Samuel Eto'o
Cameroonian association football player (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Cameroon
- Born
- 10 March 1981
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1997–2019
Clubs Real Madrid Club de Fútbol · CD Leganés · RCD Espanyol de Barcelona · RCD Mallorca · FC Barcelona · Inter Milan · FC Anzhi Makhachkala · Chelsea F.C. · Everton F.C. · U.C. Sampdoria · Antalyaspor · Konyaspor · Qatar SC
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
592
Club league goals
294
International caps
118
International goals
56
League goals / match
0.50
International goals / cap
0.47
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon men's national football teamNational team | 1997–2014 | Full caps | 118 | 56 |
| CD LeganésClub | 1997–1998 | League | 30 | 4 |
| Real Madrid Club de FútbolClub | 1997–2000 | League | 3 | 0 |
| RCD Espanyol de BarcelonaClub | 1999 | League | 0 | 0 |
| RCD MallorcaClub | 2000–2004 | League | 139 | 54 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 2004–2009 | League | 144 | 108 |
| Inter MilanClub | 2009–2011 | League | 67 | 33 |
| FC Anzhi MakhachkalaClub | 2011–2013 | League | 53 | 25 |
| Chelsea F.C.Club | 2013–2014 | League | 21 | 9 |
| Everton F.C.Club | 2014–2015 | League | 14 | 3 |
| AntalyasporClub | 2015–2018 | League | 73 | 44 |
| U.C. SampdoriaClub | 2015 | League | 18 | 2 |
| KonyasporClub | 2018 | League | 13 | 6 |
| Qatar SCClub | 2018–2019 | League | 17 | 6 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×5
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1997–98 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1999–00 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 2005–06 · FC Barcelona
- 2008–09 · FC Barcelona
- 2009–10 · Inter Milan
- ×3
La Liga
Domestic
- 2004–05 · FC Barcelona
- 2005–06 · FC Barcelona
- 2008–09 · FC Barcelona
- ×2
FIFA Club World Cup
Continental club
- 2009 · FC Barcelona
- 2010 · Inter Milan
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 1998 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×1
Serie A
Domestic
- 2009–10 · Inter Milan
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
No dated individual awards from the catalog are recorded for this player in the current sources. This may reflect incomplete source data rather than an absence of awards; editors can add sourced entries.
Career timeline
1997
- Senior international debut: Cameroon men's national football team — Until 2014
- Joins CD Leganés (loan) — Until 1998
- Joins Real Madrid Club de Fútbol — Until 2000
1998
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1997–98 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 1998 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1999
- Joins RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (loan) — Until 1999
2000
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1999–00 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
- Joins RCD Mallorca — Until 2004
- Joins RCD Mallorca (loan) — Until 2000
2004
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 2009
2005
- La Liga winner — 2004–05 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
2006
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2005–06 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 2005–06 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
2009
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2008–09 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- FIFA Club World Cup winner — 2009 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 2008–09 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- Joins Inter Milan — Until 2011
2010
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 2009–10 · Inter Milan(provisional)
- FIFA Club World Cup winner — 2010 · Inter Milan(provisional)
- Serie A winner — 2009–10 · Inter Milan(provisional)
2011
- Joins FC Anzhi Makhachkala — Until 2013
2013
- Joins Chelsea F.C. — Until 2014
2014
- Joins Everton F.C. — Until 2015
2015
- Joins Antalyaspor — Until 2018
- Joins U.C. Sampdoria — Until 2015
2018
- Joins Konyaspor — Until 2018
- Joins Qatar SC — Until 2019
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
47.1
Rank #59
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence39.8+11.94 points
- Best window
- 2006–2010
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 1
- Team honor points in window
- 38
- Peak index
- 19
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence62.9+15.73 points
- League goals per match
- 0.497 → 52.46
- International goals per cap
- 0.475 → 56.93
- International caps per year
- 6.56 → 79.07
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 0.972
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence77.2+11.58 points
- Team honor points
- 59.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.826
- Intercontinental Cup (1998)
- 2.5
- FIFA Club World Cup (2009)
- 2.5
- FIFA Club World Cup (2010)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1997–98)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1999–00)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2005–06)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2008–09)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (2009–10)
- 8
- La Liga (2004–05)
- 3
- La Liga (2005–06)
- 3
- La Liga (2008–09)
- 3
- Serie A (2009–10)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence78.4+7.84 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 23 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 6 → 52
- International career length (years)
- 18 → 100
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Samuel Eto'o (Q1255625)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Sammuel Eto'o Fils 02.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026