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

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who plays for Eding Sport, as a

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Early and personal life

Born in

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

, he is the younger brother of

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 ...

, 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 in Cameroon, before moving to Spain at the age of 16 with RCD Mallorca. At Mallorca he spent loan spells with Ciudad de Murcia and

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, leaving the club in 2005. Short spells at Sedan, FC Champagne Sports, FC Meyrin,

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and

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followed, before Eto'o signed with Ukrainian side FC Metalurh Donetsk in April 2007. He later signed with Greek side

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, where he went on to have a loan spell at

Ilisiakos Ilisiakos Football Club ( el, Ηλυσιακός A.O.) is an Athens-based football club that was founded in 1927 by Michalis Xydis, Lambropoulos, Evgenopoulos, Nikolaos Plessas, ''et al.''. They played in Delta Ethiniki until 2003. Ilisiakos spent ...

, after his loan spell ended he left Aris and moved back to Spain in August 2008 and signed a contract with CF Reus Deportiu. After two years with CF Reus Deportiu, he later played for Kadji Sports Academy,

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and

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, before signing for Eding Sport in 2018.

International career

Eto'o was called up to the

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, and made his professional debut in a 2–0 2018 African Nations Championship qualification win over Sao Tome and Principe on 12 August 2017. He earned 3 caps for the national team.

References

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