Samuel Eto’o Fils, the legend of Cameroonian football who never ceases to shine

[CamerExcellence] – Samuel Eto’o Fils, commonly known as Samuel Eto’o, is a Cameroonian professional footballer. He is also considered a football icon, and as the best player who could obtain several world titles, at the same time as the footballer Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, his former colleague with FC Barcelona. He was even the 3rd highest paid and most popular player in the world of football, following the latter two. This year he joined Sampdoria from Italy, where he can easily stand out thanks to his perfect control of the round ball.

A PASSION FOR FOOTBALL FROM ITS EARLIER AGE

Currently 34 years old, Samuel Eto’o was passionate about football from the age of 6, drawing inspiration from Cameroonian footballer and striker Roger Milla. Eto’o started his football career very early on, and soon joined an amateur club. Also married and father, with his wife Georgette since July 6, 2007, he had 4 children: Maelle, Siena, Lynn and Etienne. To believe that the passion for football is a family heritage, he also has 2 brothers who are also footballers known to FC Koper and FC Lustenau, their names are David and Etienne.

THE FIRST MOMENTS OF HIS CAREER

It was at the age of 15 that Samuel Eto’o joined the Cameroon national team in 1996. He was closely followed by a former Spanish player, Pirri, who was particularly fascinated by the techniques and skill that the young footballer highlights… The latter then allowed him to join Real Madrid.

Following this integration, Samuel had the opportunity to evolve with several clubs in Madrid, as with the B team of Real, due to his young age, which made him still unfit to play in the main team.

In order to offer him the opportunity to put his talents to use, pending his integration with the main team, Real loaned him to the club named Leganes, where he had the opportunity to be stand out from other players by scoring 4 goals in his 30 appearances.

When he was 17, during the Football World Cup in 1998, he was the youngest player in the competition. Following his transfer to another Spanish club, Samuel Eto’o could not play much time on the pitch, however, his motivation to one day become a top footballer did not take any more. a blow. He, therefore, continued to focus on his ideal.

His integration in Mallorca allowed him to land a contract, accompanied by a transfer fee of £ 4.4 million, the equivalent of € 5.5 million. With the 11 goals to his credit during the 2nd season, he started to interest other clubs, to then become a benchmark scorer in the middle with 54 goals for 133 appearances on the field.

ITS GROWTH IN THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL

The consecration of Cameroon during the CAN (African Cup of Nations) 2000 and 2002, also allowed Samuel Eto’o to become even more famous, not only in Africa but all over the world of football. This boom captured the attention of European clubs, which allowed him to be transferred to FC Barcelona in 2004, with compensation of € 24 million.

August 29, 2004, was his first game with Barca, and during his contract, he was able to score over 100 goals in 5 seasons.

A PLAYER IN HIGH DEMAND WITH EUROPEAN CLUBS

Transferred to Inter Milan in 2009, with compensation of € 46 million, Samuel Eto’o remains a player in great demand with various European clubs, since after 2 years, he also had a 3-year contract with Anzhi Makhachkala. A quality that has also enabled him to become the highest paid footballer in the world, with € 20 million per year.

He is also known as the first African player integrated into FC Barcelona, but also and above all as an African player in La Liga. He is also the African footballer who holds the most titles to his honor.

A MENTOR OF YOUNG CAMEROON PLAYERS

Still active today, Samuel Eto’o also assists the youngest players in Cameroon, where he wishes to share with his last, all his know-how in the art of this sport, on the strategy and technical side, so as to allow these last, to be able to know the same opportunities that he was able to discover, at their age.

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