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Samuel Eto'o has set up Yellow Whistleblower FC to help people fleeing Nigeria and Cameroon amid a rising tide of attacks from Boko Haram militants. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/getty images/file
Eto'o (left) and then Barcelona teammate Andres Iniesta celebrate after sealing qualification for the 2009 Champions League final with a late second-leg equalizer at Chelsea. It would be the second of his three European titles. AFP/Getty Images
Eto'o takes part in the preliminary draw for the 2018 World Cup, to be played in Russia, in July 2015. Getty Images
Eto'o played 118 times for Cameroon, scoring 56 goals. He helped his country win the African Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2002. AFP/Getty Images
He was named African player of the year a record four times, and played at four World Cups -- here he is in action against Mexico at Brazil 2014. Matthias Hangst/Getty
Eto'o takes instructions from Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan, where he won the Champions League in 2010 after leaving Barcelona. CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images
Eto'o speaks to reporters after his August 2011 transfer to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. AFP/Getty Images
He was one of several highly-paid players brought in by Anzhi's billionaire owner Suleiman Kerimov. AFP/Getty Images
In 2013, he moved to English club Chelsea, reuniting with Mourinho. Here Eto'o hits his 30th Champions League goal in the last-16 win against Galatasaray in March 2014. Clive Rose/Getty Images
Eto'o makes fun of speculation about his real age after scoring for Chelsea against Tottenham. Ian Kington/AFP/Getty Images
Eto'o and Chelsea teammate Branislav Ivanovic celebrate the striker's hat-trick against Manchester United in 2014. Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Eto'o left London in 2014, and had brief spells with Everton and Sampdoria before joining Turkish team Antalyaspor. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images/file
