Samuel Eto'o the African football legend
Samuel Eto'o was born 10 March 1981, He married his longtime sweetheart Georgette on 6 July 2007,they have four children : Maelle, Etienne, Siena and Lynn,he has two brothers: David, who plays for FC Koper in Slovenia, and Etienne, who is currently on loan to Pobla de Mafumet CF from Gimnàstic de Tarragona.
Samuel Eto'o joined Real Madrid in 1997, but he could only train with Real Madrid B, as he was still a minor. In January 1999, he was loaned out to RCD Espanyol, but failed to make any appearances for the club.
Eto'o left Real Madrid, signing a permanent deal with Mallorca for a club record £4.4 million fee, where he won the Copa del Rey once in 2003.
Eto'o departed Mallorca as the club's all-time leading domestic league scorer (54 goals) when he signed for FC Barcelona in the summer of 2004 for a transfer fee of €24 million.
At Barcelona he won Barcelona
3 La Liga Crowns 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09 he won 1 Copa del Rey in 2009 2 Supercopa de España in 2005,& 2006 he won the UEFA Champions League twice in 2005–06 season & 2008–09.
On 27 July 2009, Eto'o passed his medical and signed for five years with Inter, after Barcelona and Internazionale agreed to exchange swap him for Zlatan Ibrahimović to join the club in exchange for Eto'o and €46 million. At Internazionale under Jose Mourinho & Rafael Benitez he won Serie A once 2009–10, Coppa Italia twice 2010, 2011,Supercoppa Italiana once 2010, UEFA Champions League once 2009–10 ,FIFA Club World Cup once in 2010.
Eto'o earned his first cap with Cameroon one day before his 16th birthday on 9 March 1997, in a 5–0 friendly loss to Rica. Eto’o was a part of the squads that won the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, and was a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Internationally twice in 2000, 2002. & Olympic Gold Medal once in 2000.For the clubs he has played for he has scored a total of 250 goals, made 57 assists & a total of 469 appearances.
Internationally out of 105 appearances he has scored 50 goals.
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Individually he has been crowned with |
- Young African Player of the Year: 2000
- African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010
- FIFA Pro World XI: 2005, 2006
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006
- African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008
- UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006
- La Liga Top Scorer: 2006
- African Cup of Nations All-Time Top Scorer
- RCD Mallorca All-Time Top Scorer
- Cameroon All-Time Top Scorer
- 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Third
- UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match 2006
- FIFA Club World Cup – Golden Ball 2010
- CAF Starting XI in the Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006
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On 23 August 2011, Anzhi Makhachkala reached an agreement with Internazionale to sign Eto'o in a three-year deal that is expected to make him the world's highest paid player. The Russian club will pay €27m for Eto'o, and he is set to earn €20.5m per season.
The Russian Club is owned by Russian Billionare
Suleyman Abusaidovich Kerimov
In Forbes magazine's latest list of the world's richest people, Kerimov's net worth was estimated at US$7.8 billion.
References.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14610186.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14610186.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_eto#Club_career
