Samuel Eto’o has been banned from attending Cameroon nationwide crew matches for the following six months for breaching FIFA’s disciplinary code.
Eto’o, who has been president of the Cameroon Soccer Federation (Fecafoot) since 2021, will probably be unable to attend males’s and ladies’s video games throughout all age teams.
Soccer’s governing physique mentioned Eto’o had been given a six-month ban for 2 expenses associated to the Below-20 Ladies’s World Cup round-of-16 match between Cameroon and Brazil in September.
No particulars on the character of the incidents have been supplied, however a press release from FIFA’s disciplinary committee mentioned Eto’o had been discovered responsible of “offensive behaviour and violations of the rules of honest play” and “misconduct” of officers.
The punishment comes lower than three months after the 43-year-old was fined by Confederation Africaine de Soccer (CAF) following an investigation into alleged violations of its rules of ethics and integrity.
The Athletic reported in January {that a} former Fecafoot government had submitted a wide-range of recordsdata — together with letters, WhatsApp messages, emails and audio recordings — which they believed supported allegations that Eto’o and his shut aides have been concerned in match-fixing, abuse of energy, bodily threats, inciting violence and spreading false info in Cameroon.
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The CAF decided that there was not sufficient proof to show expenses of alleged manipulation of soccer matches.
Nonetheless, they did discover Eto’o responsible of “violating the rules of ethics, integrity, and sportsmanship as supplied within the CAF Statutes” after he turned an envoy for playing firm 1XBet. Eto’o has since appealed the choice and denies any wrongdoing.
In June 2021, Eto’o was given a 22-month suspended jail sentence and fined £1.4million ($1.7m) in June 2022 after pleading responsible to a cost of tax fraud linked to his picture rights when he performed in Spain.
In December 2022, Eto’o issued an apology after he appeared to knee a person within the face outdoors a World Cup stadium in Qatar.
Eto’o is extensively considered one of the profitable African gamers of his era, profitable 4 Champions Leagues and 4 league titles throughout a adorned 13-year enjoying profession in Italy and Spain.
He retired in 2019 following spells at Chelsea, Everton, Antalyaspor, Konyaspor and Qatar.
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