Samuel Eto'o

Cameroonian association football player

Samuel Eto'o Fils (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
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]

(1981-03-10) 10 March 1981 (age 43)
Douala, Cameroon[3]
NationalityCameroonian
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[4][5]
OccupationFootballer
Football administrator

Association football career
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1992–1996 Kadji Sports Academy
1996–1997 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Real Madrid 3 (0)
1997–1998Leganés (loan) 28 (3)
1999Espanyol (loan) 0 (0)
2000Mallorca (loan) 13 (6)
2000–2004 Mallorca 120 (48)
2004–2009 Barcelona 144 (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)
2015–2018 Antalyaspor 76 (44)
2018 Konyaspor 13 (6)
2018–2019 Qatar SC 17 (6)
Total 587 (293)
National team
2000 Cameroon U23 6 (1)
1997–2014 Cameroon 118 (56)
Teams managed
2015–2016 Antalyaspor (interim player-manager)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Cameroon
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2000 Ghana–Nigeria
Winner 2002 Mali
Runner-up 2008 Ghana
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2003 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7][8]
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

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[9][10]
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

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Team From To Record
M W D L Win % Ref.
Antalyaspor 7 December 2015 6 January 2016 5 2 1 2 040.00 [11]
Total 5 2 1 2 040.00

Honours

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Mallorca[12]

Barcelona[12]

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

Inter Milan[12]

Cameroon[12][13]

Individual

Records

References

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