Editing Samuel Eto'o (section)

===Anzhi Makhachkala===
[[File:Samuel Eto'o 2011 September.jpg|thumb|Eto'o with [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]] in a [[2011–12 Russian Cup|Russian Cup]] game against [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] in September 2011]]
On 23 August 2011, Russian club [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]] reached an agreement with Inter to sign Eto'o in a three-year deal that made him the world's highest-paid player, with a salary of €20 million (after taxes) per season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/serie-a/8719501/Samuel-Etoo-to-become-worlds-highest-earning-footballer-if-he-passes-medical-with-Anzhi-Makhachkala.html|title=Samuel Eto'o to become world's highest earning footballer if he passes medical with Anzhi Makhachkala|date=24 August 2011|work=The Telegraph|access-date=24 August 2011|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825100951/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/serie-a/8719501/Samuel-Etoo-to-become-worlds-highest-earning-footballer-if-he-passes-medical-with-Anzhi-Makhachkala.html|archive-date=25 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/aug/23/samuel-etoo-internazionale-anzhi-makhachkala|title=Samuel Eto'o in £21.8m move from Internazionale to Anzhi Makhachkala|date=23 August 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 August 2011|location=London|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110824110541/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2011/aug/23/samuel-etoo-internazionale-anzhi-makhachkala|archive-date=24 August 2011}}</ref> Eto'o made his debut for Anzhi on 27 August 2011 against [[FC Rostov|Rostov]] when he came on as a substitute with 30 minutes left in the game, later scoring an equalizer in the 80th minute from a cross by [[Yuri Zhirkov]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=NashFootball2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jiSEX0xdJI|title=1st Eto'o goal for Anzhi video|date=27 August 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409085858/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jiSEX0xdJI|archive-date=9 April 2016}}</ref> Eto'o scored the opening goal in a 5–3 defeat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/scores/_/league/rus.1/russian-premier-league?cc=5901|title=Russian Premier League Scores & Fixtures - ESPN FC - ESPN FC|work=go.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518155646/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/scores/_/league/rus.1/russian-premier-league?cc=5901|archive-date=18 May 2011}}</ref> at home to [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=315072&league=RUS.1&cc=5901|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714060818/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=315072&league=RUS.1&cc=5901|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2012|title=Anzhi Makhachkala vs. CSKA Moscow - Football Match Summary - October 23, 2011 - ESPN|website=ESPN.com|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> leaving his side four points above [[FC Krasnodar|Krasnodar]] with only two games left for qualification to the [[2011–12 Russian Premier League#Championship group|Championship Group]].

At the end of the [[2012–13 Russian Premier League]], Eto'o made it to the Top 33 players of the Season list as the #1 Right Striker.<ref name="news.sport-express.ru">{{cite web|url=http://news.sport-express.ru/2013-06-11/592830/|title=В списке 33-х лучших девять игроков ЦСКА|work=sport-express.ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614185144/http://news.sport-express.ru/2013-06-11/592830/|archive-date=14 June 2013}}</ref> Anzhi's billionaire owner [[Suleyman Kerimov]] shocked the Russian football world by deciding in August 2013 to scale down the club's ambitions and drastically shrink its budget.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-07/russian-billionaire-to-cut-anzhi-s-funding-as-player-exodus-seen#xj4y7vzkg|title=Russian Billionaire to Cut Anzhi's Funding as Player Exodus Seen|publisher=Bloomberg|date=7 August 2013|access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref> As a result, almost all of the star players, previously signed in a bid to make the club world-beaters, were available on the transfer market.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/anzhi-russia-etoo-willian-carlos-27279366|title=Anzhi's rise and fall from Samuel Eto'o and Willian to relegation and dissolution|publisher=The Mirror|date=21 June 2012|access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>