Samuel Eto'o

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Samuel Eto'o Fils (French pronunciation: [samɥɛl eto fis]; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of the greatest African players of all time. A precocious talent, Eto'o moved to Real Madrid as a 16 year old. Due to competition in his position with more experienced players, he had several loan spells, before signing for Mallorca in 2000 where he scored 70 goals, a club record. His impressive form saw him join Barcelona in 2004 where he scored 130 goals in five seasons and also became the record holder for the most appearances by an African player in La Liga. Winning La Liga three times, he was a key member of the Barcelona attack, alongside Ronaldinho, that won the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final, with Eto'o scoring in the final, and was part of a front three of Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry that won the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, with Eto'o again scoring in the final. He is the second player in history to score in two UEFA Champions League finals. At Barcelona, Eto'o came in third for the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2005 and was twice named in the FIFA FIFPro World XI, in 2005 and 2006. He signed with Inter Milan for the 2009–10 season, where he became the first player to win two European continental trebles following his back-to-back achievements with Barcelona and Inter. He is the fourth player in Champions League history, after Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa, and Gerard Piqué, to have won the trophy two years in a row with different teams. After brief spells with Anzhi Makhachkala, Chelsea, Everton, and Sampdoria, Eto'o found prolific form again in the Süper Lig with Antalyaspor having scored 44 goals in 76 league games. In 2015, he received the Golden Foot Award. He won the African Player of the Year a record four times, winning in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010. As a member of the Cameroon national team, Eto'o was a part of the squad that won the Gold Medal at the 2000 Olympics. He also won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2002. Eto'o has participated in four World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations. He is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, with 18 goals, and is Cameroon's all-time leading scorer and third most capped player, with 56 goals in 118 caps. Eto'o announced his retirement from international football in August 2014.

Career

1. 1981
   Born
2. 1996
   Joined Real Madrid Castilla
3. 1997
   Joined Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
4. 1997
   Joined CD Leganés
5. 1997
   Joined Cameroon men's national football team
6. 1999
   Joined RCD Espanyol de Barcelona
7. 2000
   Joined RCD Mallorca
8. 2000
   Joined RCD Mallorca
9. 2003
   Won African Footballer of the Year
10. 2004
    Joined Futbol Club Barcelona
11. 2006
    Won Pichichi Trophy
12. 2009
    Joined Inter Milan
13. 2011
    Joined FC Anzhi Makhachkala
14. 2013
    Joined Chelsea F.C.
15. 2014
    Joined Everton F.C.
16. 2014
    Won Order "For Merit to the Republic of Dagestan"
17. 2015
    Joined U.C. Sampdoria
18. 2015
    Joined Antalyaspor
19. 2015
    Won Golden Foot
20. 2018
    Joined Konyaspor
21. 2018
    Joined Qatar SC
22. Won European Medal of Tolerance

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Douala
• •Citizenship: Cameroon, Spain
• •Known as: association football player, association football coach
• •Sport: association football