Samuel Eto'o Fils - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Cameroonian player, who obtained 118 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps; he scored 56 international goals for his National Team and thereby entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Cap  Goals     Date	Venue	  	Opponent       Score	Competition

  1           9- 3-97	San José	Costa Rica	0-5	
  2	      7- 8-97	Tunis		Nigeria		0-1	LG Cup
  3           9- 8-97	Tunis		Zambia   	3-3 [1]	LG Cup
  4	     27- 5-98	Arnhem		Netherlands	0-0	
  5	     31- 5-98	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-0	 
  6	      5- 6-98	København	Denmark		2-1	
  7	     17- 6-98	Montpellier	Italy		0-3	World Cup
  8	      4-10-98	Douala		Ghana		1-3	African Cup Qual.
  9	     23- 1-99	Asmara		Eritrea		0-0	African Cup Qual.
 10	     11- 1-00 	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	2-2	
 11	     13- 1-00 	Dakar		Senegal		0-0	
 12	     22- 1-00	Accra		Ghana		1-1	African Nations Cup
 13  1   1   28- 1-00	Accra		Ivory Coast	3-0   	African Nations Cup
 14  1   2    6- 2-00	Accra		Algeria		2-1   	African Nations Cup
 15  1   3   10- 2-00	Accra		Tunisia		3-0   	African Nations Cup
 16  1   4   13- 2-00	Lagos		Nigeria   	2-2 [2] African Nations Cup
 17  1   5   19- 4-00	Yaoundé		Somalia		3-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 18	 5    4-10-00	Saint-Denis	France		1-1	
 19	 5   25- 1-01 	Cotonou		Benin		3-1	
 20  1   6   28- 1-01	Lome		Togo		2-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 21	 6   25- 2-01	Yaoundé		Zambia		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 22	 6   22- 4-01	Yaoundé		Libya		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 23	 6   31- 5-01	Ibaraki		Brazil		0-2	Confederations Cup
 24	 6    2- 6-01	Niigata		Japan		0-2	Confederations Cup
 25	 6    4- 6-01	Niigata		Canada		2-0	Confederations Cup
 26  1   7    1- 7-01	Yaoundé		Togo		2-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 27	 7   14-11-01	Poznan		Poland		0-0	
 28  1   8    7- 1-02	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	3-1   	
 29	 8   20- 1-02	Sikasso		Congo		1-0	African Nations Cup
 30	 8   25- 1-02	Sikasso		Ivory Coast	1-0	African Nations Cup
 31  1   9   29- 1-02	Sikasso		Togo		3-0   	African Nations Cup
 32      9    4- 2-02	Sikasso		Egypt		1-0	African Nations Cup
 33      9    7- 2-02	Bamako		Mali		3-0	African Nations Cup
 34      9   10- 2-02	Bamako		Senegal 	0-0 [3] African Nations Cup
 35  1  10   27- 3-02	Genève		Argentina	2-2   	
 36     10   17- 4-02	Wien		Austria		0-0	
 37  1  11   26- 5-02	Kobe		England		2-2   	
 38     11    1- 6-02	Niigata		Ireland 	1-1	World Cup
 39  1  12    6- 6-02	Saitama		Saudi Arabia	1-0   	World Cup
 40     12   11- 6-02	Shizuoka	Germany		0-2	World Cup
 41     12   11- 2-03	Châteauroux	Ivory Coast	0-3	
 42  1  13   27- 3-03	Tunis		Madagascar	2-0   	International Tourn.
 43     13   30- 3-03	Tunis		Tunisia		0-1	International Tourn.
 44  1  14   19- 6-03	Saint-Denis	Brazil		1-0   	Confederations Cup
 45     14   21- 6-03	Saint-Denis	Turkey		1-0	Confederations Cup
 46     14   23- 6-03	Lyon		United States	0-0	Confederations Cup
 47     14   29- 6-03	Saint-Denis	France		0-1	Confederations Cup
 48     14   25- 1-04	Sousse		Algeria		1-1	African Nations Cup
 49     14   29- 1-04	Sfax		Zimbabwe	5-3	African Nations Cup
 50     14    3- 2-04	Monastir	Egypt		0-0	African Nations Cup
 51  1  15    8- 2-04	Monastir	Nigeria		1-2   	African Nations Cup
 52  1  16    6- 6-04	Yaoundé		Benin		2-1   	World Cup Qualifier
 53     16   18- 6-04	Misurata	Libya		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 54  1  17    4- 7-04	Yaoundé		Ivory Coast	2-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 55  1  18    5- 9-04	Cairo		Egypt		2-3   	World Cup Qualifier
 56     18   17-11-04	Leipzig		Germany		0-3	
 57     18    9- 2-05	Créteil		Senegal		1-0	
 58     18   27- 3-05	Yaoundé		Sudan		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 59  1  19    4- 6-05	Cotonou		Benin		4-1   	World Cup Qualifier
 60     19   19- 6-05	Yaoundé		Libya		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 61     19    4- 9-05	Abidjan		Ivory Coast	3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 62     19    8-10-05	Yaoundé		Egypt		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 63  3  22   21- 1-06	Cairo		Angola		3-1   	African Nations Cup
 64  1  23   25- 1-06	Cairo		Togo		2-0   	African Nations Cup
 65  1  24   29- 1-06	Cairo		Congo-Kinshasa	2-0   	African Nations Cup
 66     24    4- 2-06	Cairo		Ivory Coast  	1-1 [4]	African Nations Cup
 67     24    3- 9-06	Kigali		Rwanda		3-0	African Cup Qual.
 68     24   24- 3-07	Yaoundé		Liberia		3-1	African Cup Qual.
 69  1  25    3- 6-07	Monrovia	Liberia		2-1   	African Cup Qual.
 70     25   22- 8-07	Oita		Japan		0-2	Kirin Cup
 71  2  27   22- 1-08	Kumasi		Egypt		2-4   	African Nations Cup
 72  1  28   26- 1-08	Kumasi		Zambia		5-1   	African Nations Cup
 73  2  30   30- 1-08	Tamale		Sudan		3-0   	African Nations Cup
 74     30    4- 2-08	Tamale		Tunisia		3-2	African Nations Cup
 75     30    7- 2-08	Accra		Ghana		1-0	African Nations Cup
 76     30   10- 2-08	Accra		Egypt		0-1	African Nations Cup
 77  1  31   31- 5-08   Yaoundé         Cape Verde      2-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 78  1  32    8- 6-08   Curepipe        Mauritius       3-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 79     32   14- 6-08   Dar es Salaam   Tanzania        0-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 80  2  34   21- 6-08   Yaoundé         Tanzania        2-1   	World Cup Qualifier
 81  2  36   11-10-08   Yaoundé         Mauritius       5-0   	World Cup Qualifier
 82  2  38   11- 2-09   Bondoufle       Guinea          3-1
 83     38   28- 3-09   Accra           Togo            0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 84     38    7- 6-09   Yaoundé         Morocco         0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 85     38   12- 8-09   Klagenfurt      Austria         2-0
 86  1  39    5- 9-09   Libreville      Gabon           2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 87  1  40    9- 9-09   Yaoundé         Gabon           2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 88     40   10-10-09   Yaoundé         Togo            3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 89  1  41   14-11-09   Fès             Morocco         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 90     41   13- 1-10   Lubango         Gabon           0-1     African Nations Cup
 91  1  42   17- 1-10   Lubango         Zambia          3-2     African Nations Cup
 92  1  43   21- 1-10   Lubango         Tunisia         2-2     African Nations Cup
 93     43   25- 1-10   Benguela        Egypt           1-3     African Nations Cup
 94     43    3- 3-10   Fontvieille     Italy           0-0
 95     43    1- 6-10   Covilhã         Portugal        1-3
 96     43   14- 6-10   Bloemfontein    Japan           0-1     World Cup
 97  1  44   19- 6-10   Pretoria        Denmark         1-2     World Cup
 98  1  45   24- 6-10   Cape Town       Netherlands     1-2     World Cup
 99  2  47   11- 8-10   Szczecin        Poland          3-0
100  2  49    4- 9-10   Curepipe        Mauritius       3-1     African Cup Qual.
101     49    9-10-10   Garoua          Congo-Kinshasa  1-1     African Cup Qual.
102     49    9- 2-11   Skopje          Macedonia       1-0
103     49   26- 3-11   Dakar           Senegal         0-1     African Cup Qual.
104     49    4- 6-11   Yaoundé         Senegal         0-0     African Cup Qual.
105     49    7- 6-11   Salzburg        Russia          0-0
106  1  50    3- 9-11   Yaoundé         Mauritius       5-0     African Cup Qual.
107  1  51    7-10-11   Kinshasa        Congo-Kinshasa  3-2     African Cup Qual.
108  1  52   11-11-11   Marrakesh       Sudan           3-1     LG Cup
109  1  53   13-11-11   Marrakesh       Morocco         1-1 [5] LG Cup
110	53   14-10-12	Yaoundé		Cape Verde Isl.	2-1	African Cup Qual.
111	53   14-11-12	Genève		Albania		0-0
112  2	55   23- 3-13	Yaoundé		Togo		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
113	55    8- 9-13	Yaoundé		Libya		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
114	55   13-10-13	Radès		Tunisia		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
115	55   17-11-13	Yaoundé		Tunisia		4-1	World Cup Qualifier
116     55    5- 3-14   Leiria          Portugal        1-5
117  1  56    1- 6-14   Mönchengladbach Germany		2-2
118     56   13- 6-14   Natal           Mexico          0-1     World Cup

[1] Cameroon won 4-3 on penalty kicks.  One of Cameroon's goals sometimes credited 
    to Eto'o but the scorer was in fact Constantin Etot.
[2] Cameroon won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[3] Cameroon won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[4] Cameroon lost 11-12 on penalty kicks.
[5] Cameroon won 4-2 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   118	  61   31   26	180- 111     153      64.83


Types of           Matches    Goals

African Nations Cup	29	18
Friendlies		26	 8
World Cup Qualifier	29	18
World Cup 		 8 	 3
African Cup Qualifier 	12  	 5
Other Tournaments 	 7  	 3
Confederations Cup 	 7  	 1

Total		       118	56


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Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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Last updated: 24 Jul 2014

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