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Eto’o to buy house for homeless ex-captain

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Ex-Cameroon and Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o has said he will buy a house for former national team captain Norbert Owona, who is homeless and whose plight has been highlighted in a documentary.

Owona,67, played for Cameroon in the 1960s and 1970s.  He has been living rough on the streets of Douala - the city in which he once played for club Union Douala.

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