l'espoir du continent africain

l'espoir du continent africain
Carrière d´amateur
Nom et prénom : Fils Samuel ETO`O
Date de naissance : 10/03/1981
Taille : 1,80 m
Poids : 79 Kg
Club : FC Barcelone (Espagne)
Poste : Attaquant
Dossard : 9
Nombre de sélections : 58

Carrière professionelle
Born: Nkon, Cameroon on March 10, 1981.

1997 - Wins first of 59 caps for Cameroon, the day before his 16th birthday, in a friendly in Costa Rica.

July: Moves from the Kadji academy to Real Madrid after impressing on a tour of Spain and is loaned to second division Leganes to gain experience.

1998 - Included in the squad for the 1998 World Cup finals in France, where he plays as a substitute in the match against Italy in Montpellier as the youngest player in the tournament.

August: Rejoins the Real Madrid squad for the 1998/99 season but plays just one league match before a brief loan spell at Espanyol.

1999-2000 - Plays in three games in Real Madrid`s victorious Champions League campaign.

2000 - Scores his first international goal as Cameroon go on to win the African Nations Cup in Nigeria.

August: Loaned out to Real Mallorca, who later make the move permanent although Madrid retain an option on him.

September: Plays key role in Cameroon under-23 side`s Olympic gold medal victory in Sydney with a penalty shootout triumph over Spain.

2002 - Helps retain African Nations Cup in Mali when Cameroon beat Senegal on penalties after 0-0 draw in the final.

June: Plays in the World Cup finals in Japan where Cameroon fail to get past the first round.

2003 - Scores two goals when Mallorca win Spain`s King`s Cup final 3-0 against Recreativo Huelva and also plays in the Confederations Cup final defeat by France in Paris.

2004 - Plays in his third successive African
Nations Cup tournament but Cameroon lose in the quarter-finals to Nigeria.

Ends the season with 17 league goals, including two in Mallorca`s 3-2 win over Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

April: Named 2003 African Footballer of the Year.

Aug 12: After turning down an offer from Chelsea he joins Barcelona from Mallorca on a four-year deal for a fee of 24 million euros ($28.75 million), half of which went to Real Madrid.

Nov 21: Scores opener in Barcelona`s 3-1 win over Real Madrid in the league.

2005 - Feb 15: Named African Footballer of the Year for the second season in succession.

May 14: Scores in Barca`s 1-1 draw at Levante, a result that earns the Catalans their first league title in six years.

Ends the season with a total of 24 league goals, one behind Primera Liga leading scorer Diego Forlan of Villarreal.

June 29: Extends his contract with Barcelona until 2010.

Oct 8: Misses out on World Cup after Cameroon draw 1-1 with Egypt in their final qualifier when Pierre Wome misses an injury-time penalty. Eto`o said he did not take the penalty because Wome asked to.

Nov 7: One of five players to be nominated for the African Footballer of the Year award. Is strongly fancied to win the award for a record-equalling third time.

Nov 30 - Shortlisted for FIFA`s World Player of the Year award together with club colleague Ronaldinho and Chelsea`s Frank Lampard.


Année Club Match Buts


97-98 Leganes (Espagne) (D2) 28 3

98-99 Real Madrid (Espagne) 1 0

99-00 Real Majorque (Espagne) 12 6

99-00 Real Madrid (Espagne) 2 0

00-01 Real Majorque (Espagne) 28 11

01-04 Real Majorque (Espagne)

12.08.2004 FC Barcelone (Espagne)


Palmares en club
1998: Real Madrid Coupe intercontinentale
2000: Real Madrid Champions league
2003: FC Mallorca Coupe du roi
2005: Champion de la liga espagnole avec FC Barcelona
2006: Champion de la liga espagnole avec FC Barcelona
2006: Champion de la champions league avec FC Barcelona
2006: Vainqueur de la Supercoupe d'Espagne
2006: Pichichi de la Liga (26 buts)
2006: Troisième meilleur joueur FIFA
2006: MVP Finale de la Ligue des Champions
2006: Trophée du Meilleur joueur de l'année du Zaman Daily (journal Turc)


Palmares en nationale
Vainqueur des Jeux Olympiques en 2000
Vainqueur de la coupe d´afrique des Nations en 2000
Vainqueur de la coupe d´afrique des Nations en 2002
Participation coupe du monde 1998 (17 ans)
Participation coupe du monde 2002
Vice champion de la coupe des confédérations 2003 en france
1/4 Finaliste CAN 2006
CAF Player 2003
CAF Player 2004
CAF Player 2005
Meilleur buteur de la CAN 2006 (5 buts)

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# Posté le mardi 10 octobre 2006 18:23