- Source of Wealth: Football, Endorsements
- Age: 38
- Birth Place: Douala, Cameroon
- Height: 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Weight: 174.2 lbs (79 kg)
- Marital Status: Married (Georgette Eto’o)
- Full Name: Samuel Eto’o Fils
- Nationality: Cameroonian
- Date of Birth: March 10, 1981
- Ethnicity: Cameroonian (Basa)
- Occupation: Professional Football Player
- Children: 4 (Étienne, Lynn, Maelle, Siena, Annie)
Cameroonian professional footballer, Samuel Eto’o Fils has an estimated net worth of $95 million. Eto’o currently plays as a striker for the for Turkish club Konyaspor. As the most decorated African player of all time, he is a four-time winner of the African Player of the Year award – 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010. He also got the third place in the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2005.
Eto’o has so much to be proud of – in the wake of his Champion League success with Barcelona and Inter Milan. The four-time African player of the year also won three league titles with Barca and one with Inter, while he has twice won the Africa Cup of Nations with Cameroon.
Eto’o became the world’s highest-paid footballer ever in term of the wage paid by club, after he was transferred to Anzhi in August 2011 on a three-year deal, which expected to get him a salary of €20 million after tax per season, eclipsing the €13 million Cristiano Ronaldo earns at Real Madrid and the €10.5 million Lionel Messi is paid by Barcelona. The player counts Puma and Ford as his major sponsors.
Samuel Eto’o served as the Cameroonian national team captain until he announced his retirement from international football on August 27, 2014. A year after, he received the Golden Foot award.