Eto’o voted top star at Club World Cup

Inter Milan’s Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o was voted top player at the Club World Cup after Saturday’s 3-0 final win over African champions TP Mazembe in which the former Barcelona man scored.

Eto’o took the golden ball accolade after organisers FIFA made him their top man with the silver award going to Dioko Kaluyituka of beaten finalists Tout Puissant Mazembe of DR Congo – the first African side to make it to the trophy match.

Argentine Andres D’Alessandro of Brazil’s Inter de Porto Alegre was the bronze winner.

Eto’o was a treble winner with Inter last season after winning the Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup crowns – having already performed that feat a year earlier with former side Barcelona.

Last year’s accolade went to Barcelona’s Argentine star Lionel Messi while Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney was the 2008 winner.