Samuel Etoo Fils born 10 March 1981 is a Cameroonian retired professional footballer who played as a striker In his prime Etoo was regarded by pundits as one of the best strikers in the world and he is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time winning the African Player of the Year a record four times in 2003 2004 2005 and 2010 A precocious talent Etoo moved to Real Madrid as a 16 year old Due to competition in his position with more experienced players he had several loan spells before signing for Mallorca in 2000 where he scored 70 goals His impressive form saw him join Barcelona in 2004 where he scored 130 goals in five seasons and also became the record holder for the most appearances by an African player in La Liga Winning La Liga three times he was a key member of the Barcelona attack alongside Ronaldinho that won the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final with Etoo scoring in the final and was part of a front three of Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry that won the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final with Etoo again scoring in the final He is the second player in history to score in two UEFA Champions League finals At Barcelona Etoo came in third for the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2005 and was twice named in the FIFA FIFPro World XI in 2005 and 2006 He signed with Inter Milan for the 200910 season where he became the first player to win two European continental trebles following his backtoback achievements with Barcelona and Inter He is the fourth player in Champions League history after Marcel Desailly Paulo Sousa and Gerard Piqué to have won the trophy two years in a row with different teams After brief spells with Anzhi Makhachkala Chelsea Everton and Sampdoria Etoo found prolific form again in the Süper Lig with Antalyaspor having scored 44 goals in 76 league games In 2015 he received the Golden Foot Award As a member of the Cameroon national team Etoo was a part of the squad that won the Gold Medal at the 2000 Olympics He also won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2002 Etoo has participated in four World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations Etoo announced his retirement from international football in August 2014 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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