World soccer governing physique (FIFA) has handed
Cameroonian Soccer Federation (Fecafoot) president Samuel Eto’o a six-month ban from attending any worldwide matches involving his nation.
The ban was handed to Eto’o by a FIFA disciplinary panel.
Eto’o’ was sanctioned following breaches of two articles of the world governing physique’s disciplinary code.
The ban was issued in reference to the Below-20 Ladies’s World Cup last-16 recreation between Cameroon and Brazil on 11 September which the South Individuals received 3-1 after further time.
In response to a FIFA assertion, exterior, articles referring to offensive behaviour and violations of the rules of honest play and misconduct of gamers and officers have been breached on the recreation in Bogota, Colombia, which Eto’o attended.
The previous Barcelona star is now prevented from attending all soccer matches involving males’s and girls’s consultant sides from Cameroon, overlaying all classes and age teams.
In response to FIFA, the sanction would come into power instantly and that Eto’o had been notified of the choice.
Cameroon’s males face Kenya in a qualification double-header for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in October.
That is the most recent sanction to hit Eto’o, who was fined $200,000 by the CAF in July for an ethics breach.
A disciplinary panel discovered that the four-time African Footballer of the 12 months had critically violated the rules of ethics, integrity and sportsmanship of CAF by signing a contract to be an envoy for betting firm 1XBET.
His attorneys mentioned they might enchantment towards the decision, which got here after a CAF investigation discovered inadequate proof to pursue a cost associated to allegations of match-fixing.
Eto’o loved a glittering taking part in profession each in Europe and with Cameroon however has provoked controversy since being elected as Fecafoot president in 2021.
He was concerned in a long-running dispute with the nation’s Ministry of Sport over the naming of Marc Brys as coach of the Indomitable Lions earlier this yr earlier than ultimately accepting the Belgian’s appointment.
After successful the Treble with Barcelona within the 2008/2009 season below Pep Guardiola, Eto’o went on to realize the identical feat the next marketing campaign at Inter with Jose Mourinho in cost.
He received two AFCON titles (2000, 2002) with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon and an Olympic gold medal on the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
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