Samuel Eto’o Wins His Fourth African Footballer Of The Year Award

December 21, 2010 | 2 Comments

Samuel Eto’o has set a new landmark for individual success in African football by being named the continent’s Footballer of the Year for a record fourth time.

The Cameroon international striker and team captain finished ahead of Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba and Asamoah Gyan of Ghana in the polling for Africa’s top individual prize, awarded at the Confederation of African Football’s awards gala in Cairo.

The Inter Milan striker said : “It is a pleasure to be a winner again, to take it for the fourth time against such top opposition,”.

“It is true now that Africa has so many good players and there is lots of talent coming up, so this might be a last chance for me.”


Eto’o was African Footballer of the Year from 2003-05 and his fourth award surpasses the three titles won by Abedi Pele in the early 1990s.

Tags: ,

Category: International, Serie A

«
»