Thomas N'Kono

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association football player goalkeeper human

Thomas N'Kono is a legendary Cameroonian goalkeeper renowned for his performances in multiple World Cups and as one of Africa’s greatest ever players in his position.

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Label	Occurrences
Thomas N'Kono canonical	7

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3054031 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Thomas N'Kono
Context triple: [Cameroon national football team, famousPlayer, Thomas N'Kono]

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C. Montgomery Scott
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Thomas N'Kono
Target entity description: Thomas N'Kono is a legendary Cameroonian goalkeeper renowned for his performances in multiple World Cups and as one of Africa’s greatest ever players in his position.

A. Geordi La Forge
Geordi La Forge is a key Starfleet engineer in the Star Trek universe, best known as the visually impaired chief engineer of the USS Enterprise-D who uses a VISOR to see.
B. Hikaru Sulu
Hikaru Sulu is a fictional Starfleet officer and helmsman of the starship Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, known for his calm competence and later promotion to starship captain.
C. Montgomery Scott
Montgomery Scott is the brilliant and resourceful chief engineer of the starship Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise, renowned for his technical genius and memorable catchphrases.
D. Harry Kim
Harry Kim is a young, idealistic Starfleet operations officer who serves as the USS Voyager’s ensign and chief operations officer throughout the series Star Trek: Voyager.
E. Lt. Cmdr. Bortus
Lt. Cmdr. Bortus is a stoic, mustachioed Moclan officer serving as second officer and chief of security aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	association football player ⓘ goalkeeper ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	African Footballer of the Year ⓘ African Player of the Year 1979 ⓘ African Player of the Year 1982 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Cameroon ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1956-07-20 ⓘ
familyName	N'Kono ⓘ
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
height	1.85 m (approximate) ⓘ
isConsidered	one of Africa's greatest goalkeepers ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	Bolívar ⓘ CE Sabadell FC ⓘ Cameroon national football team ⓘ Canon Yaoundé ⓘ Club Deportivo Binéfar ⓘ Espanyol ⓘ linked to: RCD Espanyol
name	Thomas N'Kono ⓘ
nationality	Cameroonian ⓘ
notableFor	inspiring future goalkeepers such as Gianluigi Buffon ⓘ spectacular shot-stopping ⓘ
occupation	footballer ⓘ goalkeeping coach ⓘ
participatedIn	1982 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 1984 African Cup of Nations ⓘ linked to: 1984 Africa Cup of Nations 1986 African Cup of Nations ⓘ linked to: 1986 Africa Cup of Nations 1988 African Cup of Nations ⓘ linked to: 1988 Africa Cup of Nations 1990 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Dizangue, Cameroon ⓘ
playedForNationalTeam	Cameroon ⓘ
playedForYears	1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
playedInLeague	Bolivian Primera División ⓘ Cameroon Première Division ⓘ linked to: Cameroon national football championship La Liga ⓘ
positionPlayed	goalkeeper ⓘ
representedCountryInTournament	Cameroon at the African Cup of Nations ⓘ Cameroon at the FIFA World Cup ⓘ linked to: Cameroon national football team
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
won	African Cup of Nations 1984 ⓘ linked to: 1984 Africa Cup of Nations African Cup of Nations 1988 ⓘ linked to: 1988 Africa Cup of Nations
workedAsCoachFor	Espanyol ⓘ linked to: RCD Espanyol

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cameroon national football team → famousPlayer → Thomas N'Kono ⓘ

Indomitable Lions → famousPlayer → Thomas N'Kono ⓘ

Thomas N'Kono → name → Thomas N'Kono ⓘ

Thomas N'Kono → fullName → Thomas N'Kono ⓘ

subject linked to: N'Kono

Club Deportivo Binéfar → notableFormerPlayer → Thomas N'Kono ⓘ

Dizangue, Cameroon → birthplaceOf → Thomas N'Kono ⓘ

Dizangue, Cameroon → hasNotablePerson → Thomas N'Kono ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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