David Pierre Eto'o Fils (born 13 June 1987) is a Cameroonian professional

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who plays for Eding Sport, as a right winger.

Early and personal life

Born in Yaoundé, he is the younger brother of Samuel Eto'o, while a younger brother Etienne also played for

Real Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

. His father was also called David.

Club career

Eto'o began his career with the

Kadji Sports Academy Kadji Sport Academies is a sports academy and association football team from Békoko, Douala in Cameroon. The academy was founded by Gilbert Kadji. Striker Samuel Eto'o played for the club at youth, and has since gone on to represent Cameroon ...

in Cameroon, before moving to Spain at the age of 16 with

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

. At Mallorca he spent loan spells with

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and

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, leaving the club in 2005. Short spells at Sedan,

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, SD Ponferradina and

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followed, before Eto'o signed with Ukrainian side

FC Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

in April 2007. He later signed with Greek side Aris, where he went on to have a loan spell at

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, after his loan spell ended he left Aris and moved back to Spain in August 2008 and signed a contract with

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before foldi ...

. After two years with

, he later played for

, FC Koper and Union Douala, before signing for Eding Sport in 2018.

International career

Eto'o was called up to the Cameroon national football team, and made his professional debut in a 2–0

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win over

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on 12 August 2017. He earned 3 caps for the national team.

References

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