Samuel Eto was raised in Hargeisa

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SHEEKO GAABAN....

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sheeko gaban laakin ruun aah

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WHERE DOES IT SAY HARGEISA

[SNM chick]

HE WERENT RAISED IN SOMALILAND AND HE AINT FROM HARGEISA SO STOP CHATTIN AIR PEEPS
TELL ME WERE ITS SAYZ DAT CUZ I DONT SEE ANYTHIN
Samuel Eto'o
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Samuel Eto'o Fils (born March 10, 1981 in Nkon, Cameroon) is a football striker, who currently plays for FC Barcelona. He is a distinguished forward who is known for his outstanding positional awareness and shooting technique. His talents have made him a leading scorer for both club and country and one of the world's top strikers. He was named African Footballer of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2005, making him the first player to win the award three years in succession since it has been handed out by the Confederation of African Football. Prior to joining Barcelona in 2004, Eto'o spent most of his career on the books of Real Madrid, although he only played in three league games in his six years under contract. Instead, the last four and a half of those years were spent on loan with Real Mallorca. In 2003 he and his teammates lifted the King's Cup after defeating Recreativo de Huelva.


Samuel Eto'o with his son at the press conference after winning the UEFA Champions League 2005-06At the age of 17, Eto'o was the youngest player at the 1998 World Cup when he suited for Cameroon against Italy. He then played in the 2002 edition. Eto'o won three major tournaments with his country: the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups, as well as the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

His signing with Barcelona was very controversial as Real Madrid owned half of his contract and had preference over his signing. However, he was turned down by chairman Florentino Pérez, who argued that he already had the best two strikers in the league (Ronaldo and Raúl) and that there was no place for another non-European Union player. The contract release was signed after paying 24 million euros, of which half was for Mallorca. Real's loss has been Barça's gain - Samuel Eto'o has proven to be a world-class acquisition, helping Barcelona to the 2004/2005 Spanish La Liga title and being the team's top scorer with a final figure of 24 goals, just one short of top scorer Diego Forlán. He also finished in third-place of voting for the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year award; coming behind his Barcelona teammate Ronaldinho and Chelsea F.C. midfielder Frank Lampard.

In 2006, Eto'o missed his penalty shot in the quarter-final of the 2006 African Cup of Nations game against Cote D'Ivoire, ending a record 24-shot penalty session, and eliminating his side. On the other hand he was the top scorer of the tournament, with five goals. In April of the same year it was announced that Eto'o had signed a deal with the Saudi club Al-Ittihad in which the team would take the striker on loan for the summer for their Asian Champions League campaign. As part of the deal, the club and Eto'o would also cooperate to establish football academies for in Cameroon under Eto'o and Ittihad's name [1].

On May 17, 2006 in the 2006 Champions League Final against Arsenal FC, Eto'o was pulled down by Arsenal's goalkeeper, Jens Lehmann, leading to Lehmann's expulsion, and he scored the equalising goal. Barcelona went on to win 2-1. Eto'o was unanimously elected man of the match of the Champions League Final by a jury composed of football journalists and sportsmen.