Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o, who was elected president of his country’s Football Association, was not an ordinary player, but rather a big star referred to as “the Lebanese” in all the clubs he played for throughout his long football career, which he started at the age of sixteen, and his victory was the culmination of this journey. The career in the football field, and the consolidation of the principle of “the right man in the right place”.
Eto’o beat his opponent, the current president, Seydou Mbombo Ngoya, by 12 votes, with 43 votes against 31 votes for his opponent.
The idea of running for the presidency of the federation came to him many months ago, due to his dissatisfaction with the policy pursued by the federation, and his desire to reform conditions, improve the situation of Cameroonian football, and fight any corruption in some of its sectors. His people, respect and appreciation in international sports forums.
And because Eto’o has played football from the tenderness of his nails, and knows all its secrets, secrets, problems and shortcomings, the Cameroonian sports community is waiting for him a lot, and he is expected to carry out a comprehensive reform campaign for the Cameroonian Federation, its committees, competitions and relations with other African federations, the International Federation “FIFA”, and the various continental federations With the aim of restoring the prestige of this federation, whose performance declined significantly from what it was during the presidency of the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou of the Confederation of African Football “CAF”.
Samuel Eto’o, born on March 10, 1981 (40 years old), was one of the most prominent players produced by the African continent, and achieved many achievements with his country and the clubs he played for throughout his career, which ended with his final retirement in September 2019.
Eto’o won the honor of participating in the World Cup 4 times in 1998, 2002, 2010, and 2014, and with his country he won the African Cup of Nations twice, in 2000 and 2002. He was the historical top scorer for the “Indomitable Lions” team, with 56 goals, scored in 118 matches over the 17 years he played with the national team, and he is also the historical top scorer for the African Nations Championship.
Eto’o is the only player on the African continent who won the title of best player in Africa 4 times in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010.
At the club level, the Cameroonian “lion” moved between quite a few of them, but most notably Barcelona and Inter Milan, because the three years he spent in his early years with Real Madrid since 1997 were all loaned to Leganes, Espanyol and Mallorca clubs, while his participation was with the club. “The Catalan” spanned five years, full of major championships and achievements, as he won the “La Liga” championship 3 times and the European Champions League twice, including once when he achieved the triple “League, Cup and Champions League” in 2009, then he moved to Inter Milan, to achieve with him The treble in 2010, when Jose Mourinho was coach of Inter, to be the only African player to achieve the treble two years in a row with two major European teams.
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