Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Everton and formerly for the Cameroon national team. He is the most decorated African player of all time having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010. He was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2005. Eto'o scored over 100 goals in five seasons with Barcelona, and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African player in La Liga. In 2010, he became the first player to win two European continental trebles following his back-to-back achievements with Barcelona and Inter Milan. He is the second player in history to score in two UEFA Champions League finals and the fourth player, after Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa, and Gerard Piqu�, to have won the trophy two years in a row with different teams. As a member of the Cameroon national team, Eto'o was a part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament. He has also participated in three World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations and is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, with 18 goals. [More at Wikipedia]

March 10th, 1981 in Nkongsamba (Age 43)