Didier Drogba – Côte d’Ivoire

In 2015, Ivory Coast received the title only one yr after Didier Drogba stopped taking part in for the nationwide staff. He got here near successful the AFCON in his profession, shedding within the finals in 2006 and 2012.

Drogba was a shining participant in certainly one of Africa’s most enjoyable soccer groups. He’s Ivory Coast’s all-time main goalscorer, scoring 65 targets in 105 video games. Within the 2012 AFCON, he was the highest scorer and made it to the Staff of the Match, attaining this in 2006 and 2008 as properly.

Ivory Coast made three consecutive World Cup appearances, although they didn’t advance previous the group stage every time. Drogba nonetheless impressed the staff to dream, his influence on African soccer will at all times be remembered.

Ahmed Hassan – Egypt

As everybody is aware of, Egypt holds a particular place in AFCON historical past. They had been the primary staff to win the match and so they pulled off a tremendous feat by successful 3 times in a row in 2006, 2008 and 2010.

The important thing participant on this success was Ahmed Hassan who performed in eight AFCON tournaments for Egypt. Within the 2006 match, he was named captain and scored 4 targets in six matches, the second-highest particular person objective tally in that yr’s match.

He earned the title of the perfect participant within the 2006 and 2010 tournaments and has essentially the most AFCON titles in historical past, a document he shares together with his fellow countryman Essam El Hadary.

When he retired, Hassan had a powerful 184 worldwide caps, making him the fourth-highest on the planet and the best amongst African nations.

Siphiwe ‘Shabba’ Tshabalala – South Africa

Siphiwe generally known as Shabba Tshabalala is among the many star-studded listing of CAF Legends which are current on the ongoing TotatEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023.

He made historical past in African soccer by turning into the primary participant to attain a objective within the World Cup hosted on the continent. His objective was later nominated for the Puskas Award, an accolade offered by FIFA for the perfect objective of the yr.

He performed for South Africa within the AFCON match in 2006, 2008 and 2013. He additionally performed within the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

In October 2017, Tshabalala was chosen to play in two of South Africa’s World Cup qualifying matches towards Senegal. This marked his return to the nationwide staff after an absence since 2014.