All-Time African Squad
Goalkeeper | Defender | Midfielder | Forward |
Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon) Bruce Grobbelar (Zimbabwe) | Hilario (Mozambique) Patrice Evra (Senegal) Lauren Bisane Etame (Cameroon) Mustapha Zitouni (Algeria) Marcel Desailly (Ghana) Noureddine Naybet (Morocco) Basile Boli (Ivory Coast) Kolo Toure (Ivory Coast) | Claude Makelele (Congo) Jean Tigana (Mali) Patrice Vieira (Senegal) Mario Coluna (Mozambique) Larbi Benbarek (Morocco) Osei Kofi (Ghana) Abedi Pele (Ghana) | George Weah (Liberia) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) Eusebio (Mozambique) Pierre Erick Aubameyang (Gabon) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) |
Manager : Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt)
Formation XI (4-3-1-2)
Explanation of Formation
The team strategy is a central defensive condense without wings. N'Kono is a first choice keeper. Desailly would direct the regularity of the defensive line. Boli is a main pillar of defenders as a stopper alongside Desailly. Zitouni played as right-back in his early career so he is selected in this position. Evra as a wing-back would run a long distance across functional line from defense to the wing area. Vieira is a main destroyer of the team. Tigana and Coluna are a partnership of central midfielders. Tigana is assigned as a box-to-box midfielder while Coluna is a defensive holding midfielder, allowing Benbarek to go attack independently. Weah and Eusebio would technically and dynamically run from deep-lying forward area to make scores.
Statistics By Nations
Mozambique: 3
Cameroon: 3
Ghana: 3
Ivory Coast: 3
Senegal: 2
Mali: 1
Algeria: 1
Congo: 1
Liberia: 1
Zimbabwe: 1
Mali: 1
Gabon: 1
Eras Greatest African Footballers
40s: Larbi Ben Barek (2nd Half)
50s: Matatau (1st Half), Mario Coluna (2nd Half)
60s: Eusebio
70s: Salif Keita (1st Half), Mamoud El Khatib (2nd Half)
80s: Jean Tigana (1st Half), Tarak Dhiab (2nd Half)
90s: Abedi Pele (1st Half), George Weah (2nd Half)
00s: Patrice Viiera (1st Half), Samuel Eto'o (2nd Half)
10s: Yaya Toure (1st Half), Mohammed Salah (2nd Half)
The Greatest African Footballers of All-Time
1. Eusebio (Mozambique)
2. George Weah (Liberia)
3. Mario Coluna (Mozambique)
4. Jean Tigana (Mali)
5. Larbi Benbarek (Morocco)
6. Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
7. Marcel Desailly (Ghana)
8. Patrice Vieira (Senegal)
9. Abedi Pele (Ghana)
10. Claude Makelele (Congo)
11. Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
12. Mikael Essien (Ghana)
13. Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
14. Pirerre Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
15. Mohammed Salah (Egypt)
16. Sadio Mane (Senegal)
17. Lucas Matateu (Mozambique)
18. Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon)
19. Lakhdal Belloumi (Algeria) )
20. Osei Kofi (Ghana)
21. Basile Boli (Ivory Coast)
22 Salif Keita (Mali)
23. Anthony Yeboah (Ghana)
24. Mohamed El Khatib (Egypt)
25. Rabah Madjer (Algeria)
26. Mustapha Zitouni (Algeria)
27. Rifaat El-Fanagili (Egypt)
28.Patrice Evra (Senegal)
29. Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia)
30. Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast)
31.Saleh Selim (Egypt)
32. Roger Milla (Cameroon)
33. Hilario (Mozambique)
34.Noureddine Naybet (Morocco)
35. George Finidi (Nigeria)
36. Emmanouel Adebayor (Togo)
37. Colo Toure (Ivory Coast)
38. Ahmed Faras (Morocco)
39. Abderrahman Majoub (Morocco)
40. Paul Bonga Bonga ( Congo)
41. Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria)
42.Tarak Dhiab (Tunisia)
43. Hacene Lalmas (Algeria)
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44. El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
45. Mohamed El Timoumi (Morocco)
46. Hassan Akesbi (Morocco)
47. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
48. Theophile Abega (Cameroon)
49. Ali Bencheikh (Algeria)
50. Rui Jordao (Angola)
Reserved List
Rachid Mekloufi (Algeria)
Mustapha Daleb (Algeria)
Nwanko Kanu (Nigeria)
Segun Odegbami (Nigeria)
Sulley Muntari (Ghana)
Ibrahim Youssef (Egypt)
Francois Omam Biyik (Cameroon)
Papa Camara (Guinea)
Federic Kanoute (Mali)
Abdul Razak (Ghana)
Hassan El-Shazly (Egypt)
Samuel Mbappe Leppe (Cameroon)
By Nations
Algeria: 6
Morocco: 6
Ghana: 5
Senegal: 5
Cameroon: 4
Mozambique: 4
Ivory Coast: 4
Egypt: 4
Nigeria: 2
Mali: 2
Zaire: 2
Angola: 1
Congo: 1
South Africa: 1
Gabon: 1
African Footballer of The Year
1950 Larbi Ben Barek
1951 Larbi Ben Barek
1952 Matateu
1953 Matateu
1954 Abderrahman Mahjoub
1955 Matateu
1956 Saleh Selim
1957 Mustapha Zitouni
1958 Pablo Bonga Bonga
1959 - 1962 Mario Coluna
1963--1968 Eusebio
1969 Salif Keita
1970 Lauren Pokou
1971 Salif Keita
1972 Tshimen Bwanga
1973 Eusebio
1974 Ndaye Mulamba
1975 Ahmed Faras
1976 Ahmed Faras
1977 Tarak Dhiab
1978 Abdul Razak
1979 Thomas N'Kono
1980 Segun Odegbami
1981 Jean Tigana
1982 Jean Tigana
1983 Mamoud El-Khatib
1984 Jean Tigana
1985 Mohammed Timoumi
1986 Jean Tigana
1987 Rabah Madjer
1988 Kalusha Bwalya
1989 Basile Boli
1990 Roger Milla
1991 Abedi Pele
1992 Abedi Pele
1993 Anthony Yeboah
1994 Marcel Desailly
1995 - 1997 George Weah
1998 Marcel Desailly
1999 Samuel Kuffour
2000 - 2003 Patrice Vieira
2004 Claude Makelele
2005 Samuel Eto'o
2006 Samuel Eto'o
2007 Mikael Essein
2008 Samuel Eto'o
2009 Didier Drogba
2010 Samuel Eto'o
2011 Samuel Eto'o
2012 Yaya Toure
2013 Yaya Toure
2014 Yaya Toure
2015 Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
2016 Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
2017 Mohammed Salah
2018 Mohammed Salah
2019 Sadio Mane
By Players
Eusebio: 7
Mario Coluna: 4
George Weah: 4
Samuel Eto'o: 4
Jean Tigana: 4
Matateu: 3
Salif Keita: 3
Patrice Vieira: 3
Yaya Toure: 3
By Nations
Mozambique: 14
Ghana: 8
Mali: 6
Morocco: 6
Cameroon: 6
Ivory Coast: 5
Senegal: 5
Zaire: 3
Egypt: 3
Congo: 1