Etienne Emmanuel Eto'o Fils (born 17 March 1990) is a Cameroonian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who last played as a striker for Erste Liga club

FC Lustenau FC Lustenau 07 is a football club based in Lustenau, Vorarlberg. They currently compete in the Vorarlbergliga The Vorarlbergliga is the highest football league of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It's the fourth highest football league in A ...

in 2012.

Club career

Eto'o began his career with

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 ...

and has also played on loan for S.D. La Salle in 2007, after six months turned back to

. After several years 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 ...

was released in summer 2009 and signed on 1 December 2009 for

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

, but on 11 January 2010 left his club on loan to

CF Pobla de Mafumet Club de Fútbol Pobla de Mafumet is a Spanish football club based in La Pobla de Mafumet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1953, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal'', which ...

. In August 2011 he signed a one-year contract at

in Austria. At his first appearance he scored a goal only two minutes after his substitution. In February 2012 he left the club.

International career

He represented

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in the 2007 Meridian Cup.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of striker

Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation from 11 December 2021. In his prime, Eto'o was regarded by pundits as one of ...

.Barcelona seeking salvation in Eto'o
/ref> He also has another older brother,

David Eto'o David Pierre Eto'o Fils (born 13 June 1987) is a Cameroonian professional association football, footballer who plays for Eding Sport FC, Eding Sport, as a Midfielder#Winger, right winger. Early and personal life Born in Yaoundé, he is the young ...

. He also holds a Spanish passport.

References

External links

Futbolme profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eto'o, Etienne 1989 births Living people Cameroonian footballers Cameroonian expatriate footballers Cameroonian emigrants to Spain Association football forwards Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal RCD Mallorca players CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Austria Kadji Sports Academy players Cameroonian expatriates in Austria 2. Liga (Austria) players