Samuel Eto'o, although he seems to have been playing at the top level for such a long time, was, in fact, born in March 1981 in Nkon, Cameroon. Seemingly followed by controversy, Eto'o signed for Real Madrid as a 16 year old and had, to put it mildly, a strange relationship with the club from then on.Firstly, upon his arrival at Madrid airport, young Samuel was famously forgotten about - a young black African with no Spanish hanging around an airport; an inauspicious beginning. After uneventful loan spells at Leganés and Espanyol, the coltish-looking Eto'o found himself loaned out to Mallorca, where he really began to show off his credentials.
Scoring 54 goals, Eto'o became the islanders' highest league goal scorer and developed a real affinity with the supporters there - and he famously scored a spectacular individual goal against Madrid in the Bernabeu! Eto'o enjoyed his relationship with Mallorca so much that, when they reached the Copa del Rey final in 2003, he paid out EUR30,000 on a meal for them!
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