He won a treble with Barca, struggled with his meniscus, but won another treble with Barca, then got sent to Inter, only to win another treble with them. Unbelievable.
Eto won a 'smaller' treble (Supercoppa, La Liga,Champ League) in 2006 and a real treble in 2009 with Barcelona and then won a Quadruple with Inter in 2010.
Eto was so underrated I remember watching him for Barcelona he was lethal such a clinical finisher he seemed to score 8/10 chances he would have deserves more credit ⚽🙂
i dont think he was underated because literally everybody on a group of like 50 people at a club i went literally every match barcelona had were screaming eto ..
Eto’o isn’t underrated. He’s forgotten due to the fact he left Inter for Anzhi and then his return to top 5 league football was a disappointment. During his peak he was considered to be the best striker in the world.
Consistently among the best three or four strikers in the world between 2004 and 2009. Great goal scoring record, strong, could link the play, brilliant technically - he was the complete striker. Absolutely world class.
I'm a Cameroonian and you don't know how happy this video has made me man. Growing up, my friends and I didn't look up to Superman or Batman, our superhero was Samuel Eto'o. He still is. He's the reason I love the beautiful game. I remember days when the whole country would stop just to watch Eto'o play for Barca. he is the African G.O.A.T no doubt
I recall watching him in Kenya and he was considered a hero in many nations in the continent putting African players on the map and inspiring an entire generation of youth to come.
Eto'o was the African version of the Brazilian Ronaldo. Fast, technique, dribbling, and latching onto long through-passes. Best part, he never aged! Much like his face, his work rate and stamina has remained almost the same (Yes, 21 years footballing career, now almost 40 years old and he's still playing and scoring goals!) .... I remember when he signed with Chelsea, there was a ball the opponents' goalkeeper dropped on the grass for a kick out. Eto'o lashed forward at least 15 yards and stole it from the goalie before the goalie could cover the 5 yards he'd stepped back to kick it from. (Edit): And those rocket hamstrings also packed a bullet shot; _PES 2006, Shooting = 90_ .... Never forget, before Suarez, there was a Samuel!
(Forgot to add): Eto'o was also the definition of agility; just think of a younger Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United. .... Matter of fact, before it became popular for footballers to apply white tape and/socks to the lower part of their socks to enhance on-pitch athleticism, Eto'o had already been doing it many years before.
Eto'o was an amazing player. He had almost everything that one would need as a great attacker. He could play both as a striker or a winger. He had pace, strength, skills and above all, a great eye for goal. Truly a joy to watch.
There would be if he played for Barca until his retirement instead of changing to inter. Not saying he doesn't deserve a statue, but realistically, such honourable things only happen to few selected specials during clubs history. One player coming in mind is puyol
One of the greatest players in African football history. The biggest mistake Barcelona made was to swap Eto'o for Zlatan. Zlatan would leave Barcelona some months later due to some issues with Pep. But this all worked in Eto'o 's favour as he would go on to win the treble at Inter under Jose Mourinho thus becoming the only player to win trebles at 2 different clubs.
Actually he won FOUR (4) UEFA Champions League titles. People always forget that he won his first UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid. Just because he didn't play doesn't mean he doesn't deserve it. It's like saying RONALDO R9 didn't win the 1994 World Cup just because he didn't play a single game with Brazil during that World cup.
@@christianhn7870 actually in Football's rules if a player didn't play a single minute at a footballing event and his team won it that event doesn't count for him just like Bravo the keeper of Barcelona in the 2015 UCL.
A legend forever. He made me love soccer with passion. I’m a Cameroonian so you what what it means for every worker in the country to stop what ever they are doing to watch him play. Wow!! Football world missed you Samuel Eto’o Fils 🏟
One of my dads favorite players of all time he was never forgotten by him he always reminds me about how good he was and every time Suarez misses an open shot he always says “Eto’o would’ve scored that with ease”
I always knew Eto'o was insane, but I never knew he was this insane. These stats are just out of his mind. What a player. Really underestimated his greatness. Top 10 players of all time?
Speaking as an AC Milan fan (so with some old grudge against Inter Milan), seeing what Samuel Eto'o accomplished during his long career is... simply... staggering. How well he played, how much he scored, all the throphies he has won, all the record he has break. Simply amazing. There's no such need to compare him to other players, his successes speak for him very well. He can not be forgotten, because he is, and will always be, a real football legend...
Eto'o played with a lot of passion! I miss that decade of passionate soccer!! That adrenaline rush when cheering on makes me just browse through old soccer videos.
Ofcourse I remember etoo. Inter swapped him for Ibrahimovic and then won the treble. Is a mystery how ibra has played for the biggest club all these years and 0 ucl wins
Decisiveness was his best attribute, he hardly ever held on to the ball, one touch and bam it would be in the back of the goal. Eto'o and Roy Makaay 2 of best 9's I can recall.
Yes!!!! CAMEROON 🇨🇲 STAND UP!!!! Samuel Eto’o is definitely one of the greatest strikers to ever grace the green pitch! I should note here.. when Messi score his first goal at 19 yo in that infamous match with the godly pass from Dinho..he celebrated using Samuel Eto’o’ signature celebration. Messi has every right to be the GOAT that he is.. mentored by the great Dihno & Eto’o. #LionIndomptable
@@NoPerspective4231 he said 19 yo...yo=years old. You must be crazy if you think Messi waited that long to score his first goal lol. by that time he was arguably top 10-15 on earth already
i see so much of Eto in Messi. Talented as Messi, i think he was so lucky to be able to play with and learn from the many great players such as Eto/Ronnie/Xavi/Iniesta etc. you can see so much of their movements in Messi too.
Wtfhow Lol thats bs, Mess did have great leadership to guide him but he is his own player his movements are the same from when he was a kid you can search up videos of this
@@rusty111fire nope he learned passing and positioning from xavi and inesta great speed dibbles from ronaldinho and shooting techniques from etoo so did the same crisdtiano at manchester united they were both still young you must accept that they evolved wonderfully with time
bro I can 100% tell you're a kid cause you act like xavi and iniesta are Messi's big teachers LMFAO..when Messi was at la masia switching between team A and B ,he might've been better than iniesta already..im not even playing. By the time he was 19 years old he surely, clearly was better than iniesta or Xavi. If Xavi wasn't 7 years older he would've been better than him while still being at la masia too btw lmao. some people are just made to be the best at something, In his case, its football.
You should have mentioned his Africa cup of nations victory in 2000 and 2002 when he was transitioning out of real madrid and the olympics gold medal, which are the top silverware an African team can win, along with making it to the confederations cup final in 2003. His international career was huge for an African player.
XAVI is on record saying that Barca should have built a statue of Eto'o at the Camp Nou. That's how much his teammates rated him. Easily one of the best attackers I've ever seen. And I know about Ronaldo9, Crespo, Batistuta, bambam Zamorano, Shevchenko etc. Eto'o is on THAT level. Ibrahimovich is NOT.
Eto’o in an interview once said that Pep was “not a man”. That he would be to afraid to talk to him face to face and would have Xavi tell him that he wouldn’t be starting some games. Which is the dumbest thing Pep ever did as a manager. In desperate times he would substitute Eto’o into games only because he knew he would give him the results he wanted, and it’s funny because Zlatan says almost the same things about Pep that Eto’o does. Most notably that “he’s not a man”. You should do a video about that.
Zlatan and Eto'o are strong characters. Only respect old-school managers, not the modern therapist-type managers. Nice urbane slim suit and sweater, smooth talker, not a strong character. Witness his "Jose is the f***ing man" meltdown when Mourinho totally got under his skin while at Real Madrid.
So did Fabregas. Another strong character player. Leaders, who could have been useful generals in the dressing room but all ostracized due to Pep's insecure ego
... Pep is a winner though arguably the greatest manager ever. I don't know what you're all talking about here. Every single one of you that's say "not a man" he's man enough to be a winner in different leagues
@@dappadondadda100 I'm a big Guardiola fan, but the comments above are correct. Since I speak French (which is also the mother tongue of Etoo), I've heard him in interviews speaking about Pep, he's very harsh towards him and makes some nasty points. Indeed similar to what Ibrahimovic says (in English, you can check it out yourself). Pepe might have some weaknesses that appear here and there when dealing with some people, notably with number 9s. His vision and style of play downgrades this position, and the classic number 9s seem to have problems with that. I dunno, could also be an ego thing... but I doubt it.
Eto'o was a magnificent player. That front line Barca had in 2008-2009 of Messi, Henry and Eto'o supported by Xavi, Busquets and Ineista in midfield. Wow! Terrifying team. Eto'o a huge influence in making that team all conquering. Love that he went to Inter as part of a swap for Zlatan and did the treble there, beating Barca on the way.
I never would forget him since hes is one of my favourite football players of all time. A great player and a great person! It should be mentioned that he was the best payed player in the world for some time, when he played for Makhachkala.
Eto’o Wins the Treble with Barcelona and the with INTER MILAN? Right after the year he left Barcelona. 2 consecutive Trebles with 2 different team. If that happened now, he would be regarded as Michael Jordan or Lebron. Anywhere he went he would win the treble.
@J No that wasn't a coincidence because he said at his presentation day at Inter Milan that he came to win CL, and finally he got the trebble. He could deserve a ballon d'or just for that. He is the only player ever to realise it. If you think it was just a coïncidence, not me because I'm pretty sure it Inter couldn't do it without him, and Barça would have surely kept the CL with Eto'o in the team. Honnest people know it is the truth, he was the most influenced and impactful player in the world these years. If that's coincidence, so Messi and Ronaldo won trophies by coincidence too.
According to Madrid fans logic he is the best striker ever because he proved himself in different leagues and won back 2 back trebles in two different teams
You ask: "Remember Eto'o?" I say: "I can never forget Eto'o." #RealMadridFan Eto'o was one of the best strikers I've ever seen - absolutely devastating for Real.
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Consistently among the best three or four strikers in the world between 2004 and 2009. Great goal scoring record, strong, could link the play, brilliant technically - he was the complete striker. Absolutely world class.
Really nicely done video about Eto´o, personally I haven't followed him, but his stats does speak for his talent and how good he really was. Interesting history and nicely edited. Keep up the good work.
I remember when i was in BISHOP MUGENDI high school, i was very clinical for the school team, they nicknamed me ETOO up to know i am a medic but still they call me etoo instead of my name Hesbon.
Etoo is the best African football player of all time. There should be no debate about this. No African player in the whole continent of africa, past or present can achieve what Samuel Etoo has achieved. The ballon d or is just a popularity contest. Etoo deserved that award in 2006 and even to 2010. The fact that luka modric can win it, tells me that. The ballon d Or is just a popularity contest, it is about favoritism, about who the higher ups like more. Even jose mourinho said he still does not understand why etoo never received that award. He even said etoo should have won that award, seeing all the great things he did on the football world, for country and clubs, with different world class clubs doing the impossible. Making the impossible possible. I understand that george weah has won the ballon d or and some other fifa awards. people need to understand that etoo and george weah played in different times. etoo played in a time when football had more world class players, he played in a tougher era. George Weah learned how to play football in Cameroon, he played for a Club in Yaounde. Mention Etoo 's name everywhere around the world, and even grandmothers and grandfathers and kids will know who he is, mention george weah name and people will ask you to explain who he is. Samuel Etoo has won so many important trophies and awards for his country in africa and on the world stage which is fifa, that no player in the continent of africa is yet to achieve. Forgive me if i Offend you. God Bless.
Only kids that born in late 2000's probably who wouldn't remembering how great samuel eto'o was .. like what the fvck? Off course everyone who watch football would remember him well because he was one of the best striker to ever play this sport. This dude was scoring machine back in the days before messi took over eto'o was the best player on barcelona team alongside with ronaldinho
Samuel Eto was the best signing after Ronaldinho for Barca in 2000s. One of most underrated player(he was better than Drogba BTW) WON two consecutive treble 3 UCL. He was among the few positive in that shaky Barca team
Ghetto-🌟 he was underrated bcoz He’s black, but this nigga groomed messi and taught him most of his tricks... but look how people chant for messi. Now i am not saying that messi isn’t good, i am simply saying that when a white man does something nice its “Ureka” on the hand when it comes to black man doing the same thing is normal or nobody talks about it
When I was younger.. When I know n watch Barce football. I watched Eto.. He made me love the club till today im still a barce fan. Talk about best african footballer.. Right now I could only think of Eto & Drogba
Eto’o first season in Inter was a huge success although he didn’t score many goals. Because Mourinho gave him the task of being more of a winger and in a more defensive role. The target man was Milito and Eto’o sacrificed his goal numbers for the sake of Inter and it paid off as Inter won the treble. In 2010/2011, he reverted back to his natural place with the new coach, Benitez so that is why he scored so many goals that season but they failed to retain Scudetto, only winning Coppa Italia...
Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta, Deco, Larson, Giuly, Rafa Marquez, Puyol and Valdez : what a squad ! Those guys were amazing. Magical times on the pitch.
Inter had a black friday deal by signing Eto'o, Barca gave Inter $40m + Eto'o for Zlatan. Inter went on to win the treble by knocked out Barca at the semis of the UCL while Barca sold Zlatan again in 2010...I think they sold him to Milan to punish Inter somehow :P
Who’s better for Barca? Eto’o or Suarez? 🤔
Etoo
Eto'o in his prime was a GOD
Eto 100%
Eto'o no doubt
Raymar Football Eto'o he was a god.
He won a treble with Barca, struggled with his meniscus, but won another treble with Barca, then got sent to Inter, only to win another treble with them. Unbelievable.
TheGrandChieftain he didn’t win a treble with Barca in 05/06 they failed to win the Copa del Rey
@@cristianomessi3412 he won 1 with barca and 1 with inter
TheGrandChieftain he won one treble with Barcelona not two
Eto won a 'smaller' treble (Supercoppa, La Liga,Champ League) in 2006 and a real treble in 2009 with Barcelona and then won a Quadruple with Inter in 2010.
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So he won two trebles with Barca.
(But no quadruple with them)
To be clear, no Barca fan has forgotten Eto'o
To be clear ... No Real Madrid fan neither 🤣🤣 (from a RM fan; with Fernando Torres, those two were the best strikers I ve ever seen...)
Testify. Visca Barca!
Yep, everytime I see Suarez, I just think how long it took us to sign a #9 that suit our style after Eto'o left (excluding Villa who played as winger)
@@GX2re Villa was more a winger like you said, I think Suarez is one of the best 9s Barca has ever bought
I reckon Eto'o would fit into any team
Samuel eto'o one of the greatest strikers of all time. This guy doesn't get the credit he deserves an African Legend. 🐐👑🙏🏿🙏🏿♥️
hes the best of 21 century after r9
@@シュトマンsure
Eto was so underrated I remember watching him for Barcelona he was lethal such a clinical finisher he seemed to score 8/10 chances he would have deserves more credit ⚽🙂
4/5 chances
@@Mr123edi 🤣🤣
Barcelona?
I was aware of him when he played at Mallorca
i dont think he was underated because literally everybody on a group of like 50 people at a club i went literally every match barcelona had were screaming eto ..
Eto’o isn’t underrated. He’s forgotten due to the fact he left Inter for Anzhi and then his return to top 5 league football was a disappointment. During his peak he was considered to be the best striker in the world.
Eto`o is a very underrated all time great
he is one of my favorite strikers ever.
Consistently among the best three or four strikers in the world between 2004 and 2009. Great goal scoring record, strong, could link the play, brilliant technically - he was the complete striker. Absolutely world class.
2004 and 2011
I'm a Cameroonian and you don't know how happy this video has made me man. Growing up, my friends and I didn't look up to Superman or Batman, our superhero was Samuel Eto'o. He still is. He's the reason I love the beautiful game. I remember days when the whole country would stop just to watch Eto'o play for Barca. he is the African G.O.A.T no doubt
I recall watching him in Kenya and he was considered a hero in many nations in the continent putting African players on the map and inspiring an entire generation of youth to come.
❤
IM CAMEROONIAN TOO
Eto'o was the African version of the Brazilian Ronaldo. Fast, technique, dribbling, and latching onto long through-passes. Best part, he never aged! Much like his face, his work rate and stamina has remained almost the same (Yes, 21 years footballing career, now almost 40 years old and he's still playing and scoring goals!)
.... I remember when he signed with Chelsea, there was a ball the opponents' goalkeeper dropped on the grass for a kick out. Eto'o lashed forward at least 15 yards and stole it from the goalie before the goalie could cover the 5 yards he'd stepped back to kick it from.
(Edit): And those rocket hamstrings also packed a bullet shot; _PES 2006, Shooting = 90_ .... Never forget, before Suarez, there was a Samuel!
(Forgot to add): Eto'o was also the definition of agility; just think of a younger Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United. .... Matter of fact, before it became popular for footballers to apply white tape and/socks to the lower part of their socks to enhance on-pitch athleticism, Eto'o had already been doing it many years before.
without a doubt..yes. etoooooooooo
Yes he was best striker for me in fifa 7 like "eto'o never misses the goal"..
And yeah... he also won Champions league which Over rated Ronaldo never Won 😏
@@ShivamThakur-rt6js i wonder how and overated player is actully the best player in the world
Eto'o was an amazing player. He had almost everything that one would need as a great attacker. He could play both as a striker or a winger. He had pace, strength, skills and above all, a great eye for goal. Truly a joy to watch.
"There should be a statue of Eto'o outside Camp Nou." Xavi
Ronaldinho
Iniesta said that. Another of the legends.
There should acc, he was a beast striker
Xd
There would be if he played for Barca until his retirement instead of changing to inter.
Not saying he doesn't deserve a statue, but realistically, such honourable things only happen to few selected specials during clubs history. One player coming in mind is puyol
eto’o is a prove that a player dont have to win a ballon D’or to be considered the best
lampard and many others never won either
He was never really considered the worlds best player though
Fajrullah Latama youre so fucking right
He was never the best in the world man..... He was a phenomenal player tho
@@adamsmith2944 lampard was great. Certainly way above an average player. Definitely a legend and icon, the greatest however? No.
I remember giving a presentation about him when I was 11 years old, awesome player
When i was growing up i had a Samuel Eto'o shirt. I was not a barça fan but that man was a legend.
One of the greatest players in African football history.
The biggest mistake Barcelona made was to swap Eto'o for Zlatan. Zlatan would leave Barcelona some months later due to some issues with Pep.
But this all worked in Eto'o 's favour as he would go on to win the treble at Inter under Jose Mourinho thus becoming the only player to win trebles at 2 different clubs.
Back to back trebles*
@@amirulaffandi9854
Yes
Actually he won FOUR (4) UEFA Champions League titles. People always forget that he won his first UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid. Just because he didn't play doesn't mean he doesn't deserve it. It's like saying RONALDO R9 didn't win the 1994 World Cup just because he didn't play a single game with Brazil during that World cup.
@@christianhn7870
Yes true but I believe R9 did play significant minutes in 94 WC .
Anyways whether u play or not u deserve it.
@@christianhn7870 actually in Football's rules if a player didn't play a single minute at a footballing event and his team won it that event doesn't count for him just like Bravo the keeper of Barcelona in the 2015 UCL.
Am cameroonian and proud of this legend from my place
Me too brother, me too!
I remember getting a fake Barcelona jersey back in the day just because it had Eto'o on the back 🔥
Shirls what????
Nardi Frroku what do you mean ”what”
truth seeker what do you mean, ““what do you mean what do you mean what””
@@henrikrodriguez3873 What do you mean what do you mean what do you mean, what do you mean what??
@@delboy013 what do you mean, what do you mean what do you me.. aahhhh cut the bs
Barcelona would have won more with Eto’o over Ibrahimovic tbh, he fit well with the team
Mr Clean your products are overrated
But you right
Mr Clean ibra ain’t overrated
Overrated is Ibra
Mr Clean you don’t know the meaning of the Word overrated
Mr Clean name me 3 pure strikers (current) that is better than ibra
kane, aguero, lewandowski, suarez, ronaldo. ibra was great but i think his attitude held him back a little. on his day he was unstoppable though.
A legend forever. He made me love soccer with passion. I’m a Cameroonian so you what what it means for every worker in the country to stop what ever they are doing to watch him play. Wow!!
Football world missed you Samuel Eto’o Fils 🏟
Also, he just scored 16 goals in his first season with Inter, but partly because Mourinho made him play as a defender most of the time
true...he played behind milito a lot ...i remember thinking how come he is being played more like a midfielder
Bullshit, he only played defense against barca in the semifinal when the whole team was just defending
Not as a defender, but as a defensive midfielder.
matriaxpunk yes yes
Actually as a winger.
Inter fans will always love Samuel
Milito & Eto'o what a couple of strikers ♥
One of my dads favorite players of all time he was never forgotten by him he always reminds me about how good he was and every time Suarez misses an open shot he always says “Eto’o would’ve scored that with ease”
Suarez is an amateur in comparison to General Eto.
Ammanuel fr💯
My childhood football heroes were samuel etoo and fernando torres.
Torres retired today😟
Etoo is still playing😀
Well....
@@edgar_-yp2zd well... now both retired
I always knew Eto'o was insane, but I never knew he was this insane. These stats are just out of his mind. What a player. Really underestimated his greatness. Top 10 players of all time?
Only 3 good seasons dont go that far.. But yes 3 at top lvl
yes top 3
@@osaigbovoemmanuel1 not top 3 thats Ronaldo Messi and whoever you prefer out of a few legends but not eto'o. But hes definately top 10
MomoV
He’s not top 10 all time. Ronaldo Fenomeno was miles better than him.
@@michaelfusvideos1243 badfootballopinions
Speaking as an AC Milan fan (so with some old grudge against Inter Milan), seeing what Samuel Eto'o accomplished during his long career is... simply... staggering. How well he played, how much he scored, all the throphies he has won, all the record he has break. Simply amazing.
There's no such need to compare him to other players, his successes speak for him very well.
He can not be forgotten, because he is, and will always be, a real football legend...
I really like your video. There not only informative but also helpful to see other players story's with FACTS. keep working hard
Eto’o was that one player I used many times in fifa 08 👍🏼
dallaskyd I agree Eto O,Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, young Messi that FIFA 2008 Barcelona forwards were loaded.
Sergio Polowsky yeah man. Iconic team right there
Really loved him in pes 2011! The only pes game i love(mostly b/c of eto & intermilan)
Eto'o was a rocket in FIFA '08. The fastest in the game I think.
I still play FIFA 15, I use Etoo and Doumbia at the front, they are deadly!
2000's were the beautiful times of soccer ever
Omar Monzon *football
Football*
Ishan Panhekar you can say soccer to bich
Some people call it soccer lmao idk why it matters
You're write bro
hes gonna be an insane card in fifa when he retires
More like a 99 overall
Probs a 91/92 icon card
Zweback will bust the fattest nut when that card comes out
5 star weak Foot for sure
Yup
Eto'o played with a lot of passion! I miss that decade of passionate soccer!! That adrenaline rush when cheering on makes me just browse through old soccer videos.
Who thinks Samuel eto'o should have won the balon dor?
me
Me
He did deserve it
Yeah *etzo* definitely deserves it
So many players should have win it. It just is meaningless.
imagining Eto'o and Drogba together in the attacking line...
with the duo Yaya and Kolo behind them...
all in their prime.
africa's team of the millennium (so far)
A bit racist having no white players in there 🙄
@@rickipaddon6962 hope you're joking now
@@rickipaddon6962 white african? Nice
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
165 goals in 70 games. Greatest player on earth!!!
Muhit Chowdhury Other way around...
He knows
Fuck Aah, didn’t get that far, xd
@@amirulhaizad967 ahhh bro its sarcasm
Have you heard the stats of cr7 for real madrid😂
The deal with zlatan and him was outrageous. I couldn't believe it. For one. He is alot better a striker than ibra. A swap. It's was embarrassing
paul baker Ibracadabra hater
You are right it was ridiculous but yea Guardiola is like that with African players.
@@Nhamo3 I agree.
at the time he was better than ibra but ibra was a late bloomer with PSG
That was one of the most devastating moments in football. Just thinking about it now revives anger I'd stashed away about the situation.
Ofcourse I remember etoo. Inter swapped him for Ibrahimovic and then won the treble. Is a mystery how ibra has played for the biggest club all these years and 0 ucl wins
Pretty unlucky. He should stay one more year
Because he never settles
@@bena8805 hes ego blocks him from success tbh
@@bena8805 He was pretty settled for PSG
FreshEnd98 you could say the same thing about Brazilian Ronaldo
Decisiveness was his best attribute, he hardly ever held on to the ball, one touch and bam it would be in the back of the goal. Eto'o and Roy Makaay 2 of best 9's I can recall.
Best number 9 ? Have you forgotten brasilian ronoldo .the phenomena ?
Yes!!!! CAMEROON 🇨🇲 STAND UP!!!! Samuel Eto’o is definitely one of the greatest strikers to ever grace the green pitch!
I should note here.. when Messi score his first goal at 19 yo in that infamous match with the godly pass from Dinho..he celebrated using Samuel Eto’o’ signature celebration.
Messi has every right to be the GOAT that he is.. mentored by the great Dihno & Eto’o.
#LionIndomptable
@son goku I think he meant jersey number
@@NoPerspective4231 he said 19 yo...yo=years old. You must be crazy if you think Messi waited that long to score his first goal lol. by that time he was arguably top 10-15 on earth already
I will NEVER forget Eto’o it’s impossible as a Barca fan I am so grateful for the work he delivered at the club
As a madrid fan, the only barca striker to scare me is king eto'o
really?you are not scared of Messi?
You know the players of Real Madrid are scarred
Rainer Wahnsinn 1. Fix Yo fucking Grammar 2. He is talking about strikers you Blind dumbass
Whats it like in Madrid with the regards to the split of with athetico fans to real fans.
@@rainerwahnsinn9585 Messi is not striker
Obey_7amoud stfu
i see so much of Eto in Messi.
Talented as Messi, i think he was so lucky to be able to play with and learn from the many great players such as Eto/Ronnie/Xavi/Iniesta etc. you can see so much of their movements in Messi too.
Wtfhow Lol thats bs, Mess did have great leadership to guide him but he is his own player his movements are the same from when he was a kid you can search up videos of this
@@rusty111fire nope he learned passing and positioning from xavi and inesta great speed dibbles from ronaldinho and shooting techniques from etoo so did the same crisdtiano at manchester united they were both still young you must accept that they evolved wonderfully with time
bro I can 100% tell you're a kid cause you act like xavi and iniesta are Messi's big teachers LMFAO..when Messi was at la masia switching between team A and B ,he might've been better than iniesta already..im not even playing. By the time he was 19 years old he surely, clearly was better than iniesta or Xavi. If Xavi wasn't 7 years older he would've been better than him while still being at la masia too btw lmao. some people are just made to be the best at something, In his case, its football.
Also at 6:35 I meant for goals within La Liga not for all competitions sorry for the mixup
Raymar Football it’s ok great video
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Nice Video and you get sick often . Need to work on your health dude.
Can you talk about Rafael Marquez a mexican defender that was in Barca
0:14 "helped groom a young lionel messi"
FBI open up
Made me lol
😂
I don’t get it. He did help Messi.
Sick man, you 😅😅😂😂😂😂
That's funny well spotted
Eto'o Drogba Henry in the mid 2000's were unplayable
ronaldinho...
Let me guess... ur african.
Ronaldo Nazario was better than all of them.
My Favourite player of all time!!!! Thank you for giving him the credit he deserves!!!!
You should have mentioned his Africa cup of nations victory in 2000 and 2002 when he was transitioning out of real madrid and the olympics gold medal, which are the top silverware an African team can win, along with making it to the confederations cup final in 2003. His international career was huge for an African player.
XAVI is on record saying that Barca should have built a statue of Eto'o at the Camp Nou. That's how much his teammates rated him. Easily one of the best attackers I've ever seen. And I know about Ronaldo9, Crespo, Batistuta, bambam Zamorano, Shevchenko etc. Eto'o is on THAT level. Ibrahimovich is NOT.
dijosoul it was iniesta my dude but facts the statement was made
Facts 💯
dijosoul lol your just jealous of Ibrahimovic because he is successful in our generation
@@forsaken1589 never won the champions league
@@KDonkey4lyf Neither has Mbappe. Is he not on that level?
Eto’o in an interview once said that Pep was “not a man”. That he would be to afraid to talk to him face to face and would have Xavi tell him that he wouldn’t be starting some games. Which is the dumbest thing Pep ever did as a manager. In desperate times he would substitute Eto’o into games only because he knew he would give him the results he wanted, and it’s funny because Zlatan says almost the same things about Pep that Eto’o does. Most notably that “he’s not a man”. You should do a video about that.
Zlatan and Eto'o are strong characters. Only respect old-school managers, not the modern therapist-type managers.
Nice urbane slim suit and sweater, smooth talker, not a strong character. Witness his "Jose is the f***ing man" meltdown when Mourinho totally got under his skin while at Real Madrid.
Toure yaya had some problems with Guardiola too
So did Fabregas. Another strong character player. Leaders, who could have been useful generals in the dressing room but all ostracized due to Pep's insecure ego
... Pep is a winner though arguably the greatest manager ever. I don't know what you're all talking about here. Every single one of you that's say "not a man" he's man enough to be a winner in different leagues
@@dappadondadda100 I'm a big Guardiola fan, but the comments above are correct. Since I speak French (which is also the mother tongue of Etoo), I've heard him in interviews speaking about Pep, he's very harsh towards him and makes some nasty points. Indeed similar to what Ibrahimovic says (in English, you can check it out yourself). Pepe might have some weaknesses that appear here and there when dealing with some people, notably with number 9s. His vision and style of play downgrades this position, and the classic number 9s seem to have problems with that. I dunno, could also be an ego thing... but I doubt it.
That hatrick against Manchester United was on fire🙌
I am a Nigerian. Samuel is the best player that came out of Africa. The best!
2nd best after George W.
Over George Weah? success wise maybe but i'd rate George as the GOAT in Africa.
JJ okocha
Lord Drogba
Noooo weah
Legend!
I was at camp nou 2008, when Barcelona won 4-0 against sevilla. Eto'o, Henry, Xavi and iniesta scored. Crazy...good old days
Never forget.
So Freaking lucky !
soppan96, that was in 2009, I was there as well.
Eto'o was a magnificent player. That front line Barca had in 2008-2009 of Messi, Henry and Eto'o supported by Xavi, Busquets and Ineista in midfield. Wow! Terrifying team. Eto'o a huge influence in making that team all conquering. Love that he went to Inter as part of a swap for Zlatan and did the treble there, beating Barca on the way.
There's a interview I believe which eto states that he hated Pep Guardiola with a passion.
Pep sold him simply because he don't like him. I'd hate him too
PEP is an asshole and a racist.
@@papadock0088 oh here we go
@@omalone1169 Great coach but even Yaya admitted he (Pep) had something against african players. He too were at logger heads with pep.
😅😅😅
Eto is legend and extremely underrated at that.
I never would forget him since hes is one of my favourite football players of all time. A great player and a great person! It should be mentioned that he was the best payed player in the world for some time, when he played for Makhachkala.
99 finish
99 pace
93 dribbling
5 star weak foot
4 star skills
92 finishing
His finishing fam wowow
In reality tho
92 finishing
80-85 pace
85+ dribbling
Mohammad Fouad nah he was one of the fastest players in Barça 90-95
Yeah he was more fast than a good dribbler or the same like 86 but 94 reactivity
Absolute Legend 👏👏👏
Eto’o Wins the Treble with Barcelona and the with INTER MILAN? Right after the year he left Barcelona.
2 consecutive Trebles with 2 different team.
If that happened now, he would be regarded as Michael Jordan or Lebron.
Anywhere he went he would win the treble.
Filthy Anemal, the teams won the trebles. Not the one player.
@@MoLetalis yes it is the team that won but he also contributed to those victories by scoring goals
Jordan stayed in one team, while LeBron went to different teams.
@J No that wasn't a coincidence because he said at his presentation day at Inter Milan that he came to win CL, and finally he got the trebble. He could deserve a ballon d'or just for that. He is the only player ever to realise it. If you think it was just a coïncidence, not me because I'm pretty sure it Inter couldn't do it without him, and Barça would have surely kept the CL with Eto'o in the team. Honnest people know it is the truth, he was the most influenced and impactful player in the world these years. If that's coincidence, so Messi and Ronaldo won trophies by coincidence too.
@Vagabond are you crazy? He scored in both finals Eto'o is a different type of player every important player
Before Messi, there was Eto'o. He'll never be forgotten.
According to Madrid fans logic he is the best striker ever because he proved himself in different leagues and won back 2 back trebles in two different teams
Who
@@omalone1169 eto
This is a Ronaldo dig
lmao x2 *Ronaldo fans
I only played with inter in pes 10 as a child because of him and it was fun as hell god bless the legend!!!
You ask: "Remember Eto'o?"
I say: "I can never forget Eto'o." #RealMadridFan
Eto'o was one of the best strikers I've ever seen - absolutely devastating for Real.
Love my home boy pichichi. Samuel Eto'o is a legend. The best 9 barca ever had 🇨🇲🔥
Ronaldo was The best 9 ;)
one of my favourite strikers, damn he was good
Eto’o is one of my favourite players of all time, extremely underrated
Eto’o was a beast, wish legends like him could never get old.
Greatest African player of all time. There. I said it.
Drogba says hi
@@harithzafran143 I am a chelsea fan yes Drogba is our hero but no where near etoo
Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Deco
welcome to the HELL
Mehrdad AZ Deco and Eto’o are two legends that are underrated because of how good Ronaldinho was, they got overlooked at times
You go hell
Asheten Eco Trekking don’t wish hell on anybody, it’s a real place and people are tortured there for eternity, there’s no breaks or escape, it’s eternal torment. We all need Jesus Christ and have to accept Him. Jesus died to keep us all out of hell and died for ALL sin we would ever commit. We need to believe and Trust in Jesus
Consistently among the best three or four strikers in the world between 2004 and 2009. Great goal scoring record, strong, could link the play, brilliant technically - he was the complete striker. Absolutely world class.
@@rusty111fire Facts
the finest african player who never received a balon
Balloon??
hes the finest player period to not win together with xavi iniesta henry ibra
Sneijder and robben can also make a case for themselves
@@d5nilo0o what about ribery? Lol it was a year were he was a beast too
@@getoutaway8139 Pirlo as well
Really nicely done video about Eto´o, personally I haven't followed him, but his stats does speak for his talent and how good he really was. Interesting history and nicely edited. Keep up the good work.
I remember when i was in BISHOP MUGENDI high school, i was very clinical for the school team, they nicknamed me ETOO up to know i am a medic but still they call me etoo instead of my name Hesbon.
Eto'o was UNSTOPPABLE in his prime. I wished he didn't go to Inter he was better than Zlatan.
Messi Fan So true
Hahaha Inter Fans are glad he came though.
samuel lee i agree at all
The best of the legend
Etoo is the best African football player of all time. There should be no debate about this. No African player in the whole continent of africa, past or present can achieve what Samuel Etoo has achieved. The ballon d or is just a popularity contest. Etoo deserved that award in 2006 and even to 2010. The fact that luka modric can win it, tells me that. The ballon d Or is just a popularity contest, it is about favoritism, about who the higher ups like more. Even jose mourinho said he still does not understand why etoo never received that award. He even said etoo should have won that award, seeing all the great things he did on the football world, for country and clubs, with different world class clubs doing the impossible. Making the impossible possible. I understand that george weah has won the ballon d or and some other fifa awards. people need to understand that etoo and george weah played in different times. etoo played in a time when football had more world class players, he played in a tougher era. George Weah learned how to play football in Cameroon, he played for a Club in Yaounde. Mention Etoo 's name everywhere around the world, and even grandmothers and grandfathers and kids will know who he is, mention george weah name and people will ask you to explain who he is. Samuel Etoo has won so many important trophies and awards for his country in africa and on the world stage which is fifa, that no player in the continent of africa is yet to achieve. Forgive me if i Offend you. God Bless.
Only kids that born in late 2000's probably who wouldn't remembering how great samuel eto'o was .. like what the fvck? Off course everyone who watch football would remember him well because he was one of the best striker to ever play this sport. This dude was scoring machine back in the days before messi took over eto'o was the best player on barcelona team alongside with ronaldinho
Yoooooo i forgot about this legend.
I greatly apologize for this
Samuel Eto was the best signing after Ronaldinho for Barca in 2000s. One of most underrated player(he was better than Drogba BTW) WON two consecutive treble 3 UCL. He was among the few positive in that shaky Barca team
Eto'o : I scored 4 goals in a single half!
Lewandowski: Hold my beer!
Lewandowski: i broke two records in 9 miunets
Don't try to compare Lewandowski with Eto'o
@@manavvv2924 Eto is better in my opinion
@@barcelonabarca6872 that's what I am saying
@@manavvv2924 Facts👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you for packaging our Legend.
Well made. Fully deserved praise for Eto’o. Great player but indeed forgotten by most. Thanks for posting.
165 goals in 70 appearances 2nd coming of pele 😂
hahaha smh said it the other way around
For a moment I was shocked. Then I Replayed and watched subtitles. 🤣
overall of 108 goals in 144 games which is amazing (2004-2009 Barcelona)
@@utsabmaharjan818 same
He was so underrated.
Easily 1 of the world’s best
Ghetto-🌟 he was underrated bcoz He’s black, but this nigga groomed messi and taught him most of his tricks... but look how people chant for messi. Now i am not saying that messi isn’t good, i am simply saying that when a white man does something nice its “Ureka” on the hand when it comes to black man doing the same thing is normal or nobody talks about it
When I was younger.. When I know n watch Barce football. I watched Eto.. He made me love the club till today im still a barce fan.
Talk about best african footballer.. Right now I could only think of Eto & Drogba
Did they really ask us if we remember Eto’o? You gotta be kidding me. Legends are never forgotten. That should be pretty obvious.
As an Everton fan, watching how good he was for us, especially the Burnley game just showed how frightening this man must of been in his prime.
This Guy is a very underrated legend
A sub for this one man so emotional we're from the same country Cameron 😭😭
Hey i'm from Cameroon too
Good, now I want you to be inspired by him like I am 👍🏾
Hello from Cameroon, brother. Eto'o made us all proud!
Me too..I'm so glad we have nice people in this world like the man behind this channel.gotta love him
Best transfer deal in history. €60 million plus Eto'o for Ibra.
Rover200Power as a Barca fan, it’s the other way around 😂😢
for inter milan, at least.
When I was young I Had a Barcelona Tee written Eto'o 9 ...I love this Broe ❤️❤️
Best african player ever
Not really the best because George Weah tops it as the best african player
George weah was south american?
@@hueyfreeman1983 He was liberian
That's Drogba
Weah isn't as good as the ballon dor made him out to be. Coming from an African, the best African player ever is between Drogba or Etoo
Eto’o first season in Inter was a huge success although he didn’t score many goals. Because Mourinho gave him the task of being more of a winger and in a more defensive role. The target man was Milito and Eto’o sacrificed his goal numbers for the sake of Inter and it paid off as Inter won the treble. In 2010/2011, he reverted back to his natural place with the new coach, Benitez so that is why he scored so many goals that season but they failed to retain Scudetto, only winning Coppa Italia...
back in 04-05 that guy was my favourite player. Especially his matches with his national team....
Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta, Deco, Larson, Giuly, Rafa Marquez, Puyol and Valdez : what a squad !
Those guys were amazing.
Magical times on the pitch.
Still a legend today
one of my favorite player of all time. Nice to see a video dedicated to him :)
eto one of the best top5 striker in history
This guy was really good man to me hes Barça alltime 11
I love football because of him 💯💯 respect for legend
Inter had a black friday deal by signing Eto'o, Barca gave Inter $40m + Eto'o for Zlatan.
Inter went on to win the treble by knocked out Barca at the semis of the UCL while Barca sold Zlatan again in 2010...I think they sold him to Milan to punish Inter somehow :P
Black Friday signing eto? Lol wat?
Lol
ask pep
SELFMADE 7 best Comment 🤣😂🤣👍🏾
How can you even make video like this and tell he was forgoten ... Eto is unforgetable player , legend and sportsman...
Proud to be a camerounian🇨🇲, Samuel eto'o is a legend
One of my favourite strikers ever he was so good