The African football icon announced the decision to call time on his 22-year playing career on Friday, Goal.com reports.
The 38-year-old played in Spain with Real Madrid, Leganes, Mallorca, Espanyol and Barcelona before travelling to Italy where he featured for Inter Milan and Sampdoria, he also had stints in England with Chelsea and Everton, and in Turkey with Anzhi Makhachkala, Antalyaspor and Konyaspor.
During his playing career, Eto'o won several team and individual laurels including three Champions League titles, four African Footballer of the Year awards, three La Liga titles, amongst others.
The Barcelona captain Lionel Messi paid ribute to Samuel Eto sharing his expressions on Instagram.He wrote: “Have you decided to stop, Samu? I thought you would reach 40 at least ... All the luck in the world in what you want to do from now on, genius.”