The former Cameroonian international Samuel Eto’o has become the new president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot) after the highly anticipated vote that took place this Saturday at the Hotel Mont Fébé in Yaoundé.

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The outgoing President Seidou Mbombo Njoya came second with 31 votes while Samuel Eto’o won with 43 votes. The other candidates did not get any votes.

This vote took place less than a month ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations which Cameroon will host from 9 January to 6 February.

The former Barcelona and Inter player defeated Seidou Mbombo Njoya who was elected in 2018. But his election was contested by several actors of Cameroonian soccer, and canceled in mid-January by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The 40-year-old former striker had announced his intention to run for the post on September 22, saying it was time to “launch the reconstruction of Cameroonian soccer“. The former captain of the Indomitable Lions said that the ousted president of Fecafoot had “failed miserably“.