Talk:Samuel Eto'o

Personal Life
Claims Eto'o has 4 children but he seems to have at least 2 which he doesn't pay child support towards or acknowledge. This has been reported on so at the very least the number of children should be changed as it's factually incorrect. Source on Erika: https://tribuna.com/en/news/fcbarcelona-2023-07-11-etoo-reaches-agreement-to-pay-90000-to-daughter-who-wants-him-in-prison/ Source on Annie: https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/sports/news/201607/285953.php?storyid=100& — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.163.122.52 (talk) 12:05, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

HONOURS
UEFA Champions League: Winner (2): 2005-06, 2008-09

This is NOT correct. This is why wikipedia.org is a very unreliable source for information.

On the official Barcelona FC pages it says he also won Champions League at club Real Madrid. So he have 3 champions league winner medals.

http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/plantilla/jugadors/etoo.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.251.253.130 (talk) 22:15, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

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I'm trusting UEFA on this over the Barcelona player's pages. Actually has some research done as well as to how he was already on loan.  Jairuscobb (talk) 07:24, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

As from 16 of may 2010 Eto'o is the most decorated African player in history not Nwankwo Kano and the third richest player in 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.136.195.202 (talk) 15:16, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Please add that Samuel won 1998 Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid. This is the source, he's in the middle of picture https://twitter.com/vfootballshirts/status/574218296192548864

Brothers
hi, i would be pleased if someone could find out the names of Eto'o's brothers. cheers!

Dubious Information
he has know sighned for manunited. Caps and goal figures in the article likely contain European cup/Domestic cup data in addition to Domestic League data (this is very certain based on this user's previous edits containing similar information Ivan Kostovski . Please correct this issue and leave a note here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alfmaster#Footballers.27_European_goals, to warn this person about putting improper information on Wikipedia. --Palffy 21:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

NPOV
I don't think the Racism section is NPOV. It doesn't mention the most common point of view in Spain about the subject. The monkey sounds were made in many stadiums and were only directed towards Eto'o. Some other black players have expressed their disagreement with Eto'o's reaction. It was his overreaction what caused people to do it more and more, not because of racism but as a way of making a rival player nervous.

When exactly did Eto'o say "It is my dream to play for Liverpool"? Can we get a reference on this, please.

False Information
I have re-edit this page for 5th time, after a false quote used linking Samuel Eto'o to Liverpool. I have every quote stated by him in the last 1 year, and there's nothing mentioning about his desire to join Liverpool at all. Could we keep the page as clean as possible without any false information that might mislead the viewer. And i also have re-edit the page when some idiot changes the quote taken from Skysports about him considering an offer from Liverpool which is again completely untrue. Thank you.

It sais that he IS the highest paid footballer in the world, we'll the truth is that he WAS the highest paid player when he played in Anzhi, but he isn't anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.2.144.242 (talk) 16:57, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Current Club
There is a quote in the Sunday Mirror (english newspaper) that he admits "it would be wonderful" to play in front of the Kop for Liverpool. Also, Why is his current club stated as Manchester Utd????

-And we all know how reliable the British tabloids are. They never lie or make up false news stories. Oh wait.Kpugs (talk) 19:58, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Can Someone else confirm that he is in fact reported to have transfered to Kuruvchi? This is confirmed by the asian football confederation's official website and Kuruvchi's official website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ag1kiko (talk • contribs) 01:17, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Hyperbole
Unfortunately, there is an enormous amount of exaggeration in this article, which rather undermines it (a pity, as it is well written and comprehensive). To say that a strike force of Rooney, Ronaldo and Eto'o would be the greatest ever seen in the game is a rather ill-advised thing to say. It shows a lack of respect to some of the truly great attacks of the bye-gone era. Not one of these three players can yet be classed as truly an 'all-time great'. If you look at the 1960s Real Madrid (and Spain) attack of Puskas and di Stephano; or some of the Brazilian attacks (such as the combinations of Pele, Garrincha, Jairzinho and Tostao (and breifly Zico); or the Dutch combination of Cruyff, Rep and Neeskens; there was also the Argentinian attack which included Marradona and Kempes., It is rather ridiculous to put such an attack above these, almost automatically. Each induvidual would have to be one of the true greats to maker the attack that good. Also, it is rather injudicious of you to say that Eto'o is a 'peerless striker'. I think many would beg to differ, even if some would agree. It most certainly not an objective fact.

And what about Joey Beauchamp and Paul Moody for Oxford United in the mid-90s?Manormadman (talk) 12:29, 28 April 2009 (UTC) zam w/h — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.80.74.72 (talk) 17:31, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Somalian background
Is there any more info or source on his Somalian background? Unfortunately I couldn't find out where that part was added, but it's quite dubious that he lived a lot of his life in Eastern Africa and later moved back to Western Africa(grow up in Somalia and move back to Cameroon to play football). Further, he joined Douala in 1996, which is the age of 11, so I would say the part about Somalia is quite dubious.

Pronunciation
How do you pronounce his last name? Etoo or Eto-oh? --AW 23:23, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * What I've heard is mainly "Eto", with no pronunciation of the 'o at the end. However, I'm not sure if that is correct or merely an Americanization of the name. Isaiah 01:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The pronounciation used in Swedish media is "Eto-Oh" --80.216.64.31 (talk) 23:15, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

In many english speaking countries, its pronounced et-oh (where et is like the et in etcetera) and oh is like the o in jackie-o. However, can someone from the Cameroon verify what the proper pronounciation should be as his name is also pronounced as et-ooo. 194.46.226.69 (talk) 20:49, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

International Career section needs expansion
Please expand the international career section. It is pretty weak compared with the other content. Eto'o is one of Africa's most prolific strikers at the international level and is - as of this writing - one goal away from tying Laurent Pokou as the ANC's all time top scorer :-O --ChaChaFut (talk) 04:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree and have been thinking about expanding it for a little bit, but thought I would wait until the end of the Cup to do so because, as you suggest, if Eto'o scores again, he'll pass Pokou and the information will change. Regardless, you are correct that we should expand the section. I'd be happy to help out once the Cup is over. Isaiah (talk) 13:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If you know anything about it, ChaChaFut, you're encouraged to expand what you can. Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. - Slow Graffiti (talk) 02:55, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Age
The article states that he was born on 10 March 1981, and made his international debut on 9 March 1996 aged 15. If those dates are correct then he would have been 14, not 15........ ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

ChrisTheDude is right. I would change it myself, but am fairly sure some wikipedia despot will come along and find a reason to revert it. seems to happen to just about everything i do on here. He defiantly was 14 and 364-days old. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.217.50.3 (talk) 10:00, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Italics plus quote marks
Why are the quotations in italics also in this article? It's crazy and unnecessary. Quote marks are for quoting; italics are for stressing, for titles, for vessels' names etc. It's something I often see and it just is not necessary. Quote marks are fine. Long strings of italics are bad enough on the printed page, but even worse for reading on screen. Short strings, such as titles and stress and the occasional unassimilated foreign word or phrase, work well, and that is what italics are for. Ajarmitage (talk) 09:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Clean up and re-referencing
I've worked on the article but I couldn't find a reference for this:
 * On 16 March 2008 Eto'o made his 100th career La Liga appearance for Barcelona and also scored, bringing his goal total to 71. only Mariano Martín (90 goals) and Ladislao Kubala (84) scored more upon reaching the century mark in club appearances.

If a reference can be found it can go back in. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 05:28, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Nothing on the two best years of his career (so far)!
It must be vandalism - can't imagine why else the biography jumps from his purchase by Barcelona at the beginning of the 2004-5 season to 2007 - leaving out the two golden years of winning the Spanish league twice and the Champions League once with Barça, scoring huge numbers of goals, winning other awards etc etc. Don't have time to fix it up myself right now.

Also, the article is a curious mixture: apart from the strictly footballing exploits (with 2 years missed out, as mentioned) it only talks about his at-times explosive temperament, and his protests against racist chanting.

Doesn't he run a football foundation for kids in Cameroon? And how did he come to Europe himself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Obert (talk • contribs) 22:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Eto'o won the champions while he was on R.Madrid
On 2000, while Eto'o moved between Espanyol and R.Madrid, those won the Champions while they had Eto'o in their banket, so Eto'o has actually won 3 champion leagues: one with real madrid and two with barcelona.third highest paid in 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.57.197.129 (talk) 15:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Not True  Jairuscobb (talk) 07:24, 19 May 2011 (UTC) It's true he won. 

Eto'o's squad number
His squad number is 9, but the page says 8. Please correct this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by San1140 (talk • contribs) 21:42, 8 June 2009 (UTC) Eto'o's squad number at Barcelona and Inter Milan was jersey number 9. When he moved to Anzhi Makhachkala, he got jersey number 99. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lamsig07 (talk • contribs) 09:14, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Inter Milan Swap
Shouldn't his page be updated with details of his new career with Inter Milan?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8155593.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhargav mr (talk • contribs) 21:04, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it should. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bottens (talk • contribs) 10:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

No it should not, the article states that it is an agreement in principle, it is not yet official yet. Ibrahimović just played for Inter on the 21st —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.229.120 (talk) 20:41, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Not sure where to put this, when you search for eto'o the result is Samuel Eto'o, a footballer who plays for Internazionale. This is not yet true - he still plays for Barca until the deal is officially completed (see above). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.110.101.178 (talk) 15:38, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Can someone change the photo from his Barcelona times to current Inter times? I feel it's necessary to display the most up-to-date photo especially after a change in the club. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.160.138 (talk) 06:32, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Statistical Inconsistency
The right side table shows that Eto'o scored 108 goals playing by Barcelona, however in the carreer statistics table shows that he actually scored 130 which I believe is the right number. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xanxao (talk • contribs) 16:10, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Domestic league only vs. all official game. Matthew_hk   t  c  19:09, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Shepe DE Shepe Etoo is Classic Why is His Picture still on Barcelona That isn't good. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.143.10.96 (talk) 13:03, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Add Preferred Foot on Infobox
Preferred Foot Right  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apestarino (talk • contribs) 21:49, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

2004-05 Inconsistency
I'm pretty sure he had 24 goals and not 25 in the 2004-05 season; why else wouldn't he have gotten the European Golden Shoe, like Forlan and Henry that year? Btw, the 2004-05 La Liga page shows he scored 24 and not 25 goals PatoMilan —Preceding unsigned comment added by PatoMilan (talk • contribs) 20:44, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

'His' goal in the 1997 match against Zambia was actually scored by Constantin Etot (you can see where the confusion came in!), who substituted Eto'o after 63 minutes and scored after 86. Source: the October 1997 issue of World Soccer magazine. Cris Freddi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.5.1 (talk) 00:38, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Stop Correcting 24 Goals to 25 for 2004-05 season
Someone keeps changing Eto'o's league goal count for 2004-05 from 24 to 25 goals. If he had scored 25 goals that year, like Thierry Henry and Diego Forlan, why did he not receive the European Golden Shoe, as they did? PatoMilan (talk) 14:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)PatoMilanPatoMilan (talk) 14:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Eto'o Assist.
I would like someone to add the number of assists that Eto'o has accumulated in his club career. he has already collected 9 assists for the 2010-2011 season. players like Messi, Thierry Henry, Ibrahimovich have the assists information on their pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eyambej (talk • contribs) 13:07, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Anzhi
in the news: Samuel Eto'o joined to Anzhi Makhachkala. Is this news true?--AlirezaM ([ third richest player) 06:45, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * yes, see also for example.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ Hey it's me I am dynamite  14:11, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

UCL wins.
Eto'o has 3 UCL wins, not four as the article implies:

http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1488242.html

Eto'o played three 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League games with Madrid yet had moved on by the time they took the trophy at the end of that campaign. "I didn't get a medal as I was out on loan [at RCD Mallorca]," he said. "I was a young lad and still learning. It was a good thing for me. I saw my idols play. When you are part of the team, you all work together. Some play more, some play less. I was one of those playing less, but the key thing is to be positive for the squad's sake. It taught me a lot." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiopsi (talk • contribs) 22:27, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Palmarès

 * Read here http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/461370.pdf, page 134:
 * Notes:
 * Saul MALATRASI (FC Internazionale Milano 1965 / AC Milan 1969), Fernando REDONDO (Real Madrid CF 1998,
 * 2000 / AC Milan 2003) and Samuel ETO’O, ( Third richest player / FC Barcelona 2006) have been part of
 * winning squads with different sides
 * ekerazha (talk) 06:28, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

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Everton
Samuel Eto'o is, according to Sky Sports, having a medical with Everton F.C.. Should this be included in the article?

Golden Foot winner

 * Please add navbox and info about winning of the 2015 Golden Foot award.  109.108.251.119 (talk) 21:02, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
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The height of samuel eto'o is 5ft 10 1/2in according to https://web.archive.org/web/20140122083838/http://www.chelseafc.com/first-team/player/28608/title/samuel--eto'o 182.185.25.216 (talk) 17:53, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 8 October 2018
Change the height of Eto'o from 5'11 to 5'10 1/2 because the height of samuel eto'o is 5ft 10 1/2in according to https://web.archive.org/web/20140122083838/http://www.chelseafc.com/first-team/player/28608/title/samuel--eto'o 182.185.25.216 (talk) 17:55, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ❌ - reports differ on the height of Samuel Eto'o, alternating between 180 cm (5ft 11) and 179 cm (5 ft 10.5). UEFA says 180cm, ESPN says 179cm , FC Barcelona says 180cm , Chelsea says 179cm , so who knows. I'd be inclined to stick with UEFA's 180cm / 5' 11". Fish +Karate  13:28, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

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Please change his honours section to include the Champions League win in 1999/2000 with Real Mardrid. He was in Real Madrid’s winning squad in 2000 and made 3 appearances before going on loan to Mallorca, thus received one of the forty medals UEFA awards to winners (per UEFA's rule book, a single appearance is required for eligibility). Eto'o confirmed this was the case in an interview with ESPN's Graham Hunter where, upon joining Barcelona, he listed winning the CL with Real Madrid as one of his greatest achievements: https://www.espn.co.uk/football/uefa-champions-league/story/3939148/samuel-etoo-retires-as-one-of-his-eras-most-outspokenvolatile-and-unstoppable-players 81.98.24.107 (talk) 20:07, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
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Style of play

Eto'o further demonstrated his wor-krate

Please fix, 165.1.194.41 (talk) 12:45, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2022
work-rate is misspelled wor-krate. The error just over three quarters of way through first paragraph in Style of Play section. 92.238.161.207 (talk) 02:36, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Cannolis (talk) 03:24, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

brutal coward
he jumped with his knee into the face of a defenseless man, wc 2022 2001:9E8:B41C:7100:A8F9:71AA:BB34:221F (talk) 09:45, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 December 2022
We would like to add a link in the References section:

Samuel Eto’o golpea peligrosamente a una persona al final del partido entre Brasil y Corea https://laopinion.com/2022/12/05/samuel-etoo-golpea-peligrosamente-a-una-persona-al-final-del-partido-entre-brasil-y-corea/ Mariajoselavandera (talk) 18:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: We don't add references that aren't referencing any content. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:50, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * What does this mean exactly? Mariajoselavandera (talk) 14:02, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
 * References are added to articles to support new or uncited prose, not simply because the sources exist. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:04, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 February 2023
Change the date from "20 January" to "19 January" in this sentense: In Eto'o's first league start of 2014, on 20 January, he scored his first Premier League hat-trick for Chelsea, earning the Blues a 3–1 victory over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. 2A02:2121:6A7:B1F1:AD1B:DB48:2090:313E (talk) 16:55, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ GiovanniSidwell (talk) 18:21, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 July 2023
Change "During the games, he attacked a person.[130]" under World Championship ambassador 2022

to

After the Brazil-South Korea match, he was filmed attacking a man. News reporters were unable to verify the identity of the man or reason behind the attack, although the video shows a heated exchange.

Note: The source is already there (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/6/samuel-etoo-attacks-football-fan-after-world-cup-match) 190.213.202.23 (talk) 00:07, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

✅, I rewrote it a bit: After the Brazil-South Korea match, he was filmed kneeing a man in the face after a confrontation. News reporters were unable to identify the man or reason behind the attack, which did not appear to cause any serious injury. Xan747 (talk)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024
Add to Honours:

Real Madrid
 * UEFA Champions League 1999–2000

Eto'o was a player in Real Madrid that season and appeared in 3 matches in UCL. Check here, he is number 16 in the squad. Michel Bakni (talk) 17:18, 29 April 2024 (UTC)