Samuel Eto'o

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Samuel Eto'o
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Samuel Eto'o (2011)
Personnel
Surname Samuel Eto'o Fils
birthday March 10, 1981
place of birth Douala ,  Cameroon
size 180 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1992-1996 Kadji Sports Academy
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1996-1997 Real Madrid Castilla
1997-1998 →  CD Leganés  (loan) 28 00(3)
1998 real Madrid 1 00(0)
1999 →  Espanyol Barcelona  (loan) 0 00(0)
1999-2000 real Madrid 2 00(0)
2000-2004 RCD Mallorca 133 0(54)
2004-2009 FC Barcelona 144 (108)
2009-2011 Inter Milan 67 0(33)
2011-2013 Anzhi Makhachkala 53 0(25)
2013-2014 Chelsea FC 21 00(9)
2014-2015 Everton FC 14 00(3)
2015 Sampdoria Genoa 18 00(2)
2015-2018 Antalyaspor 76 0(44)
2018 Konyaspor 13 00(6)
2018-2019 Qatar SC 17 00(6)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2000 Cameroon U23 6 00(1)
1996-2014 Cameroon 118 0(56)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2015-2016 Antalyaspor (interim player-coach)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

Samuel Eto'o Fils (born March 10, 1981 in Douala ) is a former Cameroonian football player . Eto'o, who is mainly used as a striker , was most recently under contract with Qatar SC . He was voted African Footballer of the Year four times and was one of the best strikers in Europe during his time at FC Barcelona and Inter Milan , with whom he won the Champions League and the triple twice in a row . He made over 700 competitive appearances during his career and scored 359 goals.

Career

In the club

Moved to Spain at the age of 15

In 1996, Eto'o joined Real Madrid from the Kadji Sports Academy at the age of 15 . At Real he played in the 1996/97 season with the second team in the second-rate Segunda División . After the relegation of Real Madrid Castilla in the Segunda División B Eto'o was loaned for the 1997/98 season to the CD Leganés , where he played again in the Segunda División.

For the 1998/99 season Eto'o returned to Real Madrid and came on December 5, 1998 under the head coach Guus Hiddink at the age of 17 to his debut in the Primera División , when he drew 0-0 against Espanyol Barcelona came on during the second half for Davor Šuker . After he had not come to any further use, he moved in January 1999 to the end of the season on loan to Espanyol Barcelona. Under Miguel Brindisi , however, Eto'o came only to one use in the Copa del Rey .

For the 1999/2000 season, which is still only 18 years old Eto'o returned again to Real Madrid. Under the new head coach John Toshack , who had taken over the team during his absence at Espanyol, he was used twice in the league, three times in the Champions League and once at the Club World Cup 2000 .

Mallorca and Barcelona

After the Club World Cup 2000 , which ended in mid-January, Eto'o switched to league rivals RCD Mallorca and joined the team after the Africa Cup 2000 in February. There he developed into his of the best players in the league and scored 54 goals in 133 league games in the seasons 1999/2000 , 2000/01 , 2001/02 , 2002/03 and 2003/04 .

After tough negotiations with arch-rivals Real Madrid, who own 50 percent of the transfer rights, FC Barcelona managed to bring him to the capital of Catalonia for 27 million euros for the 2004/05 season . In 266 games in the Primera División , he scored 155 goals (as of April 2009). In the 2005/06 season Eto'o was the league's top scorer with 26 goals.

Eto'o caused a scandal in 2005 when he played ¡Madrid, cabrón, saluda al campeón! At the championship celebration of FC Barcelona . ("Madrid, you asshole (vulgar, otherwise billy goat), pay homage to the master!") Sang what the cameras broadcast live and nationwide. Shortly afterwards he apologized publicly with the repentant words: Escupí en el plato que me dio de comer. ("I spat in the plate that gave me something to eat"). Eto'o was fined € 12,000 by the Spanish Football Association for his verbal derailment . In the final of the Champions League 2009 on May 27, he scored the 1-0 win against Manchester United. He also scored in the 2006 final, tying it 1-1 with Arsenal London.

In July 2009 he moved to Inter Milan. The move was part of the Ibrahimović transfer, Inter Milan received Eto'o and about 46 million euros. The club management of FC Barcelona thanked Eto'o on the club's website for his services over the past five years. During his time at FC Barcelona, ​​Eto'o played 200 competitive games and scored 130 goals. This makes him, along with Rivaldo, the fourth most successful goalscorer in the history of FC Barcelona.

Inter Milan

Eto'o in the dress of Inter Milan (2009)

Eto'o received a five-year contract with Inter. His base salary at Inter Milan was set at 10.5 million euros annually, making him the highest paid player in the Italian league.

In his first competitive game for the Milanese, the game for the Supercoppa Italiana 2009 against Lazio Rome , Eto'o scored his first goal for Inter in the 1-2 defeat. In his first league game, Eto'o scored from the penalty spot to make it 1-1 against AS Bari .

On May 22, 2010, he was the first and so far only player to defend the triple (consisting of championship, national cup and European cup) by winning the Champions League , albeit in two different countries. In August of the same year he won the Supercoppa Italiana with his team, scoring a brace in a 3-1 win over AS Roma .

In the second group game of the 2010/11 Champions League season , Eto'o managed a hat trick in a 4-0 win against Werder Bremen .

Eto'o drew negative attention when he headbutted Chievo Verona defender Boštjan Cesar in a league game. For this he was punished with a three game ban and a payment of € 30,000.

In December 2010, Eto'o won the FIFA Club World Cup with his team , making it 2-0 in the 3-0 final victory over TP Mazembe . At the award ceremony that followed, he was named the best player of the tournament .

On May 29, 2011, Inter successfully defended the Italian Cup they had won last year: US Palermo were defeated 3-1 in the final. Eto'o scored the first two goals for the Nerazzurri. In his second season at Inter, Eto'o scored a total of 37 goals in 53 competitive games and prepared a further 17 goals, each representing a personal best. After Antonio Angelillo , who was successful 38 times in the 1958/59 season, he is also Inter's most successful goalscorer within a season.

Further stations

On August 24, 2011 Eto'o signed a three-year contract until June 30, 2014 with the Russian first division club Anzhi Makhachkala , who had previously agreed on the transfer with Inter Milan. With an annual net salary of around 20 million euros, Eto'o was the highest-paid player in the world.

On August 29, 2013 Eto'o moved to the Premier League for Chelsea . After 21 appearances, Eto'o was released from Chelsea on July 1, 2014. On August 26, 2014, Eto'o joined Everton FC . He received a two-year contract until June 30, 2016. After half a year at Everton, Eto'o moved to Italy to Sampdoria Genoa . In the summer of 2015, he moved to the Turkish Süper Lig for newly promoted Antalyaspor . There he was able to achieve 20 goals and 6 assists in 31 league games in his first season. He was one of the top scorers of the Süperlig in the 2015/16 season. On January 31, 2018 Eto'o moved to league rivals Konyaspor and signed a two-and-a-half year contract.

After Samuel Eto'o his contract had dissolved in the summer of 2018 at Konyaspor, he moved to Qatar to Qatar SC .

At the beginning of September 2019, the Cameroonian, who is only active at club level, finally ended his career as a player after having played over 700 competitive games and scored 359 goals.

In the national team

Samuel Eto'o in the jersey of the Cameroonian national team

Eto'o made his first appearance for the Cameroonian national team at the age of 14, one day before his 15th birthday, on March 9, 1996 in a friendly against Bulgaria (0: 5). In 1998 he took part with the Central Africans in the World Cup finals in France , where they were eliminated after the preliminary round.

Then he played the Olympic football tournament with the U23 selection and was Olympic champion in Sydney in 2000 . In the final against Spain , he scored his only goal in the tournament. In the same year he was in the squad for the Africa Cup 2000 , in which he finished first with Cameroon after beating Nigeria in the final . He was with four goals together with his compatriot Patrick M'Boma after Shaun Bartlett the second best shooter of the tournament. In 2002 Eto'o defended the Africa Cup with his team in Mali . At the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea , Cameroon only won one game against Saudi Arabia , in which Eto'o scored one goal (1-0). At the Confederations Cup 2003 he was denied the tournament victory, as Cameroon lost in the final against France .

At the African Cup in 2006 failed Cameroon again in the quarterfinals. Eto'o missed a crucial penalty in a dramatic match against Ivory Coast and Cameroon lost 11-12 on penalties. Eto'o had scored five goals in the preliminary round. Despite only playing four games, he became the tournament's top scorer. In January 2008 he took part in the Africa Cup of 2008 . In the final, the team lost 1-0 to Egypt . Eto'o's five goals in the tournament, scored exclusively in the preliminary round, brought him not only the top scorer's crown, but also the title of record scorer in the Africa Cup . He expanded this record to 18 goals in 29 games in 2010. But also in 2010 Eto'o failed with Cameroon against Egypt, this time with 1: 3 ae in the quarter-finals.

On June 19, 2010 Eto'o scored the 1-0 in the World Cup group game against Denmark , which Cameroon lost 2-1 and was eliminated from the tournament.

In 2011 Cameroon failed to qualify for the Africa Cup for the first time since 1994 , for which Eto'o was also blamed.

In December 2011 Eto'o was suspended by the Disciplinary Committee of the Cameroonian Association for 15 games because he had boycotted the later canceled international match on November 15 in Algeria and urged other players not to play either. At the beginning of January 2012, the ban was reduced to eight months. After the suspension, however, Eto'o decided not to return to the team for the time being, as the deficiencies he had addressed had not been remedied by the association. At the end of September 2012, however, he returned to the national team after a conversation with the new national coach Jean-Paul Akono and Prime Minister Philémon Yang and after a request from President Paul Biya . On October 14th he was used again in the qualifying second leg of the Africa Cup of Nations against Cape Verde . In September 2013 he resigned from the national team again. Exactly a month later, Eto'o announced that he was back for the national soccer team of Cameroon and was immediately nominated for the international match against Tunisia .

At the 2014 World Cup, he was part of the squad , but was only used in the 0-1 in the first game against Mexico. On August 27, 2014 Eto'o announced his resignation from the national team. An emotional moment after leaving the 2014 World Cup was received very positively, when Eto'o hugged a young fan for minutes after arriving at the airport in Cameroon and completely ignored the press present.

Eto'o is the top scorer for his national team with 56 goals in 118 international matches .

Achievements / titles

National team

RCD Mallorca

FC Barcelona

Inter Milan

Personal awards

Records

Style of play

The "player with the elegance and speed of a gazelle as well as the strength and fighting spirit of a lion" was particularly known for being dangerous. In addition, he acted extremely helpful to the team due to his willingness to perform defensive tasks and to conquer the ball in midfield.

Private

Since October 2007, Eto'o has both Cameroonian and Spanish citizenship.

Eto'o has two younger brothers, David (* 1987) and Etienne (* 1990). His nephew Ulrich Bapoh (* 1999) is also a professional footballer and plays in Germany, while his son Etienne is trained in Spain.

Web links

Commons : Samuel Eto'o  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ El paso de Samuel Eto'o por sus 13 equipos , marca.com, August 15, 2018, accessed on May 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ See the match report on transfermarkt.de, accessed on May 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ n-tv.de: "Eto'o has to pay 12,000 euros", May 25, 2005
  4. ↑ fcbarcelona.cat: Ibrahimović will arrive on Sunday ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fcbarcelona.cat
  5. ↑ inter.it: Mourinho: "I like this new Inter"
  6. ↑ FC Barcelona.cat: Thank you Samuel ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fcbarcelona.cat
  7. ↑ Sport1.de: Ibrahimović already on Sunday in Barcelona
  8. ↑ transfermarkt.de: Mourinho more expensive than all the others put together
  9. ↑ Standard.at: Three games for a headbutt
  10. ↑ Samuel Eto`o in Anji!
  11. ↑ Eto`o signs for Anji ( Memento of the original dated August 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fc-anji.ru
  12. ↑ Article on Eto'o
  13. ↑ ETO'O SIGNS ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chelseafc.com
  14. ↑ Clubs submit retained and released lists. premierleague.com, May 23, 2014, accessed July 8, 2014 .
  15. ↑ Everton Sign Eto'o. evertonfc.com, August 26, 2014, accessed August 26, 2014 .
  16. ↑ Eto'o completes Sampdoria move , official website of Everton FC, accessed on January 27, 2015.
  17. ↑ ntvspor.net: "Eto'o'dan 3 yıllık imza!" (accessed on July 6, 2015)
  18. ↑ Wandervogel Samuel Eto "o moves to Qatar . In: sport.de . ( Sport.de [accessed on September 2, 2018]).
  19. ↑ Cameroon's legend Eto'o ends his career: “On to a new challenge” , transfermarkt.de, accessed on September 7, 2019
  20. ↑ The beginning of the end - Samuel Eto'o as the scapegoat of the Cameroon football crisis; ballesterer fm, number 66, October 2011
  21. ↑ FIFA.com: Association shortens suspension for Eto'o
  22. ↑ stern.de: Eto'o: No return to Cameroon's national team  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 27, 2012, accessed August 28, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stern.de  
  23. ↑ welt.de: Cameroon: Eto'o returns to the national team , September 28, 2012, accessed on September 29, 2012.
  24. ↑ fifa.com: Cape Verde creates a sensation against Cameroon
  25. ↑ Sport: Eto'o resignation meets Finke sueddeutsche.de, accessed on September 11, 2013.
  26. ↑ Eto'o: Resignation from resignation! kicker.de, October 8, 2013
  27. ↑ Samuel Eto'o in the database of FIFA (English)
  28. ↑ fifa.com: "Eto'o resigns from the national team of Cameroon"
  29. ↑ SamuelEtooTV: Samuel Eto'o and Child (Fan) - Intense moment - Brazil World Cup 2014. June 25, 2014, accessed June 17, 2016 .
  30. ^ Samuel Eto'o - UEFA.com
  31. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=53044/profile/index.html Mallorca - UEFA.com
  32. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/02/14/56/69/2145669_DOWNLOAD.pdf
  33. ↑ Samuel Eto'o | Cameroonian athlete | Britannica.com
  34. ↑ Harald Irnberger: Chief John Wayne . In: kicker sports magazine . June 6, 2005, p. 80-81 .
  35. ↑ FIFA: Samuel ETOO
  36. ↑ The VfL players from the African continent , einsachtvieracht.de, accessed on August 15, 2019
  37. ↑ Award for the nephew of Samuel Eto'o , accessed on August 15, 2019
  38. ↑ Etienne Eto'o Pineda: “It is difficult to wear this surname” , transfermarkt.de, accessed on December 18, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Eto'o, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eto'o Fils, Samuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cameroonian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Douala