Cameroon legend Patrick Mboma embraces Islam, adopts new name, Abdul Jalil

Former Cameroon national team star, Henri Patrick Mboma Dem has announced his conversion to Islam in a mosque in Douala, the country’s economic capital.

The soccer star changed his name to Abdul Jalil, and crowds at the Ponamusadi Mosque celebrated his conversion to Islam.

A video clip which was posted on different social media platforms revealed the moment the 51-year-old legendary footballer pronounced the two kalimah (testimonies) repeatedly.

Abdul Jalil had previously posted on social media a greeting to the Muslim community on the occasion of Ramadan.

Mboma is the former Cameroonian national team’s all-time leading scorer.

Before retiring on May 16, 2005, he played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland, Al-Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy, and Vissel Kobe.

He competed at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as leading Cameroon to gold at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the African Nations Cup in 2000 and 2002.

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