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Etienne Eto'o (footballer, born 1990)

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Etienne Eto'o
Personal information
Full name Etienne Emmanuel Eto'o Fils[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Kadji Sports Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Mallorca B 48 (23)
2007 → La Salle (loan) 16 (11)
2009–2011 Gimnàstic 0 (0)
2010–2011 Pobla Mafumet 11 (6)
2011–2012 FC Lustenau 8 (1)
Total 83 (41)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Etienne Emmanuel Eto'o Fils (born 17 March 1990) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

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Eto'o began his career with Real Mallorca and has also played on loan for S.D. La Salle in 2007,[2] after six months turned back to Real Mallorca.[3] After several years with RCD Mallorca[4] was released in summer 2009 and signed on 1 December 2009 for Gimnàstic de Tarragona,[5] but on 11 January 2010 left his club on loan to CF Pobla de Mafumet.[6][7]

In August 2011 he signed a one-year contract at FC Lustenau in Austria.[8] At his first appearance he scored a goal only two minutes after his substitution.[9] In February 2012 he left the club.[10] He left the club in February 2012, and retired from football afterwards.[11]

International career

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He represented Africa in the 2007 Meridian Cup.[12]

Personal life

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He is the younger brother of striker Samuel Eto'o.[13] He also has another older brother, David Eto'o. He also holds a Spanish passport.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cameroon - E. Eto'o Fils - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Women Soccerway". gh.women.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "Etienne Eto'o Hopes To Play With Barcelona's Samuel". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Wochenanzeiger-Herford.de – das Online-Wochenblatt". 9 October 2011.
  4. ^ TheOffside.com, A Name to Remember: Etienne Emmanuel Eto'o Archived 9 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 3 May 2007
  5. ^ "Un hermano de Eto'o ficha por el filial del Nàstic". El País. 1 December 2009 – via elpais.com.
  6. ^ "Adolfo Baines ficha por el Inter d'Escaldes". Diari de Tarragona.
  7. ^ "Etienne Eto'o ficha por la Pobla | Nàstic - Web Oficial".
  8. ^ "FC-Lustenau: Kaderplanung". 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Erste Liga: Lustenau verliert trotz Traumdebüts von Eto'o". news.ORF.at. 26 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Entretien avec... Etienne Eto'o : " Je suis au chômage, c'est très difficile de porter ce nom "". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert. 27 May 2012.
  11. ^ "FC Lustenau trennte sich von Etienne Eto'o". Vorarlberg Online (in Austrian German). 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  12. ^ "uefa.com - UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup - News & Features". 12 March 2007. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.
  13. ^ Barcelona seeking salvation in Eto'o[dead link]
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