Samuel Eto’o announced on Wednesday that his international career with Cameroon is over.
Eto’o, who had not been named in Cameroon’s 25-man squad for the qualifiers for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations which begin in September, played his last game for The Indomitable Lions during their mediocre World Cup campaign in Brazil.
Eto’o, who on Tuesday signed a two year contract with English Premier League side Everton, played just one match — a 1-0 defeat to Mexico — in his fourth World Cup campaign (1998, 2002, 2010, 2014).
Capped 116 times, he won two Africa Cup of Nations titles in 2000 and 2008, a competition in which he is the all-time leading scorer with 18 goals.
He is also Cameroon’s record scorer with 55 goals.
His biggest triumph with the national side was winning Olympic gold in Sydney in 2000.
Despite his failure to inspire his team on the World Cup stage he won trophies with all his clubs including Champions League titles – two with Barcelona and one with Inter Milan.
As well as his four African player of the year titles he was also the top scorer in La Liga en 2006.
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