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Legendary Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o elected president of Cameroon FA a month before the country hosts the African Cup of Nations

Daily Mail | December 11, 2021

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Former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o will run Cameroonian football for the next four years after he was elected elected president of the country's FA on Saturday.

The 40-year-old is one of the country's greatest ever players after scoring 56 goals in 118 appearances during his international career.

Eto'o, who won the African Footballer of the Year on four occasions, defeated rival Seidou Mbombo Njoya - who was the interim president of the country's football federation (Fecafoot), by 43 votes to 31.

Samuel Eto'o has been elected president of the Cameroon FA a month before they host the African Cup of Nations
Eto'o is congratulated after the results of election in which he won by 43 votes to 31 for the second-place candidate

Reacting to the news on Instagram, Eto'o posted: 'I'll be remembering today as one of the proudest moments of my life.

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