Spanish Cumpleanos: Samuel Eto'o

Every weekday Goal.com celebrates the birthday of past and present La Liga-related figures. Today includes all those born on March 10.

By Paul Madden

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1981: Samuel Eto'o: Cameroonian striker Eto'o moved to the Primera Liga in 1997 joining league powerhouse Real Madrid but only played a total of six times in the famous white shirt, instead spending most of his time as a Madrid playe loaned out to other clubs. His most successful loan spell was with Mallorca where he scored 69 goals in 163 appearances over four and a half seasons before making a €24 million switch to Barcelona where he won two UEFA Champions Leagues and three Primera Liga crowns, scorin 130 times in 200 appearances before being sold to Inter as part of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's transfer in the opposite direction. At international level he has 94 caps an 44 goals for Cameroon and has won two African Cup of Nations medals and an Olympic gold medal.

1985: Lassana Diarra:
After largely unsuccessful spells with Chelsea and Arsenal, Diarra joined Portsmouth in search of first team football and after less than a year with Pompey was transferred to Real Madrid in a €20 million deal. At the Bernabeu the France international has established himself as an integral part of the new look multi-miilion dollar team constructed by returning president Florentino Perez in an effort to surpass Barcelona and return Madrid to the summit of Spanish football.

1989: Damian Ismodes: Peruvian international midfielder Ismodes signed for Racing Santander in 2008 from Sporting Cristal but did not enjoy a sccuessful time, playing just once for the Cantabrian outfit before being loaned out to Eibar in the Segunda Division where he also rarely featured as they were relegated. He is now back in Peru on loan at Cristal.


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