Samuel Eto'o faces legal action after 'ignoring ruling' he is father of 22-year-old woman

Retired footballer Samuel Eto'o faces fresh legal action after being declared the biological father of a 22-year-old woman in Madrid.

The former striker has never acknowledged that he is the dad of Erika Do Rosario Nieves and did not attend the court proceedings, which came to a conclusion in February, to prove this as fact.

The young woman's mother, Adileusa, began the lawsuit in 2018 by providing biological evidence that supported her testimony that Erika was the daughter of the former striker, with Eto'o subsequently being named as the legal father.

The court ruled this year that Eto'o now must pay an allowance to the young woman totalling €1,400 per month and dated back to the moment that the lawsuit was filed, yet the mother has now given an interview in La Vanguardia to allege that the former player has yet to give any money.

Adileusa 'Dee Dee' do Rosario, originally from the Cape Verde Islands, explained: "It's all for my daughter, to whom he has never given anything. He has not given the girl anything since the day she was born. Absolutely nothing, not even with a judicial decision. She has grown up without her father and she feels so sorry because she hasn't even given her the chance to meet him."

Adileusa is said to have met Eto'o at a nightclub in Madrid in 1997 – when the Cameroonian was playing for Leganes, who were based near the Spanish capital. Eto'o spent the 1997/98 season on loan at Leganes from Real Madrid – netting four goals in 30 appearances – before briefly breaking into the first-team squad of Los Blancos.

The lawsuit, filed in 2018, claimed that Eto'o "told her that he would act responsibly with respect to the common child, although he preferred that she did not give birth to the child."