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Eto`o receives African award (22.11.2006)
Cameroon`s Samuel Eto`o was named FifPro`s African Footballer of the Year at an awards ceremony in Algeria on Tuesday.
At the inaugural meeting of the Union of African Football players (UAF), the Barcelona forward picked up the award in front of a crowd some 800 strong in the capital Algiers.
"It`s a great honour to be here and to receive this prize," the 25-year-old, who is recuperating from knee surgery, announced.
Earlier this month, Eto`o was the only African named in the World XI by members of FifPro, the worldwide representative organisation for professional players.
The only other player to be
honouredon Tuesday was Morocco`s Mustapha El Haddaoui, who won the Footballer of the Century award.
The little-known midfielder, who numbered French sides St Etienne, Nice and Lens among his European clubs, played 46 internationals for Morocco.
He was in the Atlas Lions` squad for both the 1986 and 1994 World Cups.
A number of African footballers affiliated to FifPro are in Algiers where a players union for the continent`s footballers is one topic being debated at Tuesday`s congress.
On Monday 6 November, Brazil`s Ronaldinho was named the best player in the world by his fellow footballers for the second year running.
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