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Samuel Eto'o

(Samuel Eto'o Fils)

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1981 (45 years old)
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Douala, Cameroon

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Forward

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1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight
73 kg

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Samuel Eto'o Fils (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.

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Italian Coppa Italia	Inter	2010-2011
African Footballer of the Year	Inter	2010
FIFA Club World Cup	Barcelona	2010
Italian Supercoppa Italiana	Inter	2010
UEFA Champions League	Inter	2009-2010
Italian Coppa Italia	Inter	2009-2010
Italian Serie A	Inter	2009-2010
UEFA Champions League	Barcelona	2008-2009
Spanish Copa del Rey	Barcelona	2008-2009
Spanish La Liga	Barcelona	2008-2009
FIFA FIFPro World XI	Barcelona	2006
UEFA Team of the Year	Barcelona	2006
Spanish Supercopa de Espana	Barcelona	2006
Spanish La Liga Trofeo Pichichi	Barcelona	2005-2006
UEFA Champions League	Barcelona	2005-2006
Spanish La Liga	Barcelona	2005-2006
African Footballer of the Year	Barcelona	2005
UEFA Team of the Year	Barcelona	2005
FIFA FIFPro World XI	Barcelona	2005
Spanish Supercopa de Espana	Barcelona	2005
Spanish La Liga	Barcelona	2004-2005
African Footballer of the Year	Barcelona	2004
African Footballer of the Year	Mallorca	2003
Spanish Copa del Rey	Mallorca	2002-2003
Olympics Gold	Mallorca	2000

Milestones

UEFA Champions League Hat-Trick	Barcelona	2005-11-02

Former Youth Teams

Real Madrid	1996-1997	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

Cameroon	1997-2014	International	-	-
Leganes	1997-1998	Loan	28 app	3 gls
Real Madrid	1997-2000	Permanent	3 app	0 gls
Espanol	1999	Loan	0 app	0 gls
Mallorca	2000-2004	Permanent	120 app	48 gls
Mallorca	2000	Loan	13 app	6 gls
Barcelona	2004-2009	Permanent	144 app	108 gls
Inter	2009-2011	Permanent	67 app	33 gls
Anzhi Makhachkala	2011-2013	Permanent	53 app	25 gls
Chelsea	2013-2014	Permanent	21 app	9 gls
Everton	2014-2015	Permanent	14 app	3 gls
Sampdoria	2015	Permanent	18 app	2 gls
Antalyaspor	2015-2018	Permanent	76 app	44 gls
Konyaspor	2018	Permanent	13 app	6 gls
Qatar SC	2018-2019	Permanent	17 app	6 gls