Samuel Eto’o Became Africa Cup of Nations’ All Time Top Scorer Today 16 Years Ago

• Samuel Eto'o is AFCON's all-time leading goal scorer with 18 goals across six tournament
• Eto'o is currently the boss of the Cameroonian FA and watched his team exit AFCON 2023
• Vincent Aboubaker is the only active Cameroonian in the Top 15 with nine tournament goals

Serial achievers leave a void when their names are not in the mix.

Cameroon may be on the way back to Yaoundé but there are still significant milestones to offer solace to Indomitable Lions fans.

He may have known when he woke up but January 30, 2008, is a day of significance for the current head of the Cameroonian Football Association.

Samuel Eto'o put himself on the scoresheet 16 years ago today to equal and then break the all-time AFCON goal-scoring record held by Ivory Coast's Laurent Pokou.

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The maverick scored twice in Cameroon's win over Sudan, adding to the three other goals he bagged in the previous group games against Egypt and Zambia.

The goals against Sudan were his 15th and 16th AFCON goals and he would score two more at his final AFCON in 2011.

As of the 2021 edition of the competition, Cameroon had scored 137 tournament goals and with their five in 2023, increasing their tally to 142.

After making his debut in March 1997, Eto'o's 18 goals for Cameroon at his six AFCONs make him responsible for 12.67% of all goals scored in Cameroon colours between 1970 and today.

He is seven ahead of former teammate Patrick Mboma who is the next Cameroonian on the list with 11 goals, as per Statista.

Of the Top 15, only Eto's compatriot Vincent Aboubaker and Ghanaian rival Andre Ayew are still active, with the latter having just missed out on breaking the record for goals scored at consecutive AFCONs.

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Samuel Eto'o questions 'weak' South Africa

Sports Brief recently reported on comments made by Samuel Eto'o about South Africa.

He questioned why Bafana Bafana were weak when their domestic league was so strong.

Since South Africa's AFCON debut in 1996, their performance has gotten progressively worse.