A Brief History of Samuel Eto’o

A brief history of Samuel Eto’o.
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Samuel Eto’o’s career cannot be described with the monochrome of the record books. He was as combustible and compelling character as he was an incendiary and broadly talented forward. Someone who reached the top of the game, but who led anything but a typical existence once he got there.
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#samueleto #barca #inter

[@moniruzzamanmahadi3384]

One of the most underated player in history of football. Won treble with both barca and inter.

[@PalataoBola0]

@M C Not underrated. African players always not being rated like crazy as England youngsters.

[@fbaallied]

@@PalataoBola0 Exactly, black players have to be super-sayian level players (i.e. Ronaldinho, Henry, Kante) to attract half as much praise as the most top white players.

[@sambridhathapa4313]

Wouldn't say underrated as people around the globe recognize who he is, but the media did not cover him like Ronaldinho, Messi R9 .etc.

[@zonk4817]

@@PalataoBola0 To be fair English youngsters are rated more then any kind of player by the media.

[@zonk4817]

@@fbaallied Honestly I feel like that 00s decade had many great players who are overlooked. Many players that were deadly but aren't remembered as the likes of R9 or Ronaldinho. Eg. Ribery, Robben. I think if Lewy doesn't win the UCL he won't be remembered as a winner.

[@colin2729]

The best thing about Eto is that he changed from Pep Guardiola’s tactics to Jose Mourinho’s tactics within one season which only the best of players can do. He was clinical at both clubs and one two trebles at two different clubs

[@liamxx2218]

The only player to win back to back trebles

[@KingTaarabt]

This would be difficult as a defender/midfielder. As a striker you have to score goals thats it

[@farhanatashiga3721]

@@KingTaarabt did you just underestimate the man's quality?

[@itskjj_]

Ilias Chatzi72 we r waiting for you to score some goals

[@anuvette]

eto'o was pretty bad in his first season at inter

[@MrMelvinmoore]

"With 2 lethal feet and the capacity to finish with great finesse or tremendous violence" If that doesn't describe Eto'o perfectly, I dunno what will

[@nerazzurri9062]

Thank you.

[@leeduncan5093]

what an underrated player he was in his prime. not credited enough for his impact in 2 great sides

[@adilyricist1388]

I dont understand... he is always been highly rated. Got biggest wage in the world at one point

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

he wasnt underrated lmao he was one of the most feared strikers during his prime for club football.

[@user-rk8yb5sg4s]

i think more he has been forgotten because he played with ronaldinhio and messi

[@Passportbros8]

SAMUEL ETOO IS TRULY UNDERRATED. STATISTICS DONT LIE. Samuel ETOO is the best African Player of all time. Even Jose Mourinho, Zidan, and more could not understand why Samuel ETOO did not take the ballon d or in 2005 and 2009. Samuel ETOO s Records are still yet to be broken on the International and Club stage.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Singapore American

[@Darwinek]

Ten years later Cagliari fans still booing at black players.

[@dothegooey8867]

Cunts

[@21savagegrg15]

Somethings never change

[@archipiratta]

They r trash

[@darnedavenhill25]

Fucken racist pigs leave us niggas alone

[@goobweynmedia4933]

@Bradley Gaju I am not sure you can consider Italians whites.

[@marcsugi]

Why don't put the fact that he hates RM since the day he arrives at Madrid? Young kid, new country, just arrived at airport, with no one from the club picked him up until some random guy helped him up after waiting cluelessly for hours.

[@samuelrichards9213]

Damn that's messed up , I don't blame him for leaving

[@user-rk8yb5sg4s]

that is sad

[@Passportbros8]

SAMUEL ETOO IS TRULY UNDERRATED. STATISTICS DONT LIE. Samuel ETOO is the best African Player of all time. Even Jose Mourinho, Zidan, and more could not understand why Samuel ETOO did not take the ballon d or in 2005 and 2009. Samuel ETOO s Records are still yet to be broken on the International and Club stage.

[@ikennaenwelum7798]

Finally, a Tifo African Legend video! Please can you do a video on Jay Jay Okocha?

[@battistoberhoel8839]

or George Weah

[@omerklc3682]

Fenerbahçe

[@redman8903]

Or Tony Yeboah

[@Lollopo997]

Obafemi martins

[@Passportbros8]

SAMUEL ETOO IS TRULY UNDERRATED. STATISTICS DONT LIE. Samuel ETOO is the best African Player of all time. Even Jose Mourinho, Zidan, and more could not understand why Samuel ETOO did not take the ballon d or in 2005 and 2009. Samuel ETOO s Records are still yet to be broken on the International and Club stage.

[@martinrosario4018]

Barca don’t win the ucl in 06 or 09 without eto, dude was lethal in the finish and had a win at all costs mentality that made barca successful in the late 2000s

[@vb2388]

The only player to win 2 trebles with different clubs...not to mention individually, he was lethal and clinical...way better than Drogba imo..

[@IceCubE4425]

Can't argue with that, beloved by so many clubs even Chelsea fans. Unfortunate that they didn't play together.

[@jadonnotsancho6430]

Are you really going to start an Eto'o-Drogba war in the chat grow up bro that's childish they were two of the best African footballers of their generation and used the game as a platform to speak out against anything affecting us as a people around the world

[@vb2388]

Jadon Not Sancho...just stating my opinion here...don’t agree with it, you can walk away...Eto’o for me has more prowess than drogba..

[@rakoczi29]

@@vb2388 it ain't even close between those two; not saying drogba was bad, but couldn't lace eto's boots. on top of that, eto was never a diver, as opposed to drogba, who was a massive cheat at chelsea.

[@moeahmed4582]

Drogba eto was both lethal but drogba played more physical and was not combative like eto who is hungry to win .... drogba is a winner card in finals and big games always turned up in other hand eto all season player no matter what ... eto is more underrated than Drogba I dont know why but eto look poor of skills but he never disappoints his team .... I like drogba more coz but eto is in same league even maybe better than drogba...

[@pyromaniactheva]

Inter's version of samuel eto was the scariest reinvention and application of an already successful striker. Credit to both him and mourinho. Such a masterclass stroke

[@biggrhymees88one]

Never seen a player who was so good finishing at the near post than Eto'o.

[@benmjr-9536]

Lol his near post shots were insane!

[@Alex-xn2pj]

Yes, Bendtner

[@Passportbros8]

SAMUEL ETOO IS TRULY UNDERRATED. STATISTICS DONT LIE. Samuel ETOO is the best African Player of all time. Even Jose Mourinho, Zidan, and more could not understand why Samuel ETOO did not take the ballon d or in 2005 and 2009. Samuel ETOO s Records are still yet to be broken on the International and Club stage.

[@seanwhite4837]

Look what Real Madrid missed out on. He help to put Africa Players to next level.

[@misse224]

Not really since Abedi Pele (marseille), George Weah (ballon dor winner) , Sammy Kuffour (bayern) and Kanu (ajax, inter, arsenal) were all around before him.

[@nelsond5361]

Eto'o was also denied the African player of the year award in 2010. Every sports news I watched criticized that decision.

[@yessurz]

He won 2010😂

[@MichaelM-wd5yi]

Hey tifo, just wanted to say thanks for the videos this year. Hope you have a well earned break this Christmas, enjoy and stay safe!

[@laneofmagic]

Eto'o was such an amazing player. He isn't exactly underrated but often doesn't get the plaudit he deserves, because of his personality. He had pretty much everything that you could ask in a perfect goal poacher. He was absolutely rapid, had great vision, his ball control and dribbling was brilliant and he was strong as a pitbull as well. Pace, power, control, skills and an amazing eye for goal; he had everything. Truly a joy to watch in his prime. I really do miss him..

[@stanen]

Had to pleasure watching him play against my country with Cameroon. An amazing player with an amazing talent for the beautiful game.

[@asongtiadepelong3892]

Thanks for honoring our legend

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

The only player to win back to back trebles

[@kamogelomoisapula608]

Untrue

[@somemedic8482]

@@kamogelomoisapula608 who else?

[@kamogelomoisapula608]

SA's OPFC players ... won a double treble in 2010 and 2011

[@iNetworkData]

Kamogelo Moisapula european trebles> south african trebles

[@kriztiano10]

Pique won a treble with Manchester United and Barca back to back

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

So sad that Samuel Eto'o never won Ballon D'or's despite winning Trebles. Always has to be the popular player that barely wins trophies.

[@atu8024]

easily the better player in 2008 ...should hav won 08 bdor ..or atleast the 2013 ballon dor ...but then again ..not everyone has the backing of a gangster like papa perez

[@wr9411]

Trophies shouldn’t decide who wins, it’s about individual performance

[@aq8048]

@@atu8024 2013? 2008? Are you dumb?

[@chickenjesus5095]

Atman Jhala he was but obviously Ooooh Ronaldo and Messi 😤😤😤

[@adhamtohamy9263]

@@chickenjesus5095 it's not there fault they were way better than him. He is insane but come on they are on another level

[@PalataoBola0]

Best African striker ever. I didn't live when Weah in his prime so Eto'o is.

[@uknowntea3531]

Matt Kron drogba as well, imagine a strike partnership of drogba and eto’o😍

[@OnlyTheJugg]

For me it’s weah

[@Abdi-libaax]

G.Weah anyone?

[@alexandrenunesdeoliveira9417]

Drogba.

[@clintonmax823]

Matt Kron indeed etoo is the best

[@Benziiish]

Winning the treble back to back was just simply amazing. One of the world greatest strikers!

[@lorenzopeccini220]

Eto'o - Milito - Sneijder. One of the most lethal and underrated attacks. You'd be taking a corner kick and within 10 seconds they'd already counter-attack and score

[@LoveToHearUSing]

Samuel Eto'o, RESPECT, I wish he had come to play in the Bundesliga. I also saw an interview with him talking about Pep, turns out Eto'o is well-spoken and entertaining as well as having been a world class football player. I think he is in a class of his own and completely underrated. Hope he gets a job as a commentator on TV.

[@dvidsuba]

Not only one of the best forwards of the last two decades at least, but also a bit ahead of his time. In the years where specialist forwards were still common he was an all-around player with a wide range of abilities. Not only pace and incredible finishing, but also very combinative, great off the ball, good vision and passing skills, and valuable defensive capabilities. There was no weakness in his game, of couse he wasn't the biggest dude, but even physically he could handle himself well.

[@nmarcus7233]

💯 I don’t think people see it this way. Could easily walk into todays’ high pressing top teams and complement their play without skipping a beat.

[@TheSomuch]

Amazing player, one of the best and most complete forwards of the last 30 years. I saw him play first striker, second striker, winger, even as a 10 or a midfielder with Camerun and Everton. I saw him in his prime in 2011 with Inter Milan: 37 goals, 17 assists, more than 100 dribblings completed. 6 Major trophies in less than 2 full years. Definitely the best forward Inter ever had in modern football after pre-injury Ronaldo de Lima in 1997/1998. Not to mention his achievements with Mallora, Camerun and, of course, Barcelona. A true winner other than an outstanding player. A beast.

[@lonewolf5739]

I must be honest here with all these trophies Eto'o won if he would have been a European or a South American player he would have won the Ballon d'Or but as we all know African players are always underrated this is the truth 🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️ ANYWAY THANK YOU TIFO FOR SHARING HIS STORY 👏🏿👏🏿

[@Fossielk]

237 Stand up✊🏾✊🏾🇨🇲🇨🇲. Papa Eto’o

[@ApocalypticRenegade]

Maybe one of my all time favourite players in football. Still baffled to this day that Barca thought the deal to give him and £25 million to get Zlatan was a good deal.

[@stefanoroberti]

This dude played left back in a Champions League semi-final and he was one of the best scorers of all time. Incredibly humble man. Eto'o FOREVER!

[@winterglue274]

Truly underrated

[@AI-tc8fv]

For the the best African footballer of all time in terms of ability and achievements.

[@marcsugi]

George Weah for me.

[@AI-tc8fv]

@nov 8 doesnt really mean hes better than et'o i have to say, a decent run in a cup cant be compared to eto'os career

[@AI-tc8fv]

@@marcsugi weah wasnt even close in terms of technical ability, decent goalscorer however if you watch him play and look at his stats he doesnt even come close to drogba. I think the whole ballon dor thing was a political decision not a footballing one, if you know african football you know weah isnt on the level of eto

[@Passportbros8]

SAMUEL ETOO IS TRULY UNDERRATED. STATISTICS DONT LIE. Samuel ETOO is the best African Player of all time. Even Jose Mourinho, Zidan, and more could not understand why Samuel ETOO did not take the ballon d or in 2005 and 2009. Samuel ETOO s Records are still yet to be broken on the International and Club stage.

[@suleimanmustafa1473]

Sadly racism is crippling back into football even in the EPL

[@AKUNJIG]

He could have played for Spain or France for International Play, but stayed in his Country. Bless Him!

[@marin5792]

IMO he is the top 8 forwards ever, Messi, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cristiano, Maradona, Suarez, Henry and him

[@abdulhakimaminu6472]

And where is henry in your forwards

[@marin5792]

@@abdulhakimaminu6472 Edit: Forgot to write Henry

[@ekimincirli5402]

Lewandowski?

[@marin5792]

@@ekimincirli5402 Not better than them. He is a goal-poacher but all od them were more a big game players.

[@claptonandchill4367]

Gotta add shevchenko to that list

[@eggydav]

Surprised the Samuel Eto'o academy wasn't mentioned. Hasn't it been a feeder club for Barca for players such as Onana?

[@samyseb7240]

The greatest striker ever. What a Legend.

[@leecrockford8567]

Undeniable quality

[@danielfrancis1208]

People need to put more Respect on Eto's name

[@lalos9782]

Loved him at Inter.

[@frankunodostres473]

one of my favourite players growing up. I'm happy I saw him play for my team in 2014. an absolute legend of the sport

[@vinnyvasquez]

The greatest African footballer. 1. Eto'o. 2. Weah. 3. Yaya Toure. 4. Drogba. 5. Abedi Pele.

[@ingrogies1]

People forget that in the CL final in 2009, United were heavy favourites and were well on top. That was until Eto'o got the ball on the break, beat 3 players, scored and turned the game on it's head

[@cengizsogutlu]

Antalya loves you champion

[@mehmetakgoz6907]

I thought you city hate him because he left for my club and rivals Konyaspor? PS: I hope you club will relegate and not my club 😂

[@Passportbros8]

STATISTICS DONT LIE. Samuel ETOO is the best African Player of all time. Even Jose Mourinho, Zidan, and more could not understand why Samuel ETOO did not take the ballon d or in 2005 and 2009. Samuel ETOO s Records are still yet to be broken on the International and Club stage.

[@Jdh120396]

One of my favorite players ever, him Drogba and Ronaldinho made me fall in love with the game

[@alexandrenunesdeoliveira9417]

Nice work. Eto'o deserves this tribute.

[@trevorlewatle1886]

Great video once again, he is one of my all time favorites.

[@augustineajuogu]

well done tifo. well done!

[@lebauex]

Was beautiful

[@musacontur5222]

In Turkey he was a very fun player to watch he played manly as a striker or number 10 , even if he could compete phisicaly withe Turkish sides he was very smart and skillfull

[@alvin5292]

Merry Christmas and happy new year to Tifo football team... will looking forward for more great content from you next year and years to come. Cheer.

[@JSwagy]

Fantastic work Tifo Football!!!

[@ianbrudnakvoss3126]

Always loved Eto’o especially his clinical skill in fifa 10

[@greetness1458]

Samuel Eto Was Genius

[@04foreverinvincible69]

Could listen to tifo all day everyday

[@HaizyfordaW]

Let's not forget that once upon a time Eto was third best player in the world, not just Africa or Europe, his picture with Ronaldinho and Messi holding their individual achievements says a lot.

[@zrm2day]

That picture of him at 11, had me finished 1:19

[@choppaa4204]

Most underrated player ever

[@EstebanFelipe7]

Eto'o scored in the 2006 Champions League Final. You never mentioned that final...weird.

[@anorbert38]

What an amazing man and player! Very underrated in my opinion.

[@claptonandchill4367]

What a player. I think hes right about that era at barcelona being his era

[@TheBorderJumper17]

If Barcelona never got rid of Eto'o Messi would have 2 more Ballon D'ors. And Samuel would have gotten one. He was so special and a Ruthless Finisher.

[@weston7trillion]

One of my favourite ever players, so glad he came to play for Everton later in his career

[@Qbreezy]

Brilliantly done

[@Joentac]

the prospect of winning a Treble back to back sounds crazy enough, but to actually do it is mental.

[@PatrickIS-mb2hr]

Could you guys please make a Video on Juninho because no one talks about his freekick abilities because he's one of the most underrated players of the 2000s??

[@PatoNani18]

"Noone talks about his free kick abilities" What are you talking about? Juninho is mostly known only because of his free kicks. He's worldwide accepted as the best free kick taker of all time.

[@alisolkanu4763]

This was beautiful to watch

[@joshuabarnes3846]

I remember the first time I saw him play was when Chelsea beat Arsenal 6-0 at the bridge. He scored the first goal, had to go off due to injury, and made it back into the stands in a shit before the end of the match. Class guy

[@tcdaballer]

That was such a great piece

[@MrSabas15]

That’s my 🐐

[@francayub]

I always love your content

[@mitchellrua4068]

Greatest channel on KZbin.

[@netking767]

Beautifully written piece

[@unknown10_1]

One of the best to ever do it

[@willherondale6367]

Therapist: "Boss baby Eto'o isn't real, he can't hurt you" Boss baby Eto'o: 1:24

[@Strongersevillian]

Definitely an underrated legend.

[@brimzim1967]

etoo the football legend

[@nbayoungblood4447]

One of Africa’s best and brightest, he is an inspiration to many with dreams of playing in Europe

[@klicclak]

Wow timely release of this video with everything that happened at the Chelsea Spurs game

[@craveleaks8102]

Beautiful video Tifo Football.

[@oslonorway547]

The African equivalent of the Brazilian Ronaldo. ... Phenomenal, and also had longevity like the Portuguese Ronaldo. He was still a top player for years in the Turkish league besides others. Edit: I also see a bit of him in the young _Ansu Fati._

[@wavyav2092]

WONDERFUL WONDERFUL VIDEO

[@justinlui]

Love me some Eto'o

[@Marledo123]

Woah. Can we get a Brief history of AC Milan ?

[@gio_binoh]

Great video on Eto'o

[@ADAJ3KINGANGEL]

Best African player ever!

[@Passportbros8]

SAMUEL ETOO IS TRULY UNDERRATED. STATISTICS DONT LIE. Samuel ETOO is the best African Player of all time. Even Jose Mourinho, Zidan, and more could not understand why Samuel ETOO did not take the ballon d or in 2005 and 2009. Samuel ETOO s Records are still yet to be broken on the International and Club stage.

[@Lob00700]

Brilliant content 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@zeda1338]

An amazing player

[@benmjr-9536]

Baller makes the bench of my all time greats.

[@c32amgftw]

I miss soccer of the 2000’s, so many epic players and teams. It’s not what it used to be now.

[@yungtt4531]

Greatest African player of all time

[@9and7]

Saluda campeon! Eto'o giving the world the best example of friendly relations...

[@Andre-eo4xe]

Underrated footballer one of the best strikers of all time

[@brasilmagia]

What a player

[@minatodroger7890]

I remember i complained that Barca Forward line was just unfair to have Eto'o, messi and Henry in it. He was a great striker a damn shame he didn't come to the EPL sooner.

[@akshaypanwar4964]

Why are we like this ? Why can't we leave any discriminatory parameter behind . White black brown yellow , what does it matter . If a person is good he'll be good no matter his colour, religion, sex or anything. We're entering in a new decade and it's a humble request from my side that please can we all grow up and stop racism .

[@loftyclouds5530]

The problem is, Football is racist af. It was a hard pill to swallow for me since its my favourite sport

[@battistoberhoel8839]

@@loftyclouds5530 yes and we supporters need to do better. we need to praise black players more, we need to denounce racist fans. we need to protect foreign players.

[@thomasmartin6299]

Grow up. In the real world, it fucking matters

[@loftyclouds5530]

@@battistoberhoel8839 amen to that

[@Aldoz]

Sadly no such thing as a good or bad person. Everyone has the potential to do bad things all the same. If you grow up in a racist culture, then chances are you’ll be racist. It’s hard to change views you gain early on in life, but I think it gets better and better as time goes on.

[@ThePinguPenguin]

Cameroon ❤️

[@VivekkannaJayaprakash]

Do a video on target man drogbaaa

[@leandrometfan]

His celebration after scorring a hat trick against Manchester United pretending to be and old man with back pain is iconic

[@pit9731]

You should make a video about Flamengo