Cameroon football legend Samuel Eto’o owes nearly one million euros in taxes from his time in Spain, local authorities said on Monday.
The 40-year-old, who earlier this month was elected president of the Cameroon Football Federation, appeared on a list published by the Spanish tax office of people and companies that owe over €600,000 ($678,000).
The former striker is listed as owing €981,598.19 to the Spanish tax office.
The four-time African player of the year played for a series of Spanish clubs, including Real Madrid and Barcelona, before retiring from football in 2019.
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Contacted by AFP, a tax office spokesman said he was not authorised to give details on the player’s tax debt.
Spanish public prosecutors in 2016 accused Eto’o of conspiring to evade €3.9 million in taxes owed on income from his image rights when he was playing for FC Barcelona.
Over 7,200 names appeared on the tax office list that was published on Monday, including Twitter and Spanish TV personality Kiko Matamoros.
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Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar topped the annual list last year, with the tax office saying at the time he owed €34.6 million from when he played for FC Barcelona from 2013-17.
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