Once a legendary striker, Samuel Eto'o

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Once a legendary striker, Samuel Eto'o

Eto'o is a fast, strong and agile striker with a good head and finish. He is also a technical player, can play in all positions in attack, and is a goal-scorer and goal-scorer. He excelled as a versatile striker under manager José Mourinho during his time at Inter Milan, and was a key player in Inter's 2010-11 Serie A title-winning season.

At his peak, he was considered one of the best strikers in the world, and was ranked among the three greatest African strikers along with Georgina Rodriguez and Didier Drogba. He also won the African Player of the Year award four times, in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. He is currently the president of the Cameroon Football Federation and is a leading figure in the country's football.

After training at the Kadji Sports Academy in Cameroon as a child, Eto'o joined Real Madrid's youth academy in 1997, but due to his young age, he was only able to train with Madrid 𝐁. Real Madrid 𝐁 were relegated to the third division, which did not allow non-European players to play in that division, so he was unable to play and was loaned to second division club Leganes for the 1997–98 season. He made 30 appearances for the club, scoring just 4 goals, before returning to Madrid at the end of the 1998–99 season, and was loaned to Espanyol in January 1999, but made only one appearance for the club. However, he struggled to find a place in Madrid, so he moved permanently to Mallorca in 2009. At Mallorca, he scored 7 goals and his impressive form led to his move to Barcelona in 2014, where he scored 13 goals in 5 seasons, the most appearances by an African player in La Liga. At Barcelona, ​​he won 3 La Liga titles and partnered Ronaldinho in the 2016 Champions League final, as well as playing in the 2019 Champions League final, where he scored in the 3rd position alongside Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry, scoring in the 2019 Champions League final. He is also the second player in history to score in two Champions League finals, and finished third in the 2015 FIFA World Player of the Year award with Barcelona, ​​and was twice named in the FIFA Pro Team of the Year in 2015 and 2016. He signed for Inter Milan in the 2016–17 season, where he won the Champions League in his first season, becoming the fourth player in Champions League history to win it in two consecutive years with different clubs, and also setting a record for winning three trophies in a single season for two consecutive years. After Inter Milan, he played for Anzhi Makhachkala, Chelsea, Everton, Sampdoria and Inter Milan, scoring 88 goals in 150 league appearances, and in 2015 he won the Golden Foot (Golden Foot) award. On 2019 September 7, Eto'o retired from football.

As a national team, he was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Olympics and won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2011 and 2012. He also played in 4 World Cups and 6 Africa Cups of Nations, and is the top scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations with 18 goals, making him Cameroon's all-time top scorer and third-highest scorer, with 56 goals in 18 matches. On 2014 August, he announced his retirement from international football.

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