On Wednesday, November 17, Eto’o, a four-time African footballer of the year, was accompanied by a crowd of supporters as he submitted his bid at the Cameroonian federation’s headquarters in Yaounde.

Eto’o told reporters “I urge the opposite camp to be careful because we have accepted lots of things, I will be the next president of the federation despite all the cheating,”

The 40-year-old ex-Barcelona and Inter Milan striker said the current leadership had offered him a position as vice-president, which he rejected.

Eto’o announced his intention to run for FA president in September.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport in January annulled the 2018 elections won by Seidou Mbombo Njoya.

New elections are scheduled for December, a month before Cameroon hosts the Africa Cup of Nations.

The ex-Barcelona, Chelsea and Inter Milan super striker was annoyed after not being recognised as a striker by France Football after the publication named him as a right-winger in its newly released Ballon d’Or Dream Team.

Eto’o is  Cameroon’s all-time leading scorer and third-most capped player with 56 goals in 118 caps and won three La Liga and two Champions League titles with Barcelona. Eto’o scored 371 goals across 764 career club appearances, being named to the UEFA Team of the Year in 2005 and 2006. He also won the champions league with Inter, and the majority of his career was spent as a striker.

He tweeted “Thank you, but I played 1-2 seasons on the right (yet I have 25 years of career as a centre forward), The lack of respect. @francefootball WHATEVER!”

Ronaldo, won two Fifa World Cups, in 1994 and 2002, and was crowned the Fifa World Player of the Year thrice, while winning the Ballon d’Or in 1997 and 2002.

He said “The best of all was Ronaldo, ‘O Fenomeno, I have such great respect and admiration for him. Then there are a lot of us who come up behind him, and I’d include myself among them.”

Eto’o, who is 38,  began his career with Real Madrid and went on to play for 13 clubs including Barcelona, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Everton , and Sampdoria.

Eto’o won three La Liga titles and two Champions League trophies with Barcelona also helped his country to win Olympic gold at the 2000 Games in Australia, the Africa Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2002.

He also scored 56 goals in 118 appearances for his nation and was voted African Player of the Year four times, a record he holds with former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure.

In a short message on Friday night (Sept. 6) the Cameroon legend regarded as one of the greatest African players of all-time announced that he has decided to call time on his career after leaving Qatar SC earlier this year.

He wrote on Instagram: “The End. Towards a new challenge. Thank you all, big love.”