Talk:Samuel Eto'o

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1 Brothers
2 Dubious Information
3 NPOV
4 False Information
5 Current Club
6 Hyperbole
7 Somalian background
8 Pronunciation
9 International Career section needs expansion
10 Age

[edit] Brothers

hi, i would be pleased if someone could find out the names of Eto'o's brothers. cheers!

[edit] Dubious Information

Caps and goal figures in the article likely contain European cup/Domestic cup data in addition to Domestic League data (this is very certain based on this user's previous edits containing similar information Ivan Kostovski [1]. Please correct this issue and leave a note here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alfmaster#Footballers.27_European_goals, to warn this person about putting improper information on Wikipedia. --Palffy 21:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

I don't think the Racism section is NPOV. It doesn't mention the most common point of view in Spain about the subject. The monkey sounds were made in many stadiums and were only directed towards Eto'o. Some other black players have expressed their disagreement with Eto'o's reaction. It was his overreaction what caused people to do it more and more, not because of racism but as a way of making a rival player nervous.

When exactly did Eto'o say "It is my dream to play for Liverpool"? Can we get a reference on this, please.

[edit] False Information

I have re-edit this page for 5th time, after a false quote used linking Samuel Eto'o to Liverpool. I have every quote stated by him in the last 1 year, and there's nothing mentioning about his desire to join Liverpool at all. Could we keep the page as clean as possible without any false information that might mislead the viewer. And i also have re-edit the page when some idiot changes the quote taken from Skysports about him considering an offer from Liverpool which is again completely untrue. Thank you.

[edit] Current Club

There is a quote in the Sunday Mirror (english newspaper) that he admits "it would be wonderful" to play in front of the Kop for Liverpool. Also, Why is his current club stated as Manchester Utd????

-And we all know how reliable the British tabloids are. They never lie or make up false news stories. Oh wait.Kpugs (talk) 19:58, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hyperbole

Unfortunately, there is an enormous amount of exaggeration in this article, which rather undermines it (a pity, as it is well written and comprehensive). To say that a strike force of Rooney, Ronaldo and Eto'o would be the greatest ever seen in the game is a rather ill-advised thing to say. It shows a lack of respect to some of the truly great attacks of the bye-gone era. Not one of these three players can yet be classed as truly an 'all-time great'. If you look at the 1960s Real Madrid (and Spain) attack of Puskas and di Stephano; or some of the Brazilian attacks (such as the combinations of Pele, Garrincha, Jairzinho and Tostao (and breifly Zico); or the Dutch combination of Cruyff, Rep and Neeskens; there was also the Argentinian attack which included Marradona and Kempes., It is rather ridiculous to put such an attack above these, almost automatically. Each induvidual would have to be one of the true greats to maker the attack that good. Also, it is rather injudicious of you to say that Eto'o is a 'peerless striker'. I think many would beg to differ, even if some would agree. It most certainly not an objective fact.

[edit] Somalian background

Is there any more info or source on his Somalian background? Unfortunately I couldn't find out where that part was added, but it's quite dubious that he lived a lot of his life in Eastern Africa and later moved back to Western Africa(grow up in Somalia and move back to Cameroon to play football). Further, he joined Douala in 1996, which is the age of 11, so I would say the part about Somalia is quite dubious.

[edit] Pronunciation

How do you pronounce his last name? Etoo or Eto-oh? --AW 23:23, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

What I've heard is mainly "Eto", with no pronunciation of the 'o at the end. However, I'm not sure if that is correct or merely an Americanization of the name. Isaiah 01:48, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] International Career section needs expansion

Please expand the international career section. It is pretty weak compared with the other content. Eto'o is one of Africa's most prolific strikers at the international level and is - as of this writing - one goal away from tying Laurent Pokou as the ANC's all time top scorer :-O --ChaChaFut (talk) 04:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree and have been thinking about expanding it for a little bit, but thought I would wait until the end of the Cup to do so because, as you suggest, if Eto'o scores again, he'll pass Pokou and the information will change. Regardless, you are correct that we should expand the section. I'd be happy to help out once the Cup is over. Isaiah (talk) 13:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

If you know anything about it, ChaChaFut, you're encouraged to expand what you can. Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. - Slow Graffiti (talk) 02:55, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Age

The article states that he was born on 10 March 1981, and made his international debut on 9 March 1996 aged 15. If those dates are correct then he would have been 14, not 15........ ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

ChrisTheDude is right. I would change it myself, but am fairly sure some wikipedia despot will come along and find a reason to revert it. seems to happen to just about everything i do on here. He defiantly was 14 and 364-days old. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.217.50.3 (talk) 10:00, 16 May 2008 (UTC)