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Samuel Eto'o Fils (French pronunciation: [samɥɛl eto fis]) (born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian Serie A club Internazionale. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team. Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy He also holds a Spanish passport to enable him not to count among the "foreign players" in the European Union.

Eto'o scored over 100 goals in five seasons with FC Barcelona, and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African player in La Liga. 2010, he became the first player to win two European Continental Trebles following his back-to-back achievements with Barcelona and Internazionale. He is the second player to have ever scored in two separate UEFA Champions League finals and the fourth player, after Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa and Gerard Piqué, to have won the UEFA Champions League two years in a row with different teamsHe is the most decorated African player of all time having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.

As a member of the Cameroon national team, he was a part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament; he has participated in three World Cups and six African Nations Cups (being champion twice) and is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the African Nations Cup, with 18 goals.
* 1 Club career
o 1.1 Real Madrid
o 1.2 Mallorca
o 1.3 Barcelona
+ 1.3.1 2004–2007
+ 1.3.2 2007–2009
o 1.4 Internazionale
* 2 International career
o 2.1 International goals
* 3 Personal life
o 3.1 Racism
* 4 Career statistics
* 5 Honours
o 5.1 Club
o 5.2 International
o 5.3 Individual
* 6 References
* 7 External links
Samuel Eto'o joined Real Madrid in 1997, but he could only train with Real Madrid B, as he was still a minor. Real Madrid B were relegated to the third tier, Segunda División B, where non-EU players are not allowed, and as a result he was loaned to second-division CD Leganés for the 1997–98 season, when he was only in the tenth grade. After making 30 appearances for the club and only scoring 4 goals, he returned to Madrid following the end of the 1998–99 season. In January 1999, he was loaned out to Espanyol but failed to make any appearances for the club.
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
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