Former Cameroon international Samuel Eto’o says he is honoured to become one of the ambassadors for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Eto joined the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) – the organisation responsible for delivering tournament infrastructure for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and its associated legacy programmes – as a global ambassador.

“It’s a great honour for me to be an ambassador for the SC and hope I am able to deliver what is expected of me,” said Eto’o, a four-time African player of the year.

“The World Cup is the biggest competition in football – there is nothing bigger – and for the players who have had the chance to play in the World Cup, there is nothing more beautiful.

Eto’o has won 15 major honours during his glittering career to date, a haul which includes three UEFA Champions League victories, four league titles across spells in Italy and Spain with Inter Milan and Barcelona, respectively, and one FIFA Club World Cup.

He joins Spain’s Xavi Hernández and sports broadcaster Mohammed Saadon Al Kuwari as official SC ambassadors.