One Africa Football Network

🗣️ Yakubu: "Salah is not world class in my opinion. He is not good with the ball and majority of his goals are lucky goals."

"Greatest African players in Premier League are Okocha, Drogba, Kanu, Yaya Toure, Adebayor and Sadio Mane"
(by Talksport)

By 2032 🇬🇭 Ghana will celebrate 50 years anniversary of winning their last AFCON tittle in 1982 which is 42 years in 2024, according to latest FIFA rankings, it is predicted that Ghana will win their next AFCON in 2082.

Nigeria has the most medals at the AFCON with 16. This includes 3 Gold medals, 5 Silver medals and 8 Bronze medals.

🍿 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬'𝗦 𝗔𝗙𝗖𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟:

⏰ 9pm:
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria 🇳🇬

Who is winning the trophy?

Nigeria is Africa's most successful footballing nation with 58 trophies, 29 Silver medals and 27 Bronze medals in Men's and Women's Football.

Nigeria have 1 Olympic Gold, 5 FIFA U-17 World Cups, 3 AFCON, 11 WAFCON, 2 U-17 AFCON, 7 U-20 AFCON, 1 U-23 AFCON, 5 U-17 WAFCON, 7 U-20 WAFCON, 1 Afro-Asian Cup, 1 African Games Gold, 1 WAFU Cup, 1 Inter Continental Cup, 1 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup, 2 CEDEAO Cups, 1 Unity World Cup, 1 Catalonia International Trophy, 2 Women's African Games Gold, 1 Turkish Women's Cup, 1 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup, 1 Nelson Mandela Challenge, 1 Niger Tournament and 1 Women's U-20 African Games Gold.

Nigeria are the first country in the world to win an Olympic Gold medal, Silver medal and Bronze medal in Football.

Nigeria's Flying Eagles were Runners-up at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 1989 and 2005.

Nigeria's Flying Eaglets were Runners-up at the FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup in 2010 and 2014.

For the 7th consecutive edition, the outgoing winner of the CAN does not reach the quarter-final stage. 😰

2012: Egypt 🇪🇬 Not qualified ❌

2013: Zambia 🇿🇲 Eliminated in groups ❌

2015: Nigeria 🇳🇬 Not qualified ❌

2017: Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 Eliminated in groups ❌

2019: Cameroon 🇨🇲 Eliminated in the round of 16 ❌

2021: Algeria 🇩🇿 Eliminated in groups ❌

2023: Senegal 🇸🇳 Eliminated in the round of 16 ❌

Amir Abdou qualified Comoros 🇰🇲 for their first-ever AFCON in 2021 and won against Ghana in his last game to secure the qualification.

Today, he gave Mauritania 🇲🇷 their first-ever win at AFCON, and he won his last game against Algeria and qualified.

Never talks
Never brags
Never makes bad fouls
Never argues with opponents
Never argues with referees
Never noticed

Kreppin Diatta just plays football.
Kreppin Diatta is the engine of the Senegalese team
Kreppin Diatta is an underrated baller.

- 1994 AFCON: Nigeria win the tournament after beating Ivory Coast in the semifinals 🏆
- 2013 AFCON: Nigeria win the tournament after beating Ivory Coast in the quarterfinals 🏆
- 2023 AFCON: Nigeria beats Ivory Coast in the group stage 👀

Good omen for the Super Eagles? 🇳🇬 🦅

FT: Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 2-0 🇬🇼 Guinea Bissau

SOUTHERN AFRICA 🤑

Highest Paid Player (Men)
- Patson Daka 🇿🇲

Highest Paid Player (Women)
- Barbra Banda 🇿🇲

Most Expensive Squad (Men)
- Zambia

Most Expensive Squad (Women)
- Zambia 🇿🇲

Most Expensive Footballer (Men)
- Patson Daka 🇿🇲

Most Expensive Footballer (Women)
- Tembi Kgatlana 🇿🇦 about to be dethroned by Rachael Kundananji 🇿🇲

Most Valuable Player (Men)
- Patson Daka 🇿🇲

Most Valuable Player (Women)
- Rachael Kundananji 🇿🇲

South Africa and Zambia battle for Supremacy Continues

🇳🇬🧤 | Vincent Enyeama Was The First African & Third Goalkeeper To Ever Score In A UEFA Champions League Game.

Vincent Enyeama Is The Only Goalkeeper To Ever Score In The CAF Champions League And The UEFA Champions League.

Vincent Enyeama Is The Only African Goalkeeper To Ever Win The Best Player Of The Year Award In The Israeli Premier League.

Vincent Enyeama Is The Only Goalkeeper To Ever Receive The CAF Champions League Best Player Award In 2 Successive (Campaigns) Seasons.

Vincent Enyeama Is The Highest Goal Scoring African Goalkeeper Of All-time (24 Goals).

Vincent Enyeama Holds The Record For Most Clean Sheets In A Season In The France Ligue 1 With 21 Clean Sheets For LOSC Lille In 2013-14 League Season.

African's greatest Goalkeepers of all time 🇳🇬❤️

On this day, exactly one year ago, Morocco shocked the world when they beat Spain to qualify for the quarter-final of the World Cup. 🇲🇦🤩

Luis Enrique's side made more than 1000 passes during the 120 minutes of play, having 77% possession. 😳

Yassine Bounou saved 2 penalties out of 3, before Achraf Hakimi hit a panenka winning penalty. 🧤🦁

🇳🇬🚨 | History was made in the NPFL gameweek 11 fixture between Gombe United and Kano Pillars on Sunday, 3 December 2023.

17-year-old Kano Pillars winger Yusuf Abdullahi scored five goals as the Sai Masu Gida pummeled Gombe United 5-2.

Yusuf Abdullahi is now the youngest player in football history to score 5 goals in a single league game 🇳🇬

Via:

🇸🇳⚽️ Everton midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye (34) is completing his UEFA B Coaching licence!

This specific course focuses in on the demands of the game, how to meet the needs of players and understanding various roles and responsibilities within a team.

Morocco is set to construct the world's third largest stadium, 113,000 capacity Casablanca Stadium.

It will be used in the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Construction will begin in 2025 and end in 2028 at a cost of €500 million.

1996 Olympics Champions 🇳🇬

2000 Olympics Champions 🇨🇲

The only two African National Teams to conquer the World 🥇

🇿🇲🗓️ A year ago today, Enock Mwepu was forced into early football retirement after being diagnosed with a hereditary heart condition at the age of 24.

A hugely talented midfielder who is now applying his trade in coaching world for Brighton's academy. ⚽️💙

🇿🇲 |

Very Determined
Very Committed
And Patriotic

Special individual Inonge Kaloustian

AFRICAN FOOTBALL ⚽ ⚽

Nations with the most skillful Players in history
1. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Jay Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu

2. 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- Samuel Eto' and Roger Milla

3. 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Abedi Pele and Stephen Appiah

4. 🇸🇳 Senegal
- El Hadji Diouf and Sadio Mane

5. 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Mo Salah and Mo Aboutrika

6. 🇿🇲 Zambia
- Alex Chola and Kalusha Bwalya

7. 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
- Solomon Kalou and Gervinho

Nations with the most prolific Strikers in history
1. 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- Samuel Eto' and Roger Milla

2. 🇿🇲 Zambia
- Godfrey Chitalu and Bernard Chanda

3. 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
- Didier Drogba And Joel Tiehi

4. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Rashidi Yekini and Victor Osimhen

5. 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Tonny Yeboah and Asamoah Gyan

6. 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Hossam Hassan and Ahmed Hassan

Nations with the Best Defenders in history
1. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Taribo West and Joseph Yobo

2. 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Sammy Kuffor and John Mensah

3. 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- Geremi Njitap and Rigobert Song

4. 🇸🇳 Senegal
- Aliou Cisse and Kalidou Koulibaly

Nations with the best Goalkeepers in history
1. 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- Thomas Nkono and joseph Antoine-Bell

2. Egypt 🇪🇬
- Essam El Hadaray and Mohammad Elshanawy

3. Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Vincent Enyeama and Peter Rufai

Nations with the best Free Kick Takers in history
1. Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Jay Jay Okocha

2. Cameroon 🇨🇲
- Geremi Njitap

3. Zambia 🇿🇲
- Kalusha Bwalya

4. Algeria 🇩🇿
- Riyad Mahrez

FACTS ABOUT SOCCER

1. Football Started in Germany

2. Football Went to England and Left (The British have been waiting for it to come home)

3. Football was decorated in Brazil (Skill, Passion)

4. Football Passed through South Africa (It didn't stay long, up to now they don't know it well)

5. Football left Ghana in 1983 (Its History)

6. Football in Africa is in Nigeria

7. Football Loves Cameroon (Inseparable)

8. Football has never been to India (Doesn't wish to)

9. Football has a special place in Zambia

10. Football in France is African Connection (Bloodline)

Top 10 Most feared national Teams 2023

Men ⚽
1. Nigeria 🇳🇬
2. Morocco 🇲🇦
3. Senegal 🇸🇳
4. Egypt 🇪🇬
5. Algeria 🇩🇿
6. Tunisia 🇹🇳
7. Zambia 🇿🇲
8. Cameroon 🇨🇲
9. Mali 🇲🇱
10. Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

Women ⚽
1. Nigeria 🇳🇬
2. Zambia 🇿🇲
3. South Africa 🇿🇦
4. Morocco 🇲🇦
5. Senegal 🇸🇳
6. Equatorial Guinea
7. Ghana 🇬🇭
8. Egypt 🇪🇬
9. Botswana
10. Kenya 🇰🇪

The man who achieved one of the greatest feats in the history of African football in the World Cup. 🇲🇦❤️

Happy birthday to Walid Regragui, who turns 48 today. 🥳

🇬🇳💥 Serhou Guirassy (27) with an insane start to the season at Stuttgart! 6 games, 11 goals, 2 assists so far in all-comps.

Stuttgart coach Hoeneß: "We’re on a roll right now! Upfront we’ve got a striker in Serhou who’s putting everything away."

Bundesliga's top goalscorer! ✔️

🎙️ Journalist before the 2022 AFCON: “Would you prefer to stay at your club in January or play at the AFCON?”

🎙️ Sebastian Haller: "This question shows the lack of respect you have for Africa. Would you ask this question to a European player before a EUROs?

Of course I will play in the AFCON." 👊👏🇨🇮

THE BEST AFRICAN STRIKERS 26 YEARS AND BELOW

All European Professional Leagues and National Team Stats

1. 🇳🇬 Victor Osimhen's Club/Country Stats

🇩🇪 Wolfsburg
🏟️ 16 games

🇧🇪 RSC Charleroi:
🏟️ 36 Games
⚽ 20 Goals
🎯 4 Assists

🇨🇵 Lille:
🏟️ 38 Games
⚽ 18 goals
🎯 6 Assists

🇮🇹 Napoli:
🏟️ 103 Games
⚽ 62 Goals
🎯 14 Assists

🇳🇬 Nigeria:
🏟️ 27 Games
⚽ 20 Goals

🤝 Club - 193 Games ⚽ 100 Goals
🤝 Country - 27 Games ⚽ 20 Goals
🤝 Total - 220 Games ⚽ 120 Goals

2. 🇿🇲 Patson Daka's Club/Country Stats

Redbul Salzburg :
🏟️ 125 Games
⚽ 68 goals
🎯 27 Assists

Leicester City :
🏟️ 65 Games
⚽ 15 Goals
🎯 8 Assists

Zambia:
🏟️ 36 Games
⚽ 14 Goals
🎯 5 Assists

🤝 Club - 190 Games ⚽ 83 Goals
🤝 Country - 36 Games ⚽ 14 Goals
🤝 Total - 227 Games ⚽ 97 Goals

At 15 years and 94 days old, Amara Diouf is the youngest player in Senegal's history to represent the senior national team.

He was born in June 2008. 🤯

🔝 The greatest African striker in history retired 4 years ago to the day:

🏆🏆🏆 Champions League
🏆🏆🏆 La Liga
🏆🏆 AFCON 🇨🇲
🏆🏆 Copa del Rey
🏆🏆 Italian Cup
🏆🏆 Spanish Super Cup
🏆 Club World Cup

Mr. Samuel Eto'o. 🫡

🚨🇬🇭 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | West Ham complete signing of Mohammed Kudus (23) from Ajax! €46m total package.

The English club also signed Edson Álvarez, Ward-Prowse & Mavropanos following the departure of Declan Rice. ⚒️

MOST DECORATED Nigerian Footballer of all time

🏆 UEFA Champions League
🏆 UEFA Cup
🏆 3X FA Cup
🥇 Olympic Gold Medal
🏆 2X English Premier League
🏆 3X Dutch Eredivisie
🏆 1X Nigerian Premier league
🏆 1X U17 World Cup
🏅 2X African Footballer of the Year