List of international goals scored by Samuel Eto'o explained

Samuel Eto'o is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a striker for the Cameroon national football team from 1997 to 2014. He is currently Cameroon's all-time goalscorer with 56 goals and 118 appearances, which also puts him as his nation's 2nd-most capped player behind Rigobert Song (137). He represented his country at four FIFA World Cups (1998, 2002, 2010, 2014), six Africa Cup of Nations (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010), and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Eto'o helped Les Lions Indomptables win both the 2000[1] and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations finals[2] and also reached the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, which they lost to France.

He earned his first cap for Cameroon on 9 March 1997 during a 5–0 loss in a friendly against Costa Rica, but did not score his first goal until 2000 in a 3–0 win against Ivory Coast in a 2000 Africa Cup of Nations group stage match.[3] His only hat-trick while playing for Cameroon would come in a 3–1 win against Angola in a 2006 Africa Cup of Nations group stage match.[4] He eventually decided to retire from international duty in 2014 after joining Everton.[5]

Goals

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.[6]

CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11328 January 2000Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana2–02000 African Cup of Nations
2146 February 20001–0align="center"
31510 February 20002–0align="center"
41613 February 2000National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria1–02000 Africa Cup of Nations final
51719 April 2000Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon3–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
62028 January 2001Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo1–0align="center"
7261 July 2001Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon1–0align="center"
8287 January 2002Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso1–0Friendly
93129 January 2002Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali2–02002 African Cup of Nations
103527 March 2002Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland1–1Friendly
113726 May 2002Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan1–0align="center"
12396 June 2002Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan1–02002 FIFA World Cup
134227 March 20037 November Stadium, Radès, Tunisia2–02003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament
144419 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France1–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup
15518 February 2004Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia1–22004 African Cup of Nations
16526 June 2004Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon1–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
17544 July 20041–0align="center"
18555 September 2004Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo, Egypt2–3align="center"
19594 June 2005Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin4–0align="center"
206321 January 2006Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt1–02006 Africa Cup of Nations
212–1
223–1
236425 January 20061–0align="center"
246529 January 20062–0align="center"
25693 June 2007Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia2–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
267122 January 2008Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana1–32008 Africa Cup of Nations
272–4
287226 January 20084–0align="center"
297330 January 2008Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana1–0rowspan="2" align="center"
303–0
317731 May 2008Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon2–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
32788 June 2008Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius2–0align="center"
338021 June 2008Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon1–0rowspan="2" align="center"
342–1
358111 October 20081–0rowspan="2" align="center"
362–0
378211 February 2009Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle, France2–1Friendly
383–1
39865 September 2009Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon2–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
40879 September 2009Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon2–0align="center"
418914 November 2009Fez Stadium, Fez, Morocco2–0align="center"
429117 January 2010Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, Angola2–12010 Africa Cup of Nations
439221 January 20101–1align="center"
449719 June 2010Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa1–02010 FIFA World Cup
459824 June 2010Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa1–1align="center"
469911 August 2010Stadion Poznań, Poznań, Poland1–0Friendly
472–0
481004 September 2010Anjalay Stadium, Belle Vue Harel, Mauritius1–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
492–1
501063 September 2011Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon3–0align="center"
511077 October 2011Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo1–1align="center"
5210811 November 2011Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco3–12011 LG Cup
5310913 November 20111–0align="center"

5411223 March 2013Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon1–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
552–1
561171 June 2014Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany1–0Friendly

Statistics

Goals by year
scope=col Yearscope=col Goals
20005
20012
20025
20032
20044
20051
20065
20071
200811
20095
20108
20114
20132
20141
Total56
Goals by competition
scope=col Competitionscope=col Goals
Friendlies8
FIFA World Cup qualification18
Africa Cup of Nations tournaments18
Africa Cup of Nations qualification5
FIFA World Cup finals3
FIFA Confederations Cup1
Other tournaments3
Total56

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cameroon 2-2 (4-3 pens) Nigeria. The Shot.
  2. Web site: Cameroon 0-0 (3-2 pens) Senegal. 10 February 2002. worldfootball.net.
  3. Web site: Cameroon 3-0 Ivory Coast. 28 February 2000. Soccerway.
  4. Web site: Cameroon v Angola (2006 CAF Africa Cup of Nations). 21 January 2006. Goal.com.
  5. Web site: Samuel Eto'o: Cameroon striker retires from international football. 27 August 2014. BBC Sport.
  6. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/etoo-intlg.html Samuel Eto'o Fils – Goals in International Matches

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