James Eto'o
{{Short description|Cameroonian football player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = James Eto'o
| image = 2K3A4779.jpg
| full_name = James Armel Eto'o Eyenga
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon
| height = {{height|m=1.88}}[https://fpleague.bg/bg/statistics/player?teamID=1002&playerID=9958&sortID= Джеймс Армел Етоо Ейенга Статистика]
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = CSKA Sofia
| clubnumber = 99
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Musango
| youthyears2 = 2018–2019 |youthclubs2 = Nantes
| years1 = 2019–2020 |clubs1 = Nantes II |caps1 = 8 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020 |clubs2 = Boulogne II |caps2 = 1 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020–2021 |clubs3 = Boulogne |caps3 = 26 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–2022 |clubs4 = Botev Plovdiv II |caps4 = 2 |goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2021–2024 |clubs5 = Botev Plovdiv |caps5 = 85 |goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2024– |clubs6 = CSKA Sofia |caps6 = 23 |goals6 = 1
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 15:53, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 08:00, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
}}
James Armel Eto'o Eyenga (born 19 November 2000) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for CSKA Sofia.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/james-armel-etoo-eyenga/629621|title=Cameroon - J. Eto'o - Profile with news, career statistics and history|website=Soccerway|accessdate=6 August 2017}}
Club career
On 23 September 2021, Eto'o signed with Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv, coming from Boulogne.[https://football24.bg/%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81-%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BE/ Ботев (Пловдив) привлече Джеймс Ето’о] In April 2023, he extended his contract with the club.[https://gong.bg/bg-football/efbet-liga/multimedia/video/botev-plovdiv-udylzhi-dogovora-na-kamerunec-732269 Ботев Пловдив удължи договора на камерунец]
International career
In April 2022, Cameroonian mеdia reported that Eto'o is in the extended list of players for Cameroon national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[https://gong.bg/bg-football/efbet-liga/multimedia/video/futbolist-na-botev-plovdiv-mozhe-da-igrae-za-kamerun-na-mondial-2022-677953 Футболист на Ботев Пловдив може да играе за Камерун на Мондиал 2022]
Career statistics
{{Updated|22 May 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| align=center valign=center|Nantes II
|8 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 0 | ||||
| align=center valign=center|Boulogne II
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan=3 align=center valign=center|Boulogne
|rowspan=2|Championnat National |25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3 align=center valign=center|Botev Plovdiv II
|rowspan=2|Second League |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| rowspan=5 align=center valign=center|Botev Plovdiv
|rowspan=4|First League |20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23
|29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|31 | 0 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 37 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25
|5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 10 | 1 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!85 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 3 | |
| align=center valign=center|CSKA Sofia
|First League |23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 29 | 1 | |||
| colspan=3|Career total
!145 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 4 |
Honours
Botev Plovdiv
- Bulgarian Cup: 2023–24{{cite web|url=https://bulgarian-football.com/stats/kb-6.html#1|title=Купа на България 2023/24 - статистика Пети кръг (Финал)|publisher=bulgarian-football.com|language=Bulgarian|date=15 May 2024|accessdate=2 June 2024|archive-date=23 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623055153/https://bulgarian-football.com/stats/kb-6.html#1|url-status=dead}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|james-armel-etoo-eyenga/629621}}
{{PFC CSKA Sofia squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eto'o, James}}
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Botev Plovdiv players
Category:PFC CSKA Sofia players
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
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