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Samuel Eto'o
Cameroonian player (born 1981)
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Samuel Eto'o
olayinka etoo fil (fr; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation.
Career statistics
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[change | change source]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 13 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 8 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 12 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 118 | 56 | |
Manager
[change | change source]Honours
[change | change source]Mallorca[12]
Barcelona[12]
Inter Milan[12]
Cameroon[12][13]
Individual
- Young African Player of the Year: 2000[14]
- African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010[15]
- ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11[16]
- FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze Award: 2005[17]
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006[18][19]
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006[13]
- CAF Team of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Pichichi Trop
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Samuel Eto’o Fils Sr.
President of Samuel Eto'o Foundation & Football Legend
Bio Current as of September 8, 2020
Heralded as one of the greatest African football players of all time, Samuel Eto’o is a Cameroonian professional footballer with a career spanning 22 years. Prior to announcing his retirement from his playing career in 2019, Eto’o played for 11 teams, participated in four World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations, and is the first African footballer to have won the African Golden Ball four times. In 2009, he was voted the 5th best player in the world, scoring a total of 453 goals across his career and holding the record as the highest scorer for the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon with 56 goals. He is the second player in history to score in two UEFA Champions League finals and won twice with FC Barcelona and once with Inter Milan. Eto’o has been awarded with 18 club and national team trophies—including the Africa Cup of Nations in both 2000 and 2002 and the Gold Medal at the 2000 Olympics. Using his platform to advocate for the rights of youth, Eto’o established The Samuel Eto’o Foundation in 2006 to raise awareness around the issues facing the African continent. Operating primarily in West Africa, the Foundation prioritiz