Cameroon Football Federation Rejects Samuel Eto’o’s Resignation

The Cameroon Football Federation has rejected Samuel Eto’o’s resignation as president after disappointing AFCON last-16 exit

He took on the presidency of Fecafoot in December 2021. Eto’o, one of the greatest Cameroonian footballers in all-time, scored 56 goals in 118 caps for his country.

However, in a statement on Monday, Fecafoot announced they had rejected Eto’o’s resignation.

‘The Executive Committee of the Cameroon Football Federation held a session this Monday, February 5 at the Yaounde Hilton Hotel,’ they said.

‘The agenda focused on evaluating the performance of the senior men’s national team at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.

‘At the beginning of the meeting, the President of the Cameroon Football Federation, Mr Eto’o Fils Samuel, tendered his resignation to the members of the federal executive organ, inviting them to do likewise in good faith.

At the end of discussions and subsequent deliberations, the members of the Executive Committee decided to maintain their current mandates and thus unanimously rejected the President’s resignation.

‘Thereby renewing their confidence in him to continue with the same spirit of reconstruction and development of Cameroon football at all levels as envisaged in his plan adopted by the elective General Assembly of December 11, 2021.’

Cameroon are currently 46th in the world rankings, the seventh highest-ranked African team.