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Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o
Samuel 2011.jpg
Eto'o in 2011
Personal information
Full name Samuel Eto'o Fils
Date of birth (1981-03-10) 10 March 1981 (age 35)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Antalyaspor
Number 9
Youth career
1992–1996 Kadji Sports Academy
1996–1997 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Real Madrid 3 (0)
1997–1998 Leganés (loan) 30 (4)
1999 Espanyol (loan) 0 (0)
2000 Mallorca (loan) 19 (6)
2000–2004 Mallorca 120 (48)
2004–2009 Barcelona 145 (108)
2009–2011 Inter Milan 67 (33)
2011–2013 Anzhi Makhachkala 53 (25)
2013–2014 Chelsea 21 (9)
2014–2015 Everton 14 (3)
2015 Sampdoria 18 (2)
2015– Antalyaspor 47 (28)
National team
2000 Cameroon U23 6 (1)
1997–2014 Cameroon 118 (56)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Antalyaspor (interim player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2017.

Samuel Eto'o Fils (French pronunciation: ​[samɥɛl eto fis]; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Antalyaspor. He is the most decorated African player of all time, having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010. He was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2005.

Eto'o scored over 100 goals in five seasons with Barcelona, and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African player in La Liga. In 2010, he became the first player to win two European continental trebles following his back-to-back achievements with Barcelona and Inter Milan. He is the second player in history to score in two UEFA Champions League finals and the fourth player, after Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa and Gerard Piqué, to have won the trophy two years in a row with different teams.

As a member of the Cameroon national team, Eto'o was a part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament. He has also participated in four World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations (being champion twice) and is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, with 18 goals. He is also Cameroon's all-time leading scorer and third most capped player, with 56 goals from 118 caps. He announced his retirement from international football on 27 August 2014. In 2015, he received the Golden Foot Award.


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