The assault was filmed by a journalist from the La Opinion site in Los Angeles.
We see Samuel Eto'o losing his nerves by kicking a supporter violently in the chest, throwing him to the ground.
The scene took place Monday evening, after the round of 16 World Cup between Brazil and South Korea (4-1).
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Leaving stadium 974, the former FC Barcelona and Inter Milan striker poses with many people, smiling broadly.
Before getting annoyed with a man who was filming him with a camera.
Samuel Eto'o then speaks to him vehemently before being restrained by several people around him.
While someone close to the Cameroonian star takes the camera away from him, Eto'o rushes towards him and kicks him violently in the chest.
Before being evacuated from the premises by his entourage.
"
I didn't understand what they were saying
," said Ricardo López Juárez, journalist for La Opinión in Los Angeles and witness to the episode, in an interview with El Larguero.
I heard Eto'o exchanging words with the fan in an angry tone.
He started chasing him uncontrollably.
The fan took the camera and that's where Eto'o makes the mistake.
Instead of leaving, he kicks.
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