Eto’o Wins Head Of Cameroon Football Federation
The former Barcelona and Inter Milan star Samuel Eto’o has been elected president of the Cameroon Football Federation, the body announced on Saturday.
The former Cameroon international gained 43 votes to beat acting president Seidou Mbombo Njoya, who collected 31.
The vote was held after the Court of Arbitration for Sport in January annulled Njoya’s victory in a 2018 election.
When filing his candidacy on November 17, Eto’o, a four-time African footballer of the year, said: “I will be the next president of the federation despite all the cheating.”
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Cameroon will host the African Cup of Nations in January, a tournament delayed a year by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Etoo who also played for Chelsea F.C , has won African footballer of the year award four times.
Samuel Eto’o was the first to be crowned on four occasions – just as he remains the all time top goalscorer in the Africa Nations Cup.
He won the CAF Award in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010 but that record has since been equalled by Ivorian Yaya Toure, who made it four wins consecutively in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
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