Samuel Eto’o – Photo Nicolò Campo/Sipa USA/IPA
The members of the Board of Fair Foundation Play Menarini, Antonello Biscini, Valeria Speroni Cardi and Ennio Trojanhave announced that they have welcomed another champion to the roster of winners for 2024. The Jury has in fact added a legend of world football, the Cameroonian striker, to this year’s list of winners Samuel Eto’o.
Elected African Player of the Century in 2007, Eto’o wrote the football history of Cameroonwith which he won a gold at Olympic Games of the 2000 and two Cups of AfricaIn the 2000 It is in the 2002 and with 56 goals he is still his national team’s top scorer. In Europehas been consecrated as one of the strongest strikers in modern football and with the Barcelona Of Pep Guardiola he won, among others, three Spanish championships and two Champions League. With the’Inter Of Jose Mourinhohowever, was decisive in the victories of Championship, Cup Italy And Champions League. He is the only player to have won two Treble consecutive (championship, national cup and Champions League) with two different teams (Barcelona in 2009 and Inter in 2010).
In 2021 he was appointed president of the Federation football of Cameroon. Over the course of his career he stood out for his social commitment Fundacion Privada Samuel Eto’o, established to help young Cameroonians. Always at the forefront to combat racism in football, Samuel Eto’o fully embodies the values of ethics, loyalty and respect for Menarini International Fair Play Award. Eto’o and the other stars of the 28th edition will take the stage at Roman theatre Of Fiesole Thursday 4 July during the awards ceremony.
