Cameroon’s soccer chief faces disciplinary motion for his ‘offensive behaviour’ at a Girls’s Underneath-20 World Cup match.
Cameroon Soccer Federation (Fecafoot) chief Samuel Eto’o has been banned from attending the nationwide group’s matches for six months after violating FIFA’s disciplinary rules, soccer’s governing physique mentioned.
The previous Barcelona striker has been president of Fecafoot since 2021 and can now be barred from all males’s and ladies’s video games throughout numerous age teams.
“The sanction was imposed in reference to the FIFA Underneath-20 Girls’s World Cup round-of-16 match between Brazil and Cameroon performed in Bogota, Colombia, on 11 September 2024,” FIFA mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
Particulars relating to the incidents weren’t disclosed by FIFA’s disciplinary committee. The assertion mentioned Eto’o was deemed responsible of “offensive behaviour and violations of the ideas of truthful play” and “misconduct” involving officers.
The fees relate to Cameroon’s last-16 recreation towards Brazil, which the South Individuals gained 3-1 after further time.
Eto’o and the Cameroon delegation noticed pink over a penalty that led to Brazil’s equaliser within the match.
The 43-year-old, who additionally performed for English Premier League membership Chelsea, is suspended from attending any Cameroon matches – males or ladies and of any age class – however the sanction doesn’t have an effect on his position as Fecafoot president.
In July, Eto’o was fined $200,000 for a model take care of a web based playing agency dominated to be an ethics violation by the Confederation of African Soccer.
Eto’o was additionally in battle along with his nation’s sports activities ministry, calling their appointment of Belgian Marc Brys earlier this yr as the lads’s group coach “unlawful”.
Eto’o, a four-time African Participant of the Yr, is the second most-capped participant in Cameroon’s historical past behind Rigobert Tune. The ahead additionally loved an illustrious membership profession, profitable the Champions League on 4 events with three totally different groups.
In 2022, he was filmed attacking a person exterior a stadium in the course of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar following a heated trade and a confrontation.
