List of international goals scored by Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o Fils has scored a total of 56 goals in 118 caps for Cameroon

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]

List of goals

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.[6]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 28 January 2000 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Ivory Coast 2–0 3–0 2000 African Cup of Nations
2. 6 February 2000  Algeria 1–0 2–1
3. 10 February 2000  Tunisia 2–0 3–0
4. 13 February 2000  Nigeria 1–0 2–2
5. 19 April 2000 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Somalia 3–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 28 January 2001 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo  Togo 1–0 2–0
7. 1 July 2001 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Togo 1–0 2–0
8. 7 January 2002 Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Burkina Faso 1–0 3–1 Friendly
9. 29 January 2002 Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali  Togo 2–0 3–0 2002 African Cup of Nations
10. 27 March 2002 Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland  Argentina 1–1 2–2 Friendly
11. 26 May 2002 Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe, Japan  England 1–0 2–2
12. 6 June 2002 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup
13. 27 March 2003 7 November Stadium, Radès, Tunisia  Madagascar 2–0 2–0 2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament
14. 19 June 2003 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  Brazil 1–0 1–0 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
15. 8 February 2004 Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia  Nigeria 1–2 1–2 2004 African Cup of Nations
16. 6 June 2004 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Benin 1–1 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
17. 4 July 2004  Ivory Coast 1–0 2–0
18. 5 September 2004 Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Egypt 2–3 2–3
19. 4 June 2005 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin  Benin 4–0 4–1
20. 21 January 2006 Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Angola 1–0 3–1 2006 Africa Cup of Nations
21. 2–1
22. 3–1
23. 25 January 2006  Togo 1–0 2–0
24. 29 January 2006  DR Congo 2–0 2–0
25. 3 June 2007 Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia  Liberia 2–0 2–1 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
26. 22 January 2008 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Egypt 1–3 2–4 2008 Africa Cup of Nations
27. 2–4
28. 26 January 2008  Zambia 4–0 5–1
29. 30 January 2008 Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana  Sudan 1–0 3–0
30. 3–0
31. 31 May 2008 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Cape Verde 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
32. 8 June 2008 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius  Mauritius 2–0 3–0
33. 21 June 2008 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Tanzania 1–0 2–1
34. 2–1
35. 11 October 2008  Mauritius 1–0 5–0
36. 2–0
37. 11 February 2009 Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle, France  Guinea 2–1 3–1 Friendly
38. 3–1
39. 5 September 2009 Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon  Gabon 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
40. 9 September 2009 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Gabon 2–0 2–1
41. 14 November 2009 Fez Stadium, Fez, Morocco  Morocco 2–0 2–0
42. 17 January 2010 Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, Angola  Zambia 2–1 3–2 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
43. 21 January 2010  Tunisia 1–1 2–2
44. 19 June 2010 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  Denmark 1–0 1–2 2010 FIFA World Cup
45. 24 June 2010  Netherlands 1–1 1–2
46. 11 August 2010 Stadion Poznań, Poznań, Poland  Poland 1–0 3–0 Friendly
47. 2–0
48. 4 September 2010 Anjalay Stadium, Belle Vue Harel, Mauritius  Mauritius 1–0 3–1 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
49. 2–1
50. 3 September 2011 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Mauritius 3–0 6–0
51. 7 October 2011 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo  DR Congo 1–1 3–2
52. 11 November 2011 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Sudan 3–1 3–1 2011 LG Cup (Morocco)
53. 13 November 2011  Morocco 1–0 1–1
54. 23 March 2013 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Togo 1–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
55. 2–1
56. 1 June 2014 Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany  Germany 1–0 2–2 Friendly

Statistics

References

  1. ^ "Cameroon 2-2 (4-3 pens) Nigeria". The Shot.
  2. ^ "Cameroon 0-0 (3-2 pens) Senegal". worldfootball.net. 10 February 2002.
  3. ^ "Cameroon 3-0 Ivory Coast". Soccerway. 28 February 2000.
  4. ^ "Cameroon v Angola (2006 CAF Africa Cup of Nations)". Goal.com. 21 January 2006.
  5. ^ "Samuel Eto'o: Cameroon striker retires from international football". BBC Sport. 27 August 2014.
  6. ^ Samuel Eto'o Fils – Goals in International Matches Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation