André Kana-Biyik (born 1 September 1965) is a former Cameroonian footballer who played as a defender. The brother of François, he started a professional career in 1986 with Diamant Yaoundé. From 1988 to 1994 he played in France Ligue 1 with FC Metz and Le Havre AC, making 93 appearances and scoring 8 goals. With the Cameroon national football team he participated at the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups.
Kana-Biyik was sent off in Cameroon's opening game of the 1990 World Cup, a game against Argentina that Cameroon won 1–0. His brother, François Omam-Biyik, scored the goal that defeated the South Americans. Having been suspended for the second match against Romania following his red card in the first, he returned to the team, and picked up yellow cards both in the third group-stage match against the USSR (a heavy defeat, but irrelevant since they were already guaranteed qualification), and the second-round match against Colombia (an extra-time victory): and was thus suspended for a second time in the tournament, for the quarter-final against England - thus becoming the only player so far to receive two non-concurrent suspensions in a single World Cup tournament. His sons, Jean-Armel and Enzo Kana-Biyik, are also a professional footballers.
Career statistics International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsCameroon19855119861041987176198850198983199060199110199251199320199450Total6415
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kana-Biyik goal.
+ List of international goals scored by André Kana-BiyikNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1Independence Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia1–41–41986 FIFA World Cup qualification2Chedly Zouiten Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia–1–1Friendly3Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt1–13–21986 Africa Cup of Nations42–15Bata, Equatorial Guinea2–14–11986 UDEAC Cup6Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo1–02–01987 Central African Games7Civo Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi1–01–11988 Summer Olympics qualification8Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon3–03–01988 Summer Olympics qualification9Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Kenya2–03–01987 All-Africa Games103–011Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya1–11–11987 All-Africa Games12Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon–3–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification13Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola2–12–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification14Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon1–02–11990 FIFA World Cup qualification15Stade de l'Amitié, Dakar, Senegal1–01–01992 Africa Cup of Nations
Honours Cameroon African Cup of Nations: 1988; runner-up, 1986 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1985
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