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Sum 41
Sum 41 live at Club Oxygen in 2008
Background information
Origin
Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)
Pop punk, punk rock, alternative rock, alternative metal
Years active
1996–present
Label(s)
Island, Aquarius, EMI, Universal
Associated acts
Pain for Pleasure, The Operation M.D., Gob, Brown Brigade, Avril Lavigne
Website
http://sum41.com
Members
Deryck WhibleyThomas ThackerJason McCaslinSteve Jocz
Former members
Richard RoyMark SpicolukMarc CostanzoDave Baksh
Sum 41 is a pop-punk band from Ajax, Ontario[1] active since 1996. The current members are Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Cone McCaslin (bass guitar, backing vocals), Steve Jocz (drums, backing vocals), and Thomas Thacker (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboard).
In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records. Since then, the band has released four studio albums, all of which have been certified platinum in Canada.[2] Their most successful album to date is All Killer No Filler, which is certified 3x platinum in Canada and platinum in the United States.[3] The album was fueled by the single "Fat Lip", which reached the top position on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, making it the band's most successful single.[4] The second single from the album, "In Too Deep", reached number-ten on the Modern Rock chart.[5]
The band often performs more than 300 times each year and holds long global tours, most of which last more than a year.[6] They have been nominated for seven Juno Awards and have won twice (Group of the Year in 2002 and Rock Album of the Year for Chuck in 2005). They also have been nominated for three different Canadian Independent Music Awards: In 2004, they won a Woodie Award for "The Good Woodie (Greatest Social Impact)".[7] They have also been nominated for a Kerrang! Award in 2003 for "Best Live Act".[8]
Contents[hide]
1 History
1.1 Beginnings and Half Hour of Power (1996–2000)
1.2 All Killer No Filler and Does This Look Infected? (2001–2003)
1.3 Chuck and the Congo (2004–2006)
1.4 Baksh's departure and Underclass Hero (2006–2008)
1.5 Greatest hits compilation and Complicity album (2008–present)
2 Other projects
2.1 Internet videos
2.2 Side projects and collaborations
3 Music style and influences
4 Awards
5 Band members
5.1 Current members
5.2 Former members
6 Discography
7 Tours
8 References
9 External links
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[edit] History
[edit] Beginnings and Half Hour of Power (1996–2000)
Deryck Whibley during a show
The band is called Sum 41 because they started 41 days into the summer.[9] The band was originally a NOFX cover band named Kaspir; they changed their name to Sum 41 for a Supernova show on September 28, 1996.[9][10]
In 1998 the band recorded a demo tape on Compact Cassette which they sent to record companies in hope of getting a recording contract. These demo tapes are rare and are the only recordings known with the original bassist Richard "Twitch" Roy.[11]
From 1999 to 2000, the band recorded several of their antics. The Introduction to Destruction and later the Cross The T's and Gouge Your I's DVDs both contained the self-recorded footage, among which were robbing a Kelly's Pizza with water guns and performing a dance to "Makes No Difference" in front of a theater.
Sum 41 released the EP Half Hour of Power on June 27, 2000. The first single released by the band was "Makes No Difference", which had two different music videos. The first video was put together using the video clips sent to the record label and the second showed the band performing at a house party.[12]
[edit] All Killer No Filler and Does This Look Infected? (2001–2003)
"Fat Lip"
Sample of "Fat Lip" from All Killer No Filler. "Fat Lip" was the band's first single to reach #1 on the Billboard hot modern rock chart.
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Sum 41's first full-length album, All Killer No Filler, was released on May 8, 2001. "Fat Lip", the album's first single, achieved notable commercial success; it topped the U.S. Billboard modern rock chart as well as other charts around the world.[13] After "Fat Lip", the band released two more singles from the album: "In Too Deep" and "Motivation". "In Too Deep" had a comedic music video of the band in a diving competition against jocks; "Motivation" had a video of the band playing in a small room. The band spent much of 2001 touring; they played over 300 concerts that year before returning to the studio to record another album. They took the last week of the tour off due to the September 11 terrorist attacks.[14] They later rescheduled the cancelled shows.[15]
On November 26, 2002, Sum 41 released their second full-length album, Does This Look Infected?.[16] The special edition came with a DVD, Cross The T's and Gouge Your I's. Whibley said of the album: "We don't want to make another record that sounds like the last record, I hate when bands repeat albums."[17] The first single released was "Still Waiting", which was followed by "The Hell Song". "The Hell Song"'s music video depicted the band using dolls with their pictures on them and others, such as Ozzy Osbourne and Pamela Anderson. Their next single, "Over My Head (Better Off Dead)", had a video released exclusively in Canada and on their website, featuring live shots of the band. The video also appeared on their live DVD, Sake Bombs And Happy Endings (2003), as a bonus feature.
[edit] Chuck and the Congo (2004–2006)
In late May 2004, the band traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo with War Child Canada, a branch of the British charity organization War Child, to document the civil war in the country.[18] Days after arriving, fighting broke out in Bukavu near the hotel the band was staying at.[19]
“
Bullets were coming through windows and everyone was just lying on the ground with their hands on their heads. One bomb came too close, hit the hotel and the hotel just started shaking. Everyone dove and was lying on the ground. Things were falling off the walls, mirrors were breaking. That's when we all kind of realized that this was really going bad, and we're probably not going to make it out.
”
—Deryck Whibley[19]
The band waited for the firing to die down, but it did not during that time. A U.N. peacekeeper, Charles "Chuck" Pelletier, called for armored carriers to take the hotel's occupants out of the hot zone. After nearly six hours, the carriers arrived, and the band and the forty other civilians were taken to safety.
"We're All to Blame"
Sample of "We're All to Blame" from Chuck. "We're All to Blame" featured an alternative metal sound, from the band's heaviest album.
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In honor of Pelletier, Sum 41 named their next album Chuck; it was released on October 12, 2004. A documentary of their experience was made into a film called Rocked: Sum 41 in Congo and later aired on MTV. War Child released it on DVD on November 29, 2005, in the United States and Canada. The first single from the album was "We're All To Blame"; it was followed by "Pieces", a relatively soft song which reached the top of the charts in Canada. The next single was "Some Say", released only in Canada and Japan. The last single off the record was "No Reason", released at the same time as "Some Say", but with no music video and was only released in Europe and the USA, where it reached the sixteenth position on the Billboard Modern Rock charts in the USA.[20]
On December 21, 2005, Sum 41 released a live album, Happy Live Surprise, in Japan. The CD contained a full concert recorded live from London, Ontario and was produced by Whibley. The same CD was released March 7, 2006, in Canada under the name Go Chuck Yourself.
[edit] Baksh's departure and Underclass Hero (2006–2008)
Drummer Steve Jocz singing during the song "Pain for Pleasure"
On May 11, 2006, Dave Baksh announced in a statement through his management company that he was leaving Sum 41 to work with his new band, Brown Brigade, which has a more "classic metal" sound. Baksh cited "creative differences" as the reason for his departure but claimed that he was still on good terms with the band.[21] The next day, Whibley confirmed Baksh's departure and announced that the band would only replace Dave with a touring guitarist, who would not have any decision-making power in the band or be in videos, photo shoots, or albums.[22]
Sum 41 "Walking Disaster" (2007)
Sum 41 Returned to more of a pop sound with "Walking Disaster".
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Recording of the band's fourth studio album, Underclass Hero, began on November 8, 2006 and finished on March 14, 2007. The album, backed by the first single and title track, "Underclass Hero", was released on July 24, 2007. It debuted at number seven in the United States, the band's highest U.S. chart position.[23] The album was nominated for a Juno Award for "Rock Album of the Year" but lost to Finger Eleven's Them vs. You vs. Me.[24]
On April 17, 2007, the band released a song on iTunes, "March of the Dogs". Although not a single, the band released it early because, according to Whibley, "the record [wouldn't] be out until the summer". Whibley was threatened with deportation for the song, because he metaphorically "killed the president" in it.[25][26][27] Two more singles were released from the album, "Walking Disaster" and "With Me".
In October 2007, the band began the Strength In Numbers Tour, a tour of Canada with Canadian band Finger Eleven; Die Mannequin opened each of Sum 41's shows. During the tour, Whibley sustained a herniated disk; as a result, they canceled the rest of their shows.[28] After Whibley recovered from his injury, the band recommenced the Underclass Hero tour in March 2008. They toured until early July, when they began preparation for their next album.[29]
[edit] Greatest hits compilation and Complicity album (2008–present)
On August 7, 2008, McCaslin announced in a journal entry on the band's official site that the band was currently taking time off from touring to do other things. Afterward, they would begin working on the band's next studio album. McCaslin worked on the second album by his side-project, The Operation M.D. Jocz toured as a drummer for The Vandals, and Whibley toured with his wife, Avril Lavigne.[30]
Sum 41 released a press release that mentioned that because of the success of Underclass Hero, Universal Music picked up the option to have Sum 41 produce an EP in 2009. However, Deryck stated that the new EP was quickly turning into an LP due to the amount of music they had recorded, which was more than expected. The band entered the studio in late 2008 for a plan to releas
[edit] Other projects
[edit] Internet videos
Cone during a show
Touring in support of Chuck, Sum 41 played videos before their set which were deemed "unsuitable for children". Controversy arose over some of the videos' violent content.[31] They have made several other videos, including Basketball Butcher and 1-800-Justice, which were originally available exclusively on Sum 41's now-defunct fan club, the Goon Platoon.
Sum 41's most recent internet video project is a "weekly"[32] series, SUM 41 - Road to Ruin. The trailer was posted on January 8, 2007 on the Sum 41 web page. The first episode debuted on January 21; it followed their exploits on their Singapore 2003 tour. Since then, their episodes have included footage of drunkenness in New Orleans, setting off a fire alarm in a hotel, and a feature about their first tour manager. So far, they have released ten episodes, with their latest and as they have stated recently, their 'last' for now being an episode that features their guitar technician. They also created a series of cartoons based on superhero "Stickman moss" who saved the world from anti-punk figures who endangered the world of punk rock.
[edit] Side projects and collaborations
Before the release of Half Hour of Power and up until the departure of Dave Baksh, Sum 41 occasionally played as an alter-ego 80s metal band during shows. The band appeared in Sum 41's music videos for "Fat Lip" and "We're All to Blame" and had at least one song on each of the band's first three releases.[33]
Sum 41 has collaborated with many other artists, both live and in the studio, among whom are Tenacious D,[34] Ludacris,[35] Iggy Pop,[36] Pennywise, Bowling for Soup, Unwritten Law,[37] Treble Charger,[38] Nelly, Gob,[37] Tommy Lee,[39] Metallica,[40] and Ja Rule.
Shortly after touring for Does This Look Infected?, Sum 41 was recruited by Iggy Pop for his album, Skull Ring.[36] Deryck co-wrote the first single from the album, "Little Know It All", and joined Iggy on The Late Show with David Letterman to promote the song.[36] Following their September 11, 2005 show in Quebec City, Quebec, the band went on a touring hiatus, although on April 17, 2006, Sum 41 played at a tribute to Iggy Pop, joining Iggy on stage for "Little Know It All" and "Lust For Life".
During the band's 2006 touring hiatus, Whibley focused on his producing career; he produced two songs for Avril Lavigne's album The Best Damn Thing; Jocz recorded his first video as director for a Canadian band, The Midway State; and McCaslin started a side project with Todd Morse of H2O and Juliette and the Licks. McCaslin's two-person band, named The Operation M.D., released their debut album, We Have an Emergency, in early 2007. As well as playing bass, keyboards, and acoustic guitar, Cone contributed backing vocals as well as leading vocals on three songs. The Operation album was co-produced and mixed by Whibley. Their first single video, "Sayonara", was directed by Jocz.
In December 2007, McCaslin interviewed Slash of Velvet Revolver. They talked about Slash's experiences while in Guns N' Roses and his part in Velvet Revolver. The interview was part of a MySpace project and was posted on the site in three parts.[41]
[edit] Music style and influences
Sum 41 in concert at Metropolis in Montreal.
The range of Sum 41's musical influences varies through many different styles. They have obvious roots in punk rock, with bands like The Dead Boys and NOFX.[citation needed] In addition, a firm root in hip hop acts like the Beastie Boys is apparently present.[citation needed] The latter is most effectively observed in the rap rock style of singles like "Fat Lip" and "It's What We're All About". Their studio album, Does This Look Infected?, was heavily influenced by The Offspring.[citation needed] The band also cites The Beatles, Oasis, Iron Maiden, and Metallica as influences; the latter two influenced Sum 41's use of metal.[16][42][43]
The genre of Sum 41's music has been disputed by fans because of the complex combination of different musical styles and the more mature, serious, and heavy sound in later albums.[44][45] Fans and critics agree that Half Hour of Power and All Killer No Filler were purely pop punk, but Does This Look Infected? started moving toward heavier styles, such as alternative rock and alternative metal,[46] with Chuck being mostly alternative metal.[citation needed] Underclass Hero became a revival of the band's old pop punk/punk rock style.[47] The genre argument is centralized around the punk streak of the band, and they have been labeled as pop punk, punk rock, alternative rock, and alternative metal.[48][49][50] Some of the band's songs contain political-social commentary; "The Jester" is an "anti-Bush screed", and "Dear Father" is about Deryck's absent father.[51]
[edit] Awards
Sum 41 has been nominated for seven Juno Awards; they won twice. In 2001, they were nominated for "Best New Group" at the Juno awards, but lost to Nickelback. They were nominated for "Best Group" in the Juno Awards of 2002 but again lost to Nickelback. Also in 2002, The album All Killer No Filler was nominated for "Best Album; however, it lost to The Look of Love by Diana Krall. In 2003, Sum 41 won a Juno Award for "Group Of The Year".[1] In 2004, they were nominated again, this time with Does This Look Infected? for "Rock Album of the Year", but they lost to Sam Roberts's We Were Born in a Flame. In 2005, the album Chuck won "Rock Album of the Year"; they were also nominated for "Group of The Year", but lost to Billy Talent. In 2008, their album Underclass Hero was nominated for the Juno Award "Rock Album of the Year"; however, the album lost to Finger Eleven's Them vs. You vs. Me.[24] They also have been nominated for three different Canadian Independent Music Awards. In 2004, they won a Woodie Award for "The Good Woodie (Greatest Social Impact)".[7] They were also nominated for a Kerrang! Award in 2003 for "Best Live Act".[8]
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
Deryck "Bizzy D" Whibley - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano (1996–present)
Tom "Brown Tom " Thacker - lead guitar, piano/keyboards, backing vocals (2007–present)
Jason "Cone" McCaslin - bass, vocals (1998–present)
Steve "Stevo" Jocz - drums, backing vocals (1996–present)
[edit] Former members
Dave "Brownsound" Baksh - lead guitar, backing vocals (1997–2006)
Richard "Twitch" Roy - bass, backing vocals (1997–1998)
Marc Costanzo - lead guitar (1996–1997)
Mark Spicoluk - bass, backing vocals (1996–1997)
[edit] Discography
Main article: Sum 41 discography
Studio albums
All Killer No Filler (2001)
Does This Look Infected? (2002)
Chuck (2004)
Underclass Hero (2007)
Complicity (2010)
EPs
Half Hour of Power (2000)
Motivation EP (2002)
Chuck Acoustic EP (2005)
[edit] Tours
First Tour (2000)
All Killer No Filler Tour (2001–2002)
Does This Look Infected? Tour (2002–2003)
Go Chuck Yourself Tour (2004–2005)
Underclass Hero Tour (2007–2008)
2009 Tour (2009)
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Samuel Eto'o
Personal information
Full name
Samuel Eto'o Fils
Date of birth
10 March 1981 (1981-03-10) (age 28)
Place of birth
Douala, Cameroon
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position
Striker
Club information
Current club
Internazionale
Number
9
Youth career
Kadji Sports Academy
Senior career*
Years
Club
Apps†
(Gls)†
1997–2000
Real Madrid
3
(0)
1997–1998
→ Leganés (loan)
28
(3)
1999
→ Espanyol (loan)
0
(0)
2000
→ Mallorca (loan)
13
(6)
2000–2004
Mallorca
120
(48)
2004–2009
FC Barcelona
145
(108)
2009–
Internazionale
1
(1)
National team‡
1996–
Cameroon
84
(39)
Honours[show]
Competitor for Cameroon
Men's Football
Gold
2000 Sydney
Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:29, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Samuel Eto'o Fils (born 10 March 1981 in Douala) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Internazionale.
Eto'o scored over 100 goals in five seasons with FC Barcelona, and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African player in La Liga.[2] As of June 2009, he is the 4th highest goalscorer in Barça's history and the only member of the squad to be in the top 10. He is only the second player to have ever scored in two separate UEFA Champions League finals. The first was Real Madrid and Spain legend Raul.
As a member of the Cameroon national team, he was a part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament; he has participated in two World Cups and five African Nations Cups (being champion twice), and is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the African Nations Cup, with 16 goals.
Contents[hide]
1 Club career
1.1 Real Madrid
1.2 Mallorca
1.3 Barcelona
1.3.1 2004–2006
1.3.2 2007–2009
1.4 Internazionale
2 International career
3 Racism
4 Personal life
5 Career statistics
6 Honours
6.1 Real Madrid
6.2 Mallorca
6.3 Barcelona
6.4 International
6.5 Individual
7 References
8 External links
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Real Madrid
Samuel Eto'o joined Real Madrid in 1997, but he could only train with Real Madrid B, as he was still a minor. Real Madrid B were relegated to the Segunda División B, where non-EU players are not allowed, and as a result he was loaned to second-division CD Leganés for the 1997-98 season.[3]
[edit] Mallorca
The following two seasons, he went to first-division squad RCD Mallorca on loan. In his second season, he scored 11 goals and began to garner attention throughout the league. Mallorca club president Mateo Alemany said of his style of play: "I doubt if there is any other player in the world who would please the fans more at this moment."[3]
At the end of the season, Eto'o left Real Madrid, signing a permanent deal with Mallorca for a club record £4.4 million fee.[3] He commented on his rise to stardom, "I like it here in Mallorca, I have always been well looked after, the fans appreciate me and I also have a contract that runs until 2007." He returned the fans' appreciation when he donated €30,000 in meals to travelling Mallorca supporters who made the journey to the Copa del Rey final against Recreativo Huelva in 2003.[4] Mallorca won the match 3–0 with Eto'o scoring two late goals to seal the victory.[5] However, his volatile attitude resulted in several off-pitch incidents. Bartolome Terrassa, a television journalist, filed a formal complaint after a run-in with Eto'o in the club's parking lot, accusing the player of saying, "The next time, you are not going to escape; I'm going to kill you." This was not the first incident, however, as the previous year Eto'o's former agent, Daniel Argibeaut, accused the player of assaulting him with four accomplices, saying, "They then took off my shoes, which in Cameroon means I am threatened with death."[4]
Eto'o departed Mallorca as the club's all-time leading domestic league scorer (54 goals) when he signed for FC Barcelona in the summer of 2004 for a transfer fee of €24 million, after lengthy three-way negotiations with Mallorca and Madrid.[6] Initially, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez wanted to buy back the full transfer rights and loan him out again but eventually the Barcelona deal proved lucrative enough to warrant a sale.[7] Additionally, the team already had its full quota of three non-EU players.[6]
[edit] Barcelona
[edit] 2004–2006
Eto'o made his Barcelona debut in the season opener at Racing Santander on 29 August 2004. After Barcelona won the 2004–05 La Liga title, the team organized a festive party in the Camp Nou, during which Eto'o harangued the fans chanting, "Madrid, cabrón, saluda al campeón" (roughly: "Madrid, bastards, salute the champions"). The Spanish Football Federation fined Eto'o €12,000 for his comments, for which he later apologized. He expressed regret and asked for forgiveness from Real Madrid, his first professional team. The head of the Real Madrid fan club federation remained unimpressed however, stating: "This character is a fantastic player, but he leaves a lot to be desired as a person."[8] He signed a improved contract with Barça in June 2005.[9] Few days after Lionel Messi agreed similar deal.
Eto'o playing for Barcelona
After missing out on the previous year's Pichichi (top La Liga goalscorer), Eto'o edged out Valencia CF striker David Villa for the award during the final matchday on 20 May 2006 when he scored his 26th goal of the season against Athletic Bilbao. Eto'o was very gracious to teammates after the game saying, "It has been a team effort although only one person gets the award. We've worked hard all season and have got our just rewards."[10]
Eto'o also contributed six goals during Barcelona's run to the 2005–06 Champions League title. In the final, Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was sent off early on for bringing down Eto'o just outside of the penalty area, but the Catalans struggled to capitalize on their one-man advantage until Eto'o scored the game-tying goal in the second half. Barcelona went on to win the match 2–1 and Eto'o was awarded with the UEFA Best Forward of the Year award for his accomplishments in the European campaign.[11][12]
Eto'o also won an historic third consecutive African Player of the Year award that season. He said in his acceptance speech, "Above all, I dedicate this to all the children of Africa."[13] He was also selected to his second straight FIFPro World XI and finished third in the running for the FIFA World Player of the Year, making him only the second African footballer ever to be voted into the top three.[14][15]
The season started badly for Eto'o as he ruptured the meniscus in his right knee during Barcelona's Champions League group stage match against Werder Bremen on 27 September 2006. FC Barcelona team physician Ricard Pruna originally estimated that the injury would keep him out of action for two to three months.[16] After the operation Eto'o's recovery time was extended to five months but he resumed training with Barcelona in early January 2007.[17][18]
[edit] 2007–2009
Eto'o refused to come on as a substitute in a league match against Racing Santander on 11 February 2007. FC Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard said after the match, "He did not want to come on; I don't know why."[19] Ronaldinho was critical of Eto'o's actions, saying that Eto'o was not putting the team first but Eto'o rebutted the comment, claiming that he did not come on because he did not have enough time to warm up properly.[20][21] Three months later, Eto'o said, "These kind of things are usually just speculation and don't come through to me. However, if it is true that I am a problem for my team then I will go. But like I said, I am happy here. The press can write what they want." Following the comments, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta was quick to quash rumours of transfers involving Eto'o and Ronaldinho.[22]
After aggravating a meniscus injury on 28 August during a summer friendly against Internazionale, Eto'o was sidelined indefinitely.[23] On 17 October, in the midst of his recovery period, he gained Spanish citizenship.[24] He was cleared to play again on 4 December, and returned to the side a week later in Barcelona's 2-1 league win over Deportivo La Coruña.[25][26]
Eto'o recorded his first league hat-trick in a match against UD Levante on 24 February 2008.[27] He finished with a total of 16 league goals in 18 appearances for the season.[28] On 25 October, he recorded the fastest hat-trick in club history after netting three times in 23 minutes in a victory over UD Almería.[29]
On 29 November 2008, he scored his 111th career Barcelona goal in all competitions in a 3-0 road win over Sevilla FC, moving him into the club's top ten all-time goalscorers.[30]
On 14 February 2009, he scored his 99th and his 100th league goals for Barcelona in a 2-2 draw with Real Betis. Eto'o scored his 30th goal of the 2008-09 season in a La Liga match against Real Valladolid. The game ended 1-0 and meant that Barcelona kept a 6 point lead over Real Madrid in the league. He also scored against Villarreal CF in the game that put Barcelona one point away from lifting the 2008-09 La Liga.
Eto'o scored the opening goal in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United becoming the first ever player to score in two UEFA Champions League finals. Barcelona went on to win the final 2–0, thus completing the Treble.
[edit] Internazionale
After Maxwell completed the transfer from Internazionale[31], Joan Laporta confirmed that there is an agreement in principle between Barcelona and Internazionale for Zlatan Ibrahimović to join the club in exchange for Eto'o and €46 million.[32][33] After Ibrahimović agreed terms with Barcelona, the club announced Eto'o and Aliaksandr Hleb will travel to Milan for medical to complete the transfer.[34]. On 27 July 2009 Eto'o passed the medical and signed for 5 years with Internazionale[35]. On his first press-conference in Milano he declared that he is where he wants to be and refused comparing himself to Ibrahimović saying: "I'm Samuel Eto'o and I don't want to compare myself to anyone. I believe the victories I have earned up to now can contribute to giving the right value to my name."[36] On the 8th August, Eto'o scored his first competitive goal for Inter, in the 2009 Supercoppa Italiana.[37] Two weeks later, Eto'o scored from the penalty spot against A.S. Bari in his first Serie A match.
[edit] International career
Eto'o playing for Cameroon
Eto'o earned his first cap with Cameroon at age 14 on 9 March 1996, in a 5–0 friendly loss to Costa Rica. In 1998, he was the youngest participant in the 1998 FIFA World Cup when he appeared in a 3–0 group stage loss to Italy on 17 June 1998, at the age of 17 years and three months. Eto'o scored his sole goal of the 2002 World Cup when he netted the game-winner against Saudi Arabia during the group stage on 6 June 2002, which was Cameroon's only win of the competition.
Eto'o was a part of the squads that won the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, and was a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Cameroon finished as runners-up, he scored his only goal in a 1–0 group-stage upset of Brazil on 19 June. Cameroon were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations after Eto'o missed the decisive penalty in a 12–11 shoot-out loss to Côte d'Ivoire following a 1–1 draw, but he nonetheless finished as the top scorer of the tournament with five goals. He missed a team practice before the quarterfinals to attend the CAF African Player of the Year award ceremonies in Togo.
In the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Eto' o became joint leading goalscorer (along with Laurent Pokou) in the competition's history after scoring his fourteenth goal with a penalty against Zambia on 26 January 2008. In the following game against Sudan on 30 January, Eto'o converted another penalty to become the tournament's all time leading scorer, followed by another goal in the same match that took his Cup of Nations tally to 16.[38] He finished as the top scorer for the second consecutive tournament, matching his 2006 total of five goals.
On 1 June 2008, Eto'o headbutted reporter Philippe Bony, following an incident at a press conference. Bony suffered an injury, but Eto'o later apologized for the altercation, offering to pay Bony's medical expenses.[39]
[edit] Racism
Eto'o has experienced racial abuse in some away matches; while some ignore the insults, Eto'o, former Barcelona teammate Thierry Henry, and Vitória de Setúbal defender Marco Zoro have reacted by being outspoken in their criticism and threatening to leave the pitch.
In February 2005, during an away match with Real Zaragoza, Eto'o was the subject of racist taunts by Zaragoza supporters, who began making monkey-like chants and tossed peanuts onto the pitch whenever he had possession of the ball. However, the referee, Fernando Carmona Méndez, made no mention of the incidents in his match report, commenting only that the behavior of the crowd was "normal"; two of the abusers were caught and given five-month sporting-event bans after being identified to police by other spectators.[40][41] Eto'o later declared that the punishment was insufficient and that La Romareda should have been closed for at least one year, but Frank Rijkaard told him to concentrate on football and to stop talking about the incident. However, infuriated again by Zaragoza fans' racist chants the next season, Eto'o attempted to walk off the pitch in protest.[42] His teammates intervened and convinced him to continue playing. Video of the incident captured him saying "No más" ("No more") as he walked to the sidelines.[43]
Due to ongoing racism from La Liga crowds, Eto'o no longer brings family members, especially his children, to matches. "It is something that has affected me personally. I think players, leaders, and the media have to join forces so that no one feels looked down upon because of the color of their skin. At this moment in time I prefer my children don't go to football matches. In the stands they have to listen to things that are difficult to explain to a child. It is better they aren't exposed to it."[44]
[edit] Personal life
Eto'o has two brothers: David, who plays for Reus Deportiu in the Tercera División, and Étienne, who plays for RCD Mallorca. Eto'o married his longtime sweetheart Georgette on 6 July 2007. They have three children together: Étienne, Maelle, and Siena, who all live along with Georgette in Paris, France.[45]
[edit] Career statistics
As of 30 May 2009
Club
Season
League
Cup[46]
Europe[47]
Total
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Leganés
1997-98
28
3
2
1
–
30
4
Total
28
3
2
1
–
30
4
Real Madrid
1998-99
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Total
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Espanyol
1998-99
0
0
0
0
–
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
–
0
0
Real Madrid
1999-00
2
0
0
0
3
0
5
0
Total
2
0
0
0
3
0
5
0
Mallorca
1999-00
13
6
0
0
–
13
6
2000-01
28
11
5
2
–
33
13
2001-02
30
6
1
1
9
3
40
10
2002-03
30
14
6
5
–
36
19
2003-04
32
17
2
0
7
4
41
21
Total
133
54
14
8
16
7
163
69
Barcelona
2004-05
37
25
1
0
7
4
45
29
2005-06
35
26
2
2
11
6
48
34
2006-07
19
11
4
1
4
1
27
13
2007-08
18
16
3
1
7
1
28
18
2008-09
36
30
4
0
12
6
52
36
Total
145
108
14
4
41
18
200
130
Internazionale
2009-10
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
Career Total
310
166
31
14
60
25
401
205
[edit] Honours
[edit] Real Madrid
Intercontinental Cup
Winner (1): 1998
UEFA Champions League:
Winner (1): 1999-00
[edit] Mallorca
Copa del Rey:
Winner (1): 2002-2003
[edit] Barcelona
La Liga:
Winner (3): 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09
Supercopa de España:
Winner (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
UEFA Champions League:
Winner (2): 2005-06, 2008-09
Copa del Rey:
Winner (1): 2008-09
[edit] International
African Cup of Nations:
Winner (2): 2000,2002
Runner up (1): 2008
Confederations Cup
Runner up (1): 2003
2000 Summer Olympics
Gold medal (1): 2000
[edit] Individual
African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008
African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005
FIFPro World XI: 2004-05, 2005-06
UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006
UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006
Spanish La Liga Top Scorer: 2006
World XI Striker: 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Most Goals Scored In Domestic League RCD Mallorca: 54 Goals
African Cup of Nations Top Scorer Of All Times: With 16 Goals
Most Goals Scored In History Of Cameroon National Team
FIFA World Player of the Year: Third Place: 2005
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^ Includes Supercopa de España
^ Counts for appearances and goals at the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Supercup and UEFA Intertoto Cup. Including qualifying games.
Samuel Eto'o
Personal information
Full name
Samuel Eto'o Fils
Date of birth
10 March 1981 (1981-03-10) (age 28)
Place of birth
Douala, Cameroon
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position
Striker
Club information
Current club
Internazionale
Number
9
Youth career
Kadji Sports Academy
Senior career*
Years
Club
Apps†
(Gls)†
1997–2000
Real Madrid
3
(0)
1997–1998
→ Leganés (loan)
28
(3)
1999
→ Espanyol (loan)
0
(0)
2000
→ Mallorca (loan)
13
(6)
2000–2004
Mallorca
120
(48)
2004–2009
FC Barcelona
145
(108)
2009–
Internazionale
1
(1)
National team‡
1996–
Cameroon
84
(39)
Honours[show]
Competitor for Cameroon
Men's Football
Gold
2000 Sydney
Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:51, 27 July 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:29, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Samuel Eto'o Fils (born 10 March 1981 in Douala) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Internazionale.
Eto'o scored over 100 goals in five seasons with FC Barcelona, and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African player in La Liga.[2] As of June 2009, he is the 4th highest goalscorer in Barça's history and the only member of the squad to be in the top 10. He is only the second player to have ever scored in two separate UEFA Champions League finals. The first was Real Madrid and Spain legend Raul.
As a member of the Cameroon national team, he was a part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament; he has participated in two World Cups and five African Nations Cups (being champion twice), and is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the African Nations Cup, with 16 goals.
Contents[hide]
1 Club career
1.1 Real Madrid
1.2 Mallorca
1.3 Barcelona
1.3.1 2004–2006
1.3.2 2007–2009
1.4 Internazionale
2 International career
3 Racism
4 Personal life
5 Career statistics
6 Honours
6.1 Real Madrid
6.2 Mallorca
6.3 Barcelona
6.4 International
6.5 Individual
7 References
8 External links
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Real Madrid
Samuel Eto'o joined Real Madrid in 1997, but he could only train with Real Madrid B, as he was still a minor. Real Madrid B were relegated to the Segunda División B, where non-EU players are not allowed, and as a result he was loaned to second-division CD Leganés for the 1997-98 season.[3]
[edit] Mallorca
The following two seasons, he went to first-division squad RCD Mallorca on loan. In his second season, he scored 11 goals and began to garner attention throughout the league. Mallorca club president Mateo Alemany said of his style of play: "I doubt if there is any other player in the world who would please the fans more at this moment."[3]
At the end of the season, Eto'o left Real Madrid, signing a permanent deal with Mallorca for a club record £4.4 million fee.[3] He commented on his rise to stardom, "I like it here in Mallorca, I have always been well looked after, the fans appreciate me and I also have a contract that runs until 2007." He returned the fans' appreciation when he donated €30,000 in meals to travelling Mallorca supporters who made the journey to the Copa del Rey final against Recreativo Huelva in 2003.[4] Mallorca won the match 3–0 with Eto'o scoring two late goals to seal the victory.[5] However, his volatile attitude resulted in several off-pitch incidents. Bartolome Terrassa, a television journalist, filed a formal complaint after a run-in with Eto'o in the club's parking lot, accusing the player of saying, "The next time, you are not going to escape; I'm going to kill you." This was not the first incident, however, as the previous year Eto'o's former agent, Daniel Argibeaut, accused the player of assaulting him with four accomplices, saying, "They then took off my shoes, which in Cameroon means I am threatened with death."[4]
Eto'o departed Mallorca as the club's all-time leading domestic league scorer (54 goals) when he signed for FC Barcelona in the summer of 2004 for a transfer fee of €24 million, after lengthy three-way negotiations with Mallorca and Madrid.[6] Initially, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez wanted to buy back the full transfer rights and loan him out again but eventually the Barcelona deal proved lucrative enough to warrant a sale.[7] Additionally, the team already had its full quota of three non-EU players.[6]
[edit] Barcelona
[edit] 2004–2006
Eto'o made his Barcelona debut in the season opener at Racing Santander on 29 August 2004. After Barcelona won the 2004–05 La Liga title, the team organized a festive party in the Camp Nou, during which Eto'o harangued the fans chanting, "Madrid, cabrón, saluda al campeón" (roughly: "Madrid, bastards, salute the champions"). The Spanish Football Federation fined Eto'o €12,000 for his comments, for which he later apologized. He expressed regret and asked for forgiveness from Real Madrid, his first professional team. The head of the Real Madrid fan club federation remained unimpressed however, stating: "This character is a fantastic player, but he leaves a lot to be desired as a person."[8] He signed a improved contract with Barça in June 2005.[9] Few days after Lionel Messi agreed similar deal.
Eto'o playing for Barcelona
After missing out on the previous year's Pichichi (top La Liga goalscorer), Eto'o edged out Valencia CF striker David Villa for the award during the final matchday on 20 May 2006 when he scored his 26th goal of the season against Athletic Bilbao. Eto'o was very gracious to teammates after the game saying, "It has been a team effort although only one person gets the award. We've worked hard all season and have got our just rewards."[10]
Eto'o also contributed six goals during Barcelona's run to the 2005–06 Champions League title. In the final, Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was sent off early on for bringing down Eto'o just outside of the penalty area, but the Catalans struggled to capitalize on their one-man advantage until Eto'o scored the game-tying goal in the second half. Barcelona went on to win the match 2–1 and Eto'o was awarded with the UEFA Best Forward of the Year award for his accomplishments in the European campaign.[11][12]
Eto'o also won an historic third consecutive African Player of the Year award that season. He said in his acceptance speech, "Above all, I dedicate this to all the children of Africa."[13] He was also selected to his second straight FIFPro World XI and finished third in the running for the FIFA World Player of the Year, making him only the second African footballer ever to be voted into the top three.[14][15]
The season started badly for Eto'o as he ruptured the meniscus in his right knee during Barcelona's Champions League group stage match against Werder Bremen on 27 September 2006. FC Barcelona team physician Ricard Pruna originally estimated that the injury would keep him out of action for two to three months.[16] After the operation Eto'o's recovery time was extended to five months but he resumed training with Barcelona in early January 2007.[17][18]
[edit] 2007–2009
Eto'o refused to come on as a substitute in a league match against Racing Santander on 11 February 2007. FC Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard said after the match, "He did not want to come on; I don't know why."[19] Ronaldinho was critical of Eto'o's actions, saying that Eto'o was not putting the team first but Eto'o rebutted the comment, claiming that he did not come on because he did not have enough time to warm up properly.[20][21] Three months later, Eto'o said, "These kind of things are usually just speculation and don't come through to me. However, if it is true that I am a problem for my team then I will go. But like I said, I am happy here. The press can write what they want." Following the comments, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta was quick to quash rumours of transfers involving Eto'o and Ronaldinho.[22]
After aggravating a meniscus injury on 28 August during a summer friendly against Internazionale, Eto'o was sidelined indefinitely.[23] On 17 October, in the midst of his recovery period, he gained Spanish citizenship.[24] He was cleared to play again on 4 December, and returned to the side a week later in Barcelona's 2-1 league win over Deportivo La Coruña.[25][26]
Eto'o recorded his first league hat-trick in a match against UD Levante on 24 February 2008.[27] He finished with a total of 16 league goals in 18 appearances for the season.[28] On 25 October, he recorded the fastest hat-trick in club history after netting three times in 23 minutes in a victory over UD Almería.[29]
On 29 November 2008, he scored his 111th career Barcelona goal in all competitions in a 3-0 road win over Sevilla FC, moving him into the club's top ten all-time goalscorers.[30]
On 14 February 2009, he scored his 99th and his 100th league goals for Barcelona in a 2-2 draw with Real Betis. Eto'o scored his 30th goal of the 2008-09 season in a La Liga match against Real Valladolid. The game ended 1-0 and meant that Barcelona kept a 6 point lead over Real Madrid in the league. He also scored against Villarreal CF in the game that put Barcelona one point away from lifting the 2008-09 La Liga.
Eto'o scored the opening goal in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United becoming the first ever player to score in two UEFA Champions League finals. Barcelona went on to win the final 2–0, thus completing the Treble.
[edit] Internazionale
After Maxwell completed the transfer from Internazionale[31], Joan Laporta confirmed that there is an agreement in principle between Barcelona and Internazionale for Zlatan Ibrahimović to join the club in exchange for Eto'o and €46 million.[32][33] After Ibrahimović agreed terms with Barcelona, the club announced Eto'o and Aliaksandr Hleb will travel to Milan for medical to complete the transfer.[34]. On 27 July 2009 Eto'o passed the medical and signed for 5 years with Internazionale[35]. On his first press-conference in Milano he declared that he is where he wants to be and refused comparing himself to Ibrahimović saying: "I'm Samuel Eto'o and I don't want to compare myself to anyone. I believe the victories I have earned up to now can contribute to giving the right value to my name."[36] On the 8th August, Eto'o scored his first competitive goal for Inter, in the 2009 Supercoppa Italiana.[37] Two weeks later, Eto'o scored from the penalty spot against A.S. Bari in his first Serie A match.
[edit] International career
Eto'o playing for Cameroon
Eto'o earned his first cap with Cameroon at age 14 on 9 March 1996, in a 5–0 friendly loss to Costa Rica. In 1998, he was the youngest participant in the 1998 FIFA World Cup when he appeared in a 3–0 group stage loss to Italy on 17 June 1998, at the age of 17 years and three months. Eto'o scored his sole goal of the 2002 World Cup when he netted the game-winner against Saudi Arabia during the group stage on 6 June 2002, which was Cameroon's only win of the competition.
Eto'o was a part of the squads that won the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, and was a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Cameroon finished as runners-up, he scored his only goal in a 1–0 group-stage upset of Brazil on 19 June. Cameroon were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations after Eto'o missed the decisive penalty in a 12–11 shoot-out loss to Côte d'Ivoire following a 1–1 draw, but he nonetheless finished as the top scorer of the tournament with five goals. He missed a team practice before the quarterfinals to attend the CAF African Player of the Year award ceremonies in Togo.
In the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Eto' o became joint leading goalscorer (along with Laurent Pokou) in the competition's history after scoring his fourteenth goal with a penalty against Zambia on 26 January 2008. In the following game against Sudan on 30 January, Eto'o converted another penalty to become the tournament's all time leading scorer, followed by another goal in the same match that took his Cup of Nations tally to 16.[38] He finished as the top scorer for the second consecutive tournament, matching his 2006 total of five goals.
On 1 June 2008, Eto'o headbutted reporter Philippe Bony, following an incident at a press conference. Bony suffered an injury, but Eto'o later apologized for the altercation, offering to pay Bony's medical expenses.[39]
[edit] Racism
Eto'o has experienced racial abuse in some away matches; while some ignore the insults, Eto'o, former Barcelona teammate Thierry Henry, and Vitória de Setúbal defender Marco Zoro have reacted by being outspoken in their criticism and threatening to leave the pitch.
In February 2005, during an away match with Real Zaragoza, Eto'o was the subject of racist taunts by Zaragoza supporters, who began making monkey-like chants and tossed peanuts onto the pitch whenever he had possession of the ball. However, the referee, Fernando Carmona Méndez, made no mention of the incidents in his match report, commenting only that the behavior of the crowd was "normal"; two of the abusers were caught and given five-month sporting-event bans after being identified to police by other spectators.[40][41] Eto'o later declared that the punishment was insufficient and that La Romareda should have been closed for at least one year, but Frank Rijkaard told him to concentrate on football and to stop talking about the incident. However, infuriated again by Zaragoza fans' racist chants the next season, Eto'o attempted to walk off the pitch in protest.[42] His teammates intervened and convinced him to continue playing. Video of the incident captured him saying "No más" ("No more") as he walked to the sidelines.[43]
Due to ongoing racism from La Liga crowds, Eto'o no longer brings family members, especially his children, to matches. "It is something that has affected me personally. I think players, leaders, and the media have to join forces so that no one feels looked down upon because of the color of their skin. At this moment in time I prefer my children don't go to football matches. In the stands they have to listen to things that are difficult to explain to a child. It is better they aren't exposed to it."[44]
[edit] Personal life
Eto'o has two brothers: David, who plays for Reus Deportiu in the Tercera División, and Étienne, who plays for RCD Mallorca. Eto'o married his longtime sweetheart Georgette on 6 July 2007. They have three children together: Étienne, Maelle, and Siena, who all live along with Georgette in Paris, France.[45]
[edit] Career statistics
As of 30 May 2009
Club
Season
League
Cup[46]
Europe[47]
Total
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Leganés
1997-98
28
3
2
1
–
30
4
Total
28
3
2
1
–
30
4
Real Madrid
1998-99
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Total
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Espanyol
1998-99
0
0
0
0
–
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
–
0
0
Real Madrid
1999-00
2
0
0
0
3
0
5
0
Total
2
0
0
0
3
0
5
0
Mallorca
1999-00
13
6
0
0
–
13
6
2000-01
28
11
5
2
–
33
13
2001-02
30
6
1
1
9
3
40
10
2002-03
30
14
6
5
–
36
19
2003-04
32
17
2
0
7
4
41
21
Total
133
54
14
8
16
7
163
69
Barcelona
2004-05
37
25
1
0
7
4
45
29
2005-06
35
26
2
2
11
6
48
34
2006-07
19
11
4
1
4
1
27
13
2007-08
18
16
3
1
7
1
28
18
2008-09
36
30
4
0
12
6
52
36
Total
145
108
14
4
41
18
200
130
Internazionale
2009-10
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
Career Total
310
166
31
14
60
25
401
205
[edit] Honours
[edit] Real Madrid
Intercontinental Cup
Winner (1): 1998
UEFA Champions League:
Winner (1): 1999-00
[edit] Mallorca
Copa del Rey:
Winner (1): 2002-2003
[edit] Barcelona
La Liga:
Winner (3): 2004-05, 2005-06, 2008-09
Supercopa de España:
Winner (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
UEFA Champions League:
Winner (2): 2005-06, 2008-09
Copa del Rey:
Winner (1): 2008-09
[edit] International
African Cup of Nations:
Winner (2): 2000,2002
Runner up (1): 2008
Confederations Cup
Runner up (1): 2003
2000 Summer Olympics
Gold medal (1): 2000
[edit] Individual
African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008
African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005
FIFPro World XI: 2004-05, 2005-06
UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006
UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006
Spanish La Liga Top Scorer: 2006
World XI Striker: 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Most Goals Scored In Domestic League RCD Mallorca: 54 Goals
African Cup of Nations Top Scorer Of All Times: With 16 Goals
Most Goals Scored In History Of Cameroon National Team
FIFA World Player of the Year: Third Place: 2005
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^ Includes Supercopa de España
^ Counts for appearances and goals at the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Supercup and UEFA Intertoto Cup. Including qualifying games.
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