Samuel Eto'o

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Samuel Eto'o
Samuel 2011.jpg
Eto'o in 2011
President of Cameroonian Football Federation
Assumed office
11 December 2021[1]
Preceded bySeidou Mbombo Njoya
Personal details
Born
Samuel Eto'o Fils[2]

10 March 1981 (aged 45)
Douala, Cameroon[3]
NationalityCameroonian
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[4][5]
OccupationFootballer
Football administrator

Association football career
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1992–1996Kadji Sports Academy
1996–1997Real Madrid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000Real Madrid3(0)
1997–1998Leganés (loan)28(3)
1999Espanyol (loan)0(0)
2000Mallorca (loan)13(6)
2000–2004Mallorca120(48)
2004–2009Barcelona144(108)
2009–2011Inter Milan67(33)
2011–2013Anzhi Makhachkala53(25)
2013–2014Chelsea21(9)
2014–2015Everton14(3)
2015Sampdoria18(2)
2015–2018Antalyaspor76(44)
2018Konyaspor13(6)
2018–2019Qatar SC17(6)
Total587(293)
National team
2000Cameroon U236(1)
1997–2014Cameroon118(56)
Teams managed
2015–2016Antalyaspor (interim player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[1] Samuel Eto'o was also member to the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[6]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7][8][9]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leganés (loan) 1997–98 Segunda División 28 3 2 1 0 0 30 4
Real Madrid 1998–99 La Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999–2000 La Liga 2 0 0 0 3 0 1[a] 0 6 0
Total 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 7 0
Espanyol (loan) 1998–99 La Liga 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Mallorca 1999–2000 (loan) La Liga 13 6 0 0 13 6
2000–01 La Liga 28 11 5 2 33 13
2001–02 La Liga 30 6 1 1 9 3 40 10
2002–03 La Liga 30 14 6 5 0 0 36 19
2003–04 La Liga 32 17 2 0 7 4 2[b] 1 43 22
Total 133 54 14 8 16 7 2 1 165 70
Barcelona 2004–05 La Liga 37 25 1 0 7 4 45 29
2005–06 La Liga 34 26 0 0 11 6 2[b] 2 47 34
2006–07 La Liga 19 11 2 1 3 1 3[c] 0 27 13
2007–08 La Liga 18 16 3 1 7 1 28 18
2008–09 La Liga 36 30 4 0 12 6 52 36
Total 144 108 10 2 40 18 5 2 199 130
Inter Milan 2009–10 Serie A 32 12 2 1 13 2 1[d] 1 48 16
2010–11 Serie A 35 21 4 5 10 8 4[e] 3 53 37
2011–12 Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[d] 0 1 0
Total 67 33 6 6 23 10 6 4 102 53
Anzhi Makhachkala 2011–12 Russian Premier League 22 13 1 0 0 0 23 13
2012–13 Russian Premier League 25 10 3 2 16 9 44 21
2013–14 Russian Premier League 6 2 0 0 0 0 6 2
Total 53 25 4 2 16 9 73 36
Chelsea 2013–14 Premier League 21 9 3 0 9 3 2[f] 0 35 12
Everton 2014–15 Premier League 14 3 1 0 4 1 1[f] 0 20 4
Sampdoria 2014–15 Serie A 18 2 18 2
Antalyaspor 2015–16 Süper Lig 31 20 1 0 32 20
2016–17 Süper Lig 30 18 0 0 30 18
2017–18 Süper Lig 15 6 0 0 15 6
Total 76 44 1 0 77 44
Konyaspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 13 6 1 0 18 6
Qatar SC 2018–19 Qatar Stars League 17 6 3 3 3[g] 1 23 10
Career total 587 293 46 22 111 48 20 8 764 371
  1. Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  3. Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  4. 4.0 4.1 Appearances in Supercoppa Italiana
  5. One appearance and two goals in Supercoppa Italiana, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  6. 6.0 6.1 Appearances in League Cup
  7. Appearance in League play-off and Emir of Qatar Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[10][11]
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

Team From To Record
M W D L Win % Ref.
Antalyaspor 7 December 2015 6 January 2016 5 2 1 2 40.00 [12]
Total 5 2 1 2 40.00

Honours

Mallorca[13]

Barcelona[13]

Eto'o and Juliano Belletti celebrate winning the 2005–06 La Liga with Barcelona

Inter Milan[13]

Cameroon[13][14]

Individual

Records

Samuel Eto'o Media

References

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  2. Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists. Premier League. 4 September 2013. p. 8. http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/squad-lists/Premier-League-Squad-Lists-September-2013.pdf. Retrieved 5 September 2013. 
  3. Samuel Eto'o FilsFC Internazionale Milano. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  4. Samuel Eto'o Fils. fcbarcelona.cat.
  5. Home | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  6. Foot: Samuel Eto'o élu au comité exécutif de la Confédération africaine de football. Le Figaro (12 March 2025). Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  7. Samuel Eto'o - Football Stats - Antalyaspor - Age 34 - Soccer Base. soccerbase.com.
  8. Eto'oSoccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  9. Samuel Eto'o » Club matches. worldfootball.netWorldfootball.
  10. Samuel Eto'o Fils - Century of International Appearances. RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  11. Samuel Eto'o Fils – Goals in International Matches Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  12. "Samuel Eto'o's coaching stint with Antalyaspor ends". BBC Sport. 6 January 2016. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/35245487. Retrieved 11 February 2018. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 S. Eto'oSoccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Samuel Eto'oUEFA.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  15. Dove, Ed. Samuel Eto'o: The Greatest African Player of All Time (17 April 2013)Bleacher Report. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  16. Samuel Eto'o voted African Player of the Year for a record fourth time. The Guardian (20 December 2010). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  17. Stokkermans, Karel. ESM Season XI. RSSSF (14 March 2007). Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  18. "Ronnie rules the world". The Age. 20 December 2005. http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/ronnie-rules-the-world/2005/12/20/1134840823518.html. 
  19. FIFPro World XI 2004/2005 (20 August 2005)FIFPro. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  20. FIFPro World XI 2005/2006 (20 December 2013)FIFPro. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  21. "Eto'o takes Pichichi". Sky Sports. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11833/2377475/Eto-o-takes-Pichichi. Retrieved 11 January 2016. 
  22. UEFA Champions League 2005/06 - History - Statistics – UEFA.comUEFA.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  23. Afcon Top Goalscorers 2004-2012: 2. 2006 - Samuel Eto'o (30 December 2012)Goal.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  24. Afcon Top Goalscorers 2004-2012: 3. 2008 - Samuel Eto'o (30 December 2012)Goal.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  25. FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010 – AWARDSFIFA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  26. Di Maggio, Roberto. Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers. RSSSF (4 June 2015). Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  27. В списке 33-х лучших девять игроков ЦСКА. sport-express.ru.
  28. Eto'o Wins 2015 Golden Foot Award (22 September 2015)Soccer Laduma. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  29. Wall of Fame. GlobeSoccer.
  30. IFFHS (29 May 2021)IFFHS. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  31. Samuel Eto'o inducted into the Inter Hall of Fame. Inter Milan Official website (27 February 2022). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  32. 32.0 32.1 Samuel Eto'o. britannica.comEncyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  33. Samuel Eto'o retires from Cameroon (27 August 2014)ESPN FC. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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