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Eto’o Faces Scrutiny Over $665,000 Qatar Payment Transfers

By Drooid · Sep 14, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC · How we work

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Samuel Eto’o, president of Cameroon’s football federation, faces scrutiny over $665,000 (€567,570) payments tied to a 2023 friendly.
€455,056 and €112,514 were transferred to Eto’o’s personal Qatar National Bank account in Doha.
Guibai Gatama said no records show the money reached federation accounts, while ex-board members have heard no ethics-complaint outcome.
FIFA says Gianni Infantino does not influence its judicial bodies, while Eto’o denied embezzlement and called Infantino a “brother”.

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Samuel Eto’o, president of Cameroon’s football federation, faces scrutiny over $665,000 (€567,570) payments tied to a 2023 friendly.
€455,056 and €112,514 were transferred to Eto’o’s personal Qatar National Bank account in Doha.
Guibai Gatama said no records show the money reached federation accounts, while ex-board members have heard no ethics-complaint outcome.
FIFA says Gianni Infantino does not influence its judicial bodies, while Eto’o denied embezzlement and called Infantino a “brother”.