FIFA Confederations Cup: runner up, 2003
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