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Etienne Eto'o on why he wants to play for Cameroon ahead of Spain

Etienne Eto'o Pineda, son of former Cameroon captain and African football legend Samuel is keen to retrace his father's national team footsteps.

The senior Eto'o won two Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) titles with Cameroon as well as featuring at four Fifa World Cups.

An Olympic gold medal with the Cameroon Under-23 side is another feat of the former Barcelona star.

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But Etienne's international career got off to a false start when he was recently dropped from the Cameroon squad set to take part at the Fifa Under-17 World Cup in Brazil.