Is Samuel Eto'o The Greatest African Player Ever?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- Back to back trebles tells you all you really need to know about Samuel Eto'o.
However for someone with such a glittering resume, he was involved in his fair share of controversy.
But did he deserve it? Let's find out.
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0:00 - Early beginnings
01:24 - A star is born
04:06 - Samuel Eto’o: Barcelona Legend
09:01 - Guardiola: Success, Trebles and Conflict
12:53 - Mourinho: Inter Milan, Trebles and Vibes
14:48 - Career Backend and retirement
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Eto'os old man celebration is what took him from an outstanding player to a legend for me 😂
Nothing but love for the guy
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Yeah lmao
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😂😂😂
etoo was better than r9. R9 is just a hype up player. If he didn't play for Brazil. He would be like any regular flashy player's. Etoo is better than R9..
If R9 played for the current Brazil team. He would like any regular flashy dribbling players. He never won a UCL.
Eto’o was such a complete striker, plus he always showed up in big games. Great video, keep it up
he really was, the only big game that he never showed up in was Chelsea 4-2 Barcelona at Stamford Bridge 2005 UCL R16 2nd Leg
The man was a baller!
Not even close to Drogba Etoo was a Goal Poacher while Drogba was a false 9 target man fox in the box everything you name it never seen a beast like Drogba in my whole life!!!
All the defenders in pl Skrtel,Vidic,Ferdinand,Agger Toure just a name a few has all said the hardest player they ever faced was Drogba he was unplayable there was also rumors that were confirmed that Senderos from Arsenal and Djourou used to have nightmares about Drogba this is facts!
@@Colt-eq1vm if you think Eto’o was just a goal poacher I suggest looking up some of his goal compilation videos 👌🏼
Big up Eto on building football foundations in Africa help with la maesia finding African talent
Big UP George Weah who is PRESIDENT and getting people out of poverty!
This guy was a killer….pass, finishing, his MOVEMENT….Jesus…in today’s football he’d be banging 30-35 easily. IMO best African player by a margin.
>Be Barcelona
>Watch Eto'o winning the treble for you
>Sack him because he ants to play and score goals
>Watch him winning his second treble with the team you sold him off to
Guardiola wanted him out, kept him, and won a treble. Enough said.
Yep!
I respect Etoo alot but the best african ever in history MUST be Drogba no cap!!!
It's funny how after he won the treble even tho Guardiola wanted him out next season he went to Inter and won another treble with mourinho
Its so weird why did Pep dislike Etoo n Toure great guys worldbeaters could walk into any ream in the world it’s kind of weird it’s something with colored Pep and trying to bin them of as far away as possible and Yaya even mentioned in his book how Pep would just look at him sometimes in training with a disgusted look on his face and as soon as he caught pep he started looking away i dunno knowabout you guys but i smell a closetracist from a mile away
@@Colt-eq1vm ahead George Weah or Roger Milla?
Do one on Figo! It would be hella interesting to know more about the controversy around him
If you want to know more about the controversy, you could go to the channel 'balon-english". He made a Barca documentary and there is a big section about Figo's transfer in the video.
@@heijimikata7181 that one was a great watch 👍🏽
@@heijimikata7181 best channel on yt
I’m a Barcelona fan since 2003. I lived this episode.
Eto’o leaving has nothing to do with his position. Eto’o had great football understanding with Messi.
It’s more about the fact that Pep considers Eto’o a big head. Samuel publicly said he didn’t listen to Pep’s instructions during games because « Pep was never a great player. He can’t tell me how to move as striker »
Yeah it's kinda crazy!
No first of all Pep was a pretty decent player but not that good I would say he was slightly worse then Sergio Busquets who I really do not rate and second of all his actually right the only person Pep didn’t give instructions to was Messi some could argue at the time Guardiola took over from Rijkard Etoo was slightly better then Messi before his real breakthrough in 2008
@@Colt-eq1vm
Well if you don’t rate Busquets, i can’t even see how you could rate Guardiola as a player.
Just as a reminder, Guardiola was the CDM that Cruyf built his dream-team around :)
Pep always gave instructions to his players especially Messi :) it’s just that Eto’o had a big ego , plus the fact that him and Pep never clicked. So if Etoo is refusing to listen to the manager, it’s a huge problem that needs to be fixed even he’s scoring goals.
But personally, i would have never let Eto’o go. If Etoo stayed we would’ve won UCL 2010 and we would’ve been the first team to do 3 UCLs !
Plus, Pep only played Messi as false 9, in the classico which was at the end of the season
I just hate Pep
And he was soo right💪🏾❤️
The most interesting about the video is Laporta joined Barcelona right when they team was dealing with legends leaving, troubles in the front office. The same situation he faces now rejoining the team. Twice now Laporta joins the team after a legend leaves, and the front office was a mess.
Good catch!
@@FootballIconic kinda why I feel like Victor Fonte never had a chance. If you're the voters, you knew Laporta saved Barca before, had great success during his time, then it went down hill when he left. Font had goals and dreams. But Laporta had established success the faithful could put faith in.
etoo was better than r9. R9 is just a hype up player. If he didn't play for Brazil. He would be like any regular flashy player's. Etoo is better than R9..
If R9 played for the current Brazil team. He would like any regular flashy dribbling players. He never won a UCL..
Brilliant video, as always. Eto'o will be remembered as one of the best of strikers of the mid to late 2000's. Pure baller ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
indeed
absolutely
high caliber striker
Absolute baller!
As the best ST!!!! anyways of the best players/strikers in history
As a Cameroonian, Eto'o made me fall in love with football
And how about Roger Milla?
@@thedoc225ify didnt watch him play
@@mbulaikalamai4731 he's not as good as Eto'o but he did more for Cameroon
@@thedoc225ify yeah roger put cameroon on the world stage but u cant say he did more for the national team than eto. Eto won 2 afcons, a gold medal, reach of confederations cup final eliminating brazil of ronaldinho, ronaldo,
@@thedoc225ify yeah roger put cameroon on the world stage but u cant say he did more for the national team than eto. Eto won 2 afcons, a gold medal, reach of confederations cup final eliminating brazil of ronaldinho, ronaldo,
Natural goal scorer , the pace and skill and football know how. Legend
He injured his knee in 2007 (against Werder Wremen I think) and it was probably around this time that Eto'o and Barcelona began to "separate".. Eto'o had some conflicts with Rijkaard (played as a sub for 6 minutes and he got a bit mad about that and he didn't want to enter the game the next matchday, etc) and he showed some kind of jealousy to Ronaldinho, who enjoyed the love from the fans more than anyone in that period. A couple of games later, vs Athletic Bilbao, Ronaldinho and Eto'o celebrated together. It was ok. A bit later, Guardiola was appointed as the manager and, as it turns out, he wouldn't have that (besides the tactical issues). It was harsh, but I think in the end it was better for the club. The player's contract would end in 2010 anyway. At Barcelona I think everybody loves Eto'o to this date. He was a good player, he was present at the big moments (he scored in two Champions League finals for Barcelona) and everything that he won in his overall career was 100% deserved. The treatment he had to deal with was not always ideal, but that's life... Sometimes it was partly his fault, sometimes it wasn't his fault. As for Guardiola, it was strange that he had Ibrahimovic and he didn't use him as a proper CF, but he used Messi as a false 9 instead, but now this decision has a historical value and it still has an effect in football tactics, but more importantly for (his) Barcelona it brought unprecedented success. So, who are we to judge him? 🤷♂️
Zlatan was "sacrificed" but, incredible as it is, this was good for his career because he went to Milan where he won titles and (finally) became the league's top scorer. It is really incredible, because it worked for all parties: Barcelona played great football and is still regarded by many as the best team ever, Eto'o went on to win a second treble in 2 years (it even worked for Inter too, in that regard), Zlatan had a tough period at Barca (well... He scored a goal in each of his first 5 games, something that had never happened before at Barcelona. The following months were not equally glorious but he probably still had some very good moments by the end of that season) but it was with his departure from Barcelona to AC Milan that, in my opinion, Zlatan really became who he is today.
you're such a liar. Eto'o has never been jealous of RONALDHINO, never.
Problem was RONALDHINO not training, partying all the time, getting a past over and over.
@@totomaxwell8080 hahaha I stated so many facts and you call me "such a liar" because I said what? That Eto'o showed some kind of jealousy to Ronaldinho? That's not something I(!) made up. You can read it on the Guardian. There is an article from 2007 where it's mentioned that he had "told confidantes that seeing Ronaldinho's likeness splashed all over the city can be hard to take". This is followed some lines later by the mentioning that Eto'o had been critical of Ronaldinho. They also characterized him as "soft-spoken but proud".*
That was back in 2007, when all of these things were developing.. It's like a primary source from their then present. But even if we shouldn't trust this source, you can see that he indeed has an ego when he wants to make it clear that back in the days it was Messi that played with Eto'o and not the opposite. Now, I don't think that having an ego is necessarily a bad thing and I don't say it to accuse Eto'o. After all, what he said was true. And also I am not saying that Eto'o was feeling a concrete jealousy to Ronaldinho. But I understand that he was a bit troubled at that period and he ACTUALLY said some things, like calling his coach a bad person.
I have nothing to gain by claiming that Eto'o was jealous of Ronaldinho (something that I never really said, because there is a difference between "some kind of jealousy" and "he was jealous of", alright?) but I want to shed some light on these incidents because his whole attitude must have played a role in his departure. Ok?
As for you I don't know what acerbated you so much that you had to call me a liar. It offends me and I think you should think again before making such claims for other people you don't know. I hope I have changed your mind.
*Bruised Feelings and a Shaky Knee for FC Barcelona, by Jack Bell (2007).
@@nektarioss mane stfu go to sleep. roti was his best friend at Barca. his only issue was in fact the training. you a grown ma basing your facts off of the guardian articles lol. And for that game where he supposedly refused to get in its all bullshit. He was coming back from injury, was sent to warm up and he went and sat because Pepe had made his 3 replacements. He explained everything is an interview
@@nektarioss You said a lot of truth about what happened in 2007 for Villafranca when Eto'o said Rijkaard is a bad person. He was immature but he wasn't wrong, anyway not completely. He was just mad about the disrespect Ronaldinho and Rijkaard showed to him after he refused to come in. He didn't understand how could the coach throw him to the media while Ronaldinho was always saved.
etoo was better than r9. R9 is just a hype up player. If he didn't play for Brazil. He would be like any regular flashy player's. Etoo is better than R9..
If R9 played for the current Brazil team. He would like any regular flashy dribbling players. He never won a UCL..
Eto'o is one of the all time greats of Barcelona. Too bad the club doesn't do him justice just like what they did with Suarez..
It should be said, weah only scored 198 goals in total. His prime only lasted a few years. Samuel scored over 400 goals and won 2 consecutive trebles with 2 different teams. He scored left foot right foot, finesse shots, everything you could imagine. Weah was extremely skillful and powerful but eto is not inferior technically. And his career was far superior. To me, he's above drogba and weah.
Its not even close. George Weah is the greatest African player ever, you could even male a case that Abedi Pele is second and Finidi George 3rd.
@@thedoc225ify you on crack fam... could even male??? Yup crackhead
@@mansamussa1552 Weah is the best easily. I'll give you Abedi Pele and George (both champions league winners) but Drogba and Eto'o are not as good as Weah. Remember we're talking about player ability not career's
@@thedoc225ify so ur saying over 400 goals back to back trebles with 2 different teams, Back to back africain cup of natoin. Scored with both feet effortlessly. even won the copa del rey at 19 years old And ur on about his ability? The only thing weah has over him is a ballon d'or. And the ballon d'or is not even that important. Anyone with working eyes and not on crack can see his ability.
@@mansamussa1552 just as you say the balon d'or isn't that important scoring 100's of goals isn't either. Eto'o scoring more than Maradona doesn't make him better and I'm saying Weah is a better all-round player. Just because he played in the 90's doesn't make him rubbish, to make it at AC Milan back then you had to be great
I was just making a top 11 formation and was doubting whether to pick Brazilian Ronaldo or Eto'o as a CF that's how great he was, even though I'm a real madrid fan seeing him with Ronaldinho at barca was one of the best things ever
The best 9s ever
@@PapouPlays Van Basten is a better 9 than either of them.
@@Zack_410 I won't argue as he is in that class
etoo was better than r9. R9 is just a hype up player. If he didn't play for Brazil. He would be like any regular flashy player's. Etoo is better than R9..
If R9 played for the current Brazil team. He would like any regular flashy dribbling players. He never won a UCL..
Didnt remember too much of his prime years because I was sort of young I was born in 04 but based on what my big brother and other older soccer watchers i know said about him he was truly amazing and elite. Plus my family is cameroonian too so we really loved him.
Okay, I have to put my Chelsea bias away for this one, (Although he did play for Chelsea anyway) This guy is the best African Player of all time! Drogba can sit at no.2 .
Weah?
@@tiestofalljays Holy shit! I forgot about Weah! Funny enough, he also played for Chelsea as well at some point. Looks like we have a thing for talented African players. Anyways, Drogba's gonna have to go down another notch(sorry Didier 😅)
Salah is now first tho
@@dieguizz87 let's wait a couple more years... He is up there... Certainly... But not yet in top 3.... I doubt he would even rank above yaya...
Great video as usual, Eto'o really was a sick player. Would love to see some managers covered like this, Louis van Gaal and sir Alex Ferguson would be two good ones to look at
I learn something new every upload 👌❤️
As an arsenal fan - I’d recommend a similar video for Gilberto silva - the man was so key alongside viera, felt his injuries massively and a player we could only dream of having right now
Football Iconic always teaches me something new & gives me more talking points to sound like I know what the hell I'm talking about when it comes to footy. Thanks for another awesome upload!🥳
Cheers buddy😂
Another banger! Class video bro!
Great, great player.. Loved watching Samuel Eto'o
Great video again. Thanks.
Brutally assaulting Busquets 😂😂
Your reactions to such incidents are hilarious
Love your work ❤️
Yeeeeeees! Great video! Without a doubt the best African footballer ever!
Stunning video as always 👌 ❤
One of my favorite players to watch in his prime. Unfortunately with his play style he wasn't going to be able to uphold it into his 30s when he's freakish athletism slowed down.
your videos are great my guy..just the explanation one wants. keep it up
Always love your videos. Genuinely my favourite channel at the moment by far.
♥️
A striker of the highest order.
Like your videos anyway, organized with good voice to tell stories well and nice music in background
George Weah!! Was a beast for A.C Milan. He was soo much better than anybody else from his country, I think it was Liberia, it was crazy. He used to buy all the kits and pay for all their travel.
etoo was better than r9. R9 is just a hype up player. If he didn't play for Brazil. He would be like any regular flashy player's. Etoo is better than R9..
If R9 played for the current Brazil team. He would like any regular flashy dribbling players. He never won a UCL..
When I started getting an interest for football he was my favorite player beside Honda because we share a name and he was a great player for a big club and a smaller footballing nation
You’re genuinely one of the best football TH-camrs I know!
Pineapples are an underrated fruit, to be fair!
@@FootballIconic Ngl SpongeBob made us the best.
Etoo is the best African player of all times. Not George weah. Etoo stats are far better in club and country..
honestly one of the best, if not the best football channel on youtube
Fam your channel will explode soon, top notch content bro
Watched some of ur videos tonight gotta say sum fantastic content here keep it up with thos videos bro u deserve like 3mill subs
Thanks man! Appreciate that! Really enjoying making them
Love your stuff
Eto'o was amazing at Barça, but he couldn't resist to open his mouth. He was too blunt and straight forward and I love him because of that, but a team of that level can't afford to have a guy talking bad in mid season about team mates or the manager. That's why Pep wanted him out. He always valued him as a player, that's why when he stayed (because nobody bid for him) Eto'o played as much as Messi, Xavi or Iniesta. But they were always tense, even one game against Betis Eto'o challenging Pep in the field in front of everyone.
Liked the piece. Liked even it more at past 13:20 for catching sergio b. Antics
Greatest Barca Striker of All time
PS: Sorry Luis Suarez but you are my no 2 best barca striker.
Bro I was already gonna like the video you didn’t have to compliment me 🥰🥰
😂
As an Inter fan, this guy was unbelievable
Best football youtuber. GOAT
Such a good player yet mistreated by both of spanish giants
Eto was fantastic. The Barcelona years were the best that I have seen him
As a Cameroonian 🇨🇲... Eto'o is the greatest!!! Allez Les lions
Can you do a video on Real Madrid’s UCL victories three times in a row. (2015~2018)
One of the best striker,and my favourite player too
Would love a video about George Weah.
It's a damn shame that he didn't get along well with Pep Guardiola at the time. As a Barcelona fan, it's abundantly clear that he's the kind of player we're missing right now.
Unforgetable Samwel Eto Legend
Samuel Eto was a phenomenal striker/center forward. The very few that are capable of being the magician's aka Messi's attacking teammate/partner
Do a video on AC milan with rijkaard, van basten and guilut
Channel too underrated 🙂
i feel sad for eto cuz guardiola didnt like him and wanted him out of barcelona and he was also given racist slurs by fans and he deserved more better
i would rate him by the greatest african footballer of all time by 10/10
Not really the Media BIAS makes a lot of Drama out of it.. The reality was Eto was actually good but not to the level of Messi, did you see what Happened to Zlatan? Zlatan was good back then but Guardiola couldn't fit in too many good players, did you forget that... Don't forget Barca Bought David Villa and he was FIRE.. So
@@zorashki yh man I remember that
We love ur skills and the way u score African guy
If you want more details on the Eto'o/ Guardiola clash go watch his interview with Bein Sport (France TV Show) idk if the english subtitles are available but this itw is Incredible !!! One of the best I've ever seen on TV lol
Is this a reupload?
Even tough this is very recent i have the feeling i watched a while back ago.
I will say I'm surprised Doctor Khumalo doesn't show up more in contention for best African player... not a massive presence in the mainstream but certainly an important influence, especially in the south
Edit: this is following up to your poll earlier about the best African player... as always, loved the vid !!!
Maybe for South Africans. But honestly, Khumalo doesn’t register when you are talking about the greatest African players.
With good ending up u r the hero
Yes he did deserve better - BUT - clearly pep made a terrible mistake and Eto made his mark with inter so it worked out for him well. He’s a gangster
Pep's pride caused him to lose out on two world class strikers (Eto'o and Ibra).
how did pep make a mistake. ronaldinho was THE best or 2nd best player ever and he had no discipline so pep had to sell him. etoo wouldnt take advice or do what the manager told him. there was a video here on you tube where etoo says that he told pep that pep wasnt an attacker so he shouldnt tell him what to do... as a manager you cant work with a player like that, no matter if you are as good as etoo (not that i think etoo was good but he scored a lot of goals). the manager is in charge of how the team plays otherwise every player would do what they wanted and there wouldnt be a plan
@@thisguyrighthere3 I agree more or less with everything you said apart from you thinking etoo wasn't good.
It Is ❤️
He was mine most trusted striker during fifa career mode that time . Later i use Neymar , during that time Neymar was nothing as today . I am talking about fifa 09 .
In a single word yes he absolutely should have.
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Ego is what stopped Barcelona from achieving even more success, only a season after David Villa was at the club. So Barcelona could of had a front 3 of David Villa, Etoo and Messi, including Pedro and others. They honestly could of had the same level of success as Madrid had in the UCL.
My FA President 👊🏾🦁
Please do one of these for Messi and Ronaldo thank you.
What a GOAT... respect ✊🏾 ❤️ 🌍
A tru leyend he was , loved him when he played with Messi an ronaldinho. What a time.
The goat. no challange
Your channel is so entertaining and full of Infos. Why are you so unsubscribed
YES, he is !
Samuel Eto is a legend .. period !! no more ..
Samuel Eto'o is a soccer/football legend.
Pleaaaase do a video on Okocha
Can you please do a video on how good Ruud gullit was actually?
Eto'o was superb....I personally think George Weah is the best Africa has ever had. My personal opinion though, no one has to agree with it. Would love to see a video of Pierre van hooldjonk...(guess I spelled it right)
Bless your channel, keep em coming
Can you make how good was Real Madrid 2011 to 2013 pls
Eto;o is the best player ever to come out of Africa. What a player and he had to put up with pep as a manager but he showed the world that he was the best player of his day.
For me from 🇿🇦 the best African player of all time along with weah
Can you do one on Ronald Koeman?
Whether yes or No u r the best African striker in the world, with good attitude, congratulations Samwel
Make a video on Gabriel Batistuta
Do one on Robinho
🥇Drogba is the best African football player in history imo.
🥈Etoo is the second, but equally best!
And that, because the 1st has the attitude of the Victor, but he knows when he must be humble and lower his ego for the best of his team.
⚽ Great content! Huge fan! ⚽
Etoo is better than Drogba
Yess
George Weah says hi😁
8:11 gaha thats so nice😍
Eto'o is pure class
eto'o is like mbape with barca dna
I agree.
Top man when he scored against arsenal in 2006 I cried but he is the greatest African player then I would say 2nd is probably Jay Jay okocha
The first player to win two trebles, the only to it back to back, the only player to do it with two different clubs and the only player that did it outside of Bayern in 13, 20 and Barca 09, 15.
Unreachable
His near post finishing was insane
Ronaldinho, Eto, Messi/Giuly use to tear stuff up👌
I think they're on par with Tourè & Drogba bt he has that edge coz of his trophy cabinet
Yes