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Eto’o Could Face Cameroon Probe over Alleged Russia Payment

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Ex-Chelsea and Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o faces a probe over allegations of embezzlement in his Cameroon FA role.

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The former international Cameroonian is suspected of having improperly received a large sum of money paid by the Russian Football Federation as part of a friendly match between the two selections in October 2023.

·Paris, France
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Samuel is suspected of corruption. The president of the Cameroonian Football Association and former striker for FC Barcelona, Internazionale, and Chelsea, among others, allegedly received a payment from the Russian Football Association ‘in an unauthorized manner’, according to media reports.

The association of amateur football clubs in Cameroon has requested an investigation into the management of the Fecafoot by Samuel Eto'o, accused of having received an unfair payment of approximately 372 million CFA francs from the Russian football federation. The article Samuel Eto'o accused of having received an undue payment from the Russian football federation appeared first on Atlasinfo.

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Atlasinfo.fr: l'essentiel de l'actualité de la France et du Maghreb broke the news on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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