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2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

qualification rounds for

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. 51 teams took part (only Comoros and

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

did not enter), competing for 5 World Cup places. The qualification was composed of two Rounds. 9 teams entered the competition directly on the Second Round: the 5 teams that qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals (

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

, and

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

) and the 4 highest-ranking teams in the June 25, 2003 FIFA world rankings (

Congo DR The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, Côte d'Ivoire,

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

, and

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

). The other 42 teams were paired 2-by-2 and played knock-out matches home-and-away. The 21 winners would advance to the Second Round. In the Second Round, the 30 teams were divided in 5 groups of 6 teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other in a home-and-away basis. The team with most points in each group would qualify to the World Cup. The competition also constituted the qualification competition for the

2006 African Nations Cup The 2006 Africa Cup of Nations was the 25th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa. It was hosted by Egypt. Just like in 2004, the field of sixteen teams was split into four groups of four. Egypt won ...

with the top three nations of each group qualifying (except for Egypt, which qualifies as the host nation, the fourth nation in Egypt's group qualifying in Egypt's place). The African qualifying zone saw 4 out of 5 finals places going to World Cup debutants (Angola, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana). Nigeria missed out on a fourth consecutive finals appearance while Cameroon did not reach their fifth consecutive finals. The African zone also featured a group of death — Group 3, which brought together Africa's most frequent World Cup qualifier Cameroon with the two eventual finalists of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations: Egypt and the Ivory Coast.

First round

Second round

Group 1

*Togo qualified for the

. *Togo, Senegal, and Zambia qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Group 2

*Ghana qualified for the

. *Ghana, Congo DR, and South Africa qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Group 3

*Côte d'Ivoire qualified for the

. *Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Libya qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations (Egypt qualified directly as hosts.)

Group 4

*Angola qualified for the

. *Angola, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Group 5

*Tunisia qualified for the

. *Tunisia, Morocco, and Guinea qualified for the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Qualified teams

The following five teams from CAF qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 506 goals scored in 190 matches, for an average of 2.66 goals per match. ;11 goals *

Emmanuel Adebayor Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (; born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Togolese Championnat National club Semassi. He previously played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Ho ...

;9 goals * Didier Drogba ;8 goals *

Obafemi Martins Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins (born 28 October 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is known for his speed on the ball. After leaving Nigeria for Italy at age 16, he has since played for a number of top-d ...

;7 goals *

Aruna Dindane Aruna Dindane (born 26 November 1980) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has 62 caps and 17 goals for the Ivory Coast since his debut in 2000, and has played at four Africa Cup of Nations and two FIFA Wor ...

* Henri Camara ;6 goals *

Mansour Boutabout Mansour Boutabout ( ar, منصور بوتابوت; born 20 September 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he spent most of his career there while representing the Algeria national team at internati ...

Akwá Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco (born 30 May 1977 in Benguela), commonly known as Akwá, is an Angolan former football player who played as a forward for the Angolan national team. From his international debut in 1995, Akwá represented Angola 78 ...

Pierre Webó Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo (born 20 January 1982), known as Webó, is a Cameroonian football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. He is the assistant manager of Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir. He spent eight y ...

Amr Zaki Amr Hassan Zaki ( ar, عمرو زكي; born 1 April 1983) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He has played for numerous different clubs in Egypt, Russia, England, Turkey and Kuwait. Zaki has made 63 appearan ...

* Sambégou Bangoura * Dennis Oliech ;5 goals * Tshepiso Molwantwa *

Dipsy Selolwane Diphetogo "Dipsy" Selolwane (born 27 January 1978) is a Botswana former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has also played as a striker in Major League Soccer. Club career Selolwane first played for Gaborone United in the ...

Moumouni Dagano Beli Moumouni Dagano (born 1 January 1981) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a striker. At international level, he represented the Burkina Faso national team. Club career Dagano began his career at Ivorian side Ste ...

* Cafú * Carlos Caló *

Haytham Tambal Haytham Tambal (born November 28, 1978 in Sudan) is a former Sudanese football striker. He is the all-time Sudan national football team top scorer. In 2008 in the Sudanese league he scored 21 goals in 20 games. He used to play rivals Al-Hilal (Om ...

Francileudo Santos Francileudo Silva dos Santos Lima ( ar, فرانسيلودو سيلفا دوس سانتوس ليما; born 20 March 1979) is a retired professional footballer who played as a forward. In club football, he had his greatest successes at Sochaux ...

Collins Mbesuma Collins Mbesuma (born 3 February 1984) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays for South African club Pretoria Callies. He is nicknamed ''The Hurricane'' or ''Ntofontofo''. Club career Mbesuma was born in Luanshya. His father, Franci ...

;4 goals *

Oumar Tchomogo Oumar Tchomogo (born 7 January 1978) is a Beninese footballer manager and former professional player who is assistant coach for Ligue 2 club Niort. Club career Born in Bohicon, Tchomogo began his career in 1996 with local club ASPAC FC. He move ...

Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation from 11 December 2021. In his prime, Eto'o was regarded by pundits as one of ...

Armel Disney Gaston Armel "Disney" Mamouma-Ossila (born January 7, 1980) is a retired Congolese football player. FIFA lists his name as Armel Mamouna-Ossila. Armel began his football career in his native Republic of the Congo with Étoile du Congo, before ...

Shabani Nonda Shabani Christophe Nonda (born 6 March 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Burundi, he represented the DR Congo national team, earning 36 caps and scoring 20 goals. He was selected for DR Congo's squad fo ...

* Stephen Appiah *

Asamoah Gyan Asamoah Gyan ( ; born 22 November 1985) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Legon Cities FC and is the former captain of the Ghanaian national team. Gyan began his career in 2003 with Ghanaian Premier Leag ...

Kaba Diawara Kaba Diawara (born 16 December 1975) is a football manager and former player who played as a striker. He has been head coach of the Guinea national football team since October 2021. Diawara played for French teams Sporting Toulon, Bordeaux, R ...

Ahmed al Masli Ahmed Faraj Hussein Al Masli ( ar, أحمد فرج حسين المصلي) (born March 4, 1979) was a Libyan international Association football, footballer. He was also a member of the Libya national football team, Libyan national team. Career B ...

* Soumaila Coulibaly *

Youssouf Hadji Youssouf Hadji ( ar, يوسف حجي; born 25 February 1980) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He notably had three spells for French side AS Nancy, also serving as the team captain, making 378 a ...

El Hadji Diouf El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (; born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Throughout his career, Diouf played as a winger or a forward. Having started his professional football career in France with Sochaux, Rennes ...

* José Clayton *

David Obua David Obua (born 10 April 1984) is a Ugandan football coach and former player. He is the assistant coach of Maroons FC in the Ugandan Premier League. During his playing career, Obua played for Police FC, Raleigh Capital Express, Wilmingto ...

* Shingayi Kaondera * Peter Ndlovu ;3 goals *

Nassim Akrour Nassim Akrour ( ar, نسيم أكرور; born July 10, 1974) is an Algerian footballer and coach who currently plays for Chambéry and coaches the youth team at Annecy, whom he represented as a player between 2016 and 2019. At international leve ...

* Abdelmalek Cherrad * Francis Oumar *

Mohamed Aboutrika Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika (Arabic language, Arabic: محمد محمد محمد أبوتريكة‎ (repeated three times); born 7 November 1978) is an Egyptian retired professional Association football, footballer who played as an Midfiel ...

* Abdel Halim Ali * Ahmed Hassan * Théodore Nzue Nguema *

Matthew Amoah Mathew Amoah (born 24 October 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. From 2002 to 2011 he represented the Ghana national team at international level, scoring 12 goals in 45 matches. Club career Vitesse an ...

* Michael Essien *

Pascal Feindouno Pascal Feindouno (born 27 February 1981) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a winger. In his prime, he was widely recognised as one of the best footballers to come out of Guinea. He scored 30 goals in 85 appearances betwe ...

Isaac Tondo Isaac Tondo (born May 2, 1981 in Monrovia) is a Liberian football striker. He currently plays for LPRC Oilers. Tondo is also a member of the Liberia national football team The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the ''Lone Stars' ...

* Nader Kara *

Ahmed Saad Osman Ahmed Saad Suleiman Osman (Arabic أحمد سعد عثمان; born 7 August 1979) is a retired Libyan professional football attacker who last played for Club Africain in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He also played for the Libya nationa ...

Noel Mkandawire Noel Mkandawire (25 December 1978 - 2017) is a Malawian football (soccer) player with Super ESCOM of the Malawi Premier Division. International career He has also frequently been capped for the Malawi national football team The Malawi natio ...

Marouane Chamakh Marouane Chamakh (; ar, مروان الشماخ; born 10 January 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "link-up play", "tall stature" and "excelle ...

* Talal El Karkouri * Jaouad Zairi * Dário * Abedi Saïd * Sibusiso Zuma *

Mohamed Kader Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré (born 8 April 1979) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career After starting out with Étoile Filante de Lomé, he left Togo for CA Bizertin (Tunisia) before landin ...

* Mamam Cherif Touré * Haykel Guemamdia * Harry Milanzi * Benjani Mwaruwari ;2 goals *

Flávio Flávio is a Portuguese language given name, equivalent of Latin Flavius, and Italian and Spanish Flavio. The Portuguese diminutive form is Flavinho. People * Flávio da Silva Amado (1979), better known as Flávio, Angolan footballer *Antônio Flá ...

* Mouritala Ogunbiyi * Nelson Gabolwelwe * Abdoulaye Cissé *

Yahia Kébé Yahia Kébé (born 11 July 1985) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Zawraa. Club career Kébé began his career in 1999 with US Torcy. He played with the club's youth squad before transferring to Blackburn R ...

Geremi Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso (born 20 December 1978), known simply as Geremi, is a Cameroonian former footballer. He was a versatile player able to play at right back, right midfield or defensive midfielder, known for his power, pace, combative ...

Rigobert Song Rigobert Song Bahanag (born 1 July 1976) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who is the manager of the Cameroon national team. Known for his defensive skills, Song usually played as a centre-back but could also operate at right-back ...

* Rudy Bhebey * Michel Bouanga *

Trésor Mputu Trésor Mputu Mabi (born 10 December 1985) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a midfielder or striker for TP Mazembe and the DR Congo national team. He has been described by former Cameroon and DR Congo coach Claude Le Roy as being "the ...

Tarek El-Said Tarek El-Said ( ar, طارق السعيد; born 5 April 1978) is a former Egyptian footballer. He was a left winger who played for Al-Ahly, Zamalek, and Anderlecht in the Belgian First Division. Career Tarek started as a youth player in Al-A ...

* Mido *

Emad Moteab Emad Mohamed Abdelnaby Ibrahim Moteab ( ar, عماد محمد عبد النبي إبراهيم متعب; born 20 February 1983) is an Egyptian semi-retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Career statistics International :Sourc ...

* Mohamed Shawky * Thierry Issiémou *

Stéphane N'Guéma Stéphane N'Guéma (born 20 November 1984) is a former Gabonese football player, who played as a winger. Club career Born in Gabon, N'Guéma made his senior debut for Rennes in the 2002–03 Ligue 1 season, after plying his trade for Rennes ...

* Nana Arhin Duah *

Isaac Boakye Isaac Boakye (born 26 November 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as striker for most of his career in Germany, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Nürnberg. In his native land, he featured for Goldf ...

Sulley Muntari Suleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari (born 27 August 1984) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in Italy, playing for clubs such as Udinese, Internazionale, and Milan. During his time w ...

* Ousmane Bangoura * Fodé Mansaré * John Barasa *

Tarik El Taib Tarek Al Taib ( ar, طارق التائب; born 28 February 1977) is a Libyan football midfielder. Club career Al-Taib began his career in Libya with Al Ahli Tripoli. In his first year, he played 26 matches and scored 11 goals, coming third ...

Emmanuel Chipatala Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also Romanization of Hebrew, romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that ...

Essau Kanyenda Essau Black-Mamba Kanyenda (born 27 September 1982) is a former Malawian international footballer who played as a striker. Career Kanyenda started his career in 1998 in Malawi's First Division for FC Welfare in Dwangwa. He was spotted by Jom ...

* Heston Munthali * Russel Mwafulirwa * Dramane Coulibaly *

Frédéric Kanouté Frédéric Oumar Kanouté (born 2 September 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for several top-tier clubs in Europe, enjoying his greatest success with La Liga side Sevilla. Kanouté was named the 2007 African Foo ...

Julius Aghahowa Julius Efosa Aghahowa (born 12 February 1982) is a Nigerian former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He was known for his pace and his back-flips when he scored goals. Aghahowa ...

Nwankwo Kanu Nwankwo Kanu (born 1 August 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Nigeria national team, and played for Nigerian team Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Dutch side Ajax, Inter Milan of Italy, ...

Yakubu Yakubu is an English transliteration of a West African name and is a cognate of Jacob and James. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name * Yakubu (born 1982 as Yakubu Ayegbeni), Nigerian footballer * Yakubu (Gobir ruler), historical ruler ...

* John Lomami *

Papa Bouba Diop Papa Bouba Diop (28 January 197829 November 2020) was a Senegalese professional footballer. His preferred position was defensive midfield but he could also play as a centre back, where he previously played at Lens. Diop was considered a strong ...

* Moussa N'Diaye *

Mbulelo Mabizela Mbulelo Oldjohn Mabizela (born 16 September 1980) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a defender and sometimes as a midfielder. Club career Early professional career Mabizela was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-N ...

Benni McCarthy Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy (born 12 November 1977) is a South African coach and former footballer who is a first-team coach at Manchester United. He previously worked as head coach of South African Premier Division team AmaZulu. A former f ...

Steven Pienaar Steven Jerome Pienaar (; born 17 March 1982) is a South African former professional footballer and current assistant coach of the U18 team of the Ajax Youth Academy. He was a captain of the South African national team. He primarily played as ...

Moustapha Salifou Moustapha Salifou (born 1 June 1983) is a Togolese former professional footballer who plays mostly as a midfielder for German Bayernliga club Türkspor Augsburg. He has represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He spent f ...

* Yao Junior Sènaya *

Adel Chedli Adel Ben-Bechir Chedli ( ar, عادل الشاذلي, born 16 September 1976) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he represented Tunisia national football team, Tunisia at interna ...

* Kaies Ghodhbane *

Karim Haggui Karim Haggui ( ar, كريم حقي; born 20 January 1984) is a Tunisian former footballer who played as a defender. His last club was FC St. Gallen. Club career Early career Born in Kasserine, Haggui started his career in 1998 with AS Kas ...

Geoffrey Sserunkuma Geoffrey Sserunkuma (born 7 June 1983) is a Uganda national football team, Ugandan international Association football, footballer who of recent played for Wakiso Giants FC and the Uganda national football team, Uganda national team (the "Cranes ...

* Gift Kampamba * Ignatius Lwipa * Nchimunya Mweetwa *

Mumamba Numba Mumamba Numba (born 21 March 1978) is a former Zambia International football midfielder who used to play for Zanaco FC. He had joined the team in 2001 from Konkola Blades. He is currently the head coach for ZESCO United F.C., having been appoint ...

;1 goal * Isâad Bourahli * Sofiane Daoud * Hamza Yacef *

Antar Yahia Antar Yahia ( ar, عنتر يحيى; born 21 March 1982) is a retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Yahia is a former French youth international having earned caps for both the under-16 and under-18 youth teams for a bri ...

Bruno Mauro Bruno Mauro Nunes da Silva (born 3 October 1973), more commonly known as Bruno Mauro or just Mauro, is a retired Angolan Association football, professional football player who played mainly as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. Mauro was a journeyman ...

* Paulo Figueiredo * Freddy *

Mantorras Pedro Manuel Torres (born 18 March 1982), known as Mantorras, is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a striker. His nickname derives from the fact that, as a child, he suffered slight accidental burns, being then known as "Mantorras" ...

* Rebelo Lopes *

Zé Kalanga Paulo Baptista Nsimba (born 12 October 1983), nicknamed Zé Kalanga, is an Angolan former footballer who played as a winger. Career Also known as Ricardo Eloy he began his career at Angolan club Petro Atletico in his hometown of Luanda. He mad ...

* Anicet Adjamossi *

Coffi Agbessi Coffi Edem Agbessi (born 5 December 1985) is a retired Beninese professional footballer who predominantly played as a midfielder and represented Benin national team on four occasions. Club career Earlier career Agbessi began his senior club ca ...

* Jocelyn Ahouéya * Rachad Chitou * Bachirou Osseni *

Stéphane Sessègnon Stéphane Sessègnon (born 1 June 1984) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays for Sirens F.C. in the Maltese Premier League. He is a Benin international, having represented the nation at the 2008, 2010 and 2019 editions of the Af ...

* Séïdath Tchomogo *

Mogogi Gabonamong Mogogi Gabonamong (born September 10, 1982) is a Motswana former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and defender for, among others, South African Premier Soccer League club Bloemfontein Celtic and Botswana. In 2011, Mogogi was t ...

Tshepo Motlhabankwe Tshepo Motlhabankwe (born 17 March 1980) is a former Motswana footballer who played for various Botswana Premier League teams such as Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Township Rollers as well as teams in the South African Premier Division. He is also a ...

Abdoul-Aziz Nikiema sadio mane kuzaliwa senegari club @simba senegar football midfielder who plays for the amateur French side TVEC Les Sables-d'Olonne. Career Nikiema began his career with Planète Champion Ouagadougou was in 2001 scouted from Bordeaux. He pla ...

* Saïdou Panandétiguiri * Florent Rouamba * Amadou Touré * Mamadou Zongo * Gabriel Nzeyimana * Roudolphe Douala * Guy Feutchine *

Bill Tchato Bill Jackson Tchato Mbiayi (born 14 May 1975) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Caen, Valence, Nice, Montpellier, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Qatar SC, Al-Khor and Strasbourg and Sapins. Tch ...

Janício Martins Janício de Jesus Gomes Martins (born 30 November 1979), known simply as Janício, is a Cape Verdean retired professional footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Born in Tarrafal, Janício started playing football for local Club Desp ...

* Jimmy Modeste *

Gervais Batota Gervais Batota (born 10 March 1982 in Brazzaville) is a French- Congolese footballer. He currently plays for FCM Târgoviște. In January 2011 he signed a -year contract with FUS de Rabat Fath Union Sport ( ar, اتحاد الفتح الر� ...

* Bertrand Bouity * Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien * Mbiamcie Mvoubi * Dikilu Bageta * Mbala Mbuta Biscotte * Ngasanya Ilongo * Djoko Kaluyituka *

Cyrille Kitambala Cyrille Mubiala Kitambala (born 7 July 1974) is a Congolese former footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the DR Congo squad for the 2004 African Cup of Nations, as well as for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations The 2006 Africa Cup ...

* Zola Matumona * Marcel Kimemba Mbayo * Kabamba Musasa * Kanga Akalé *

Bonaventure Kalou Bonaventure Kalou (born 12 January 1978) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He serves as elected mayor of Vavoua. Club career Born in Oumé, Kalou started playing for ASEC Mimosas in his home cou ...

Bakari Koné Bakari Koné (born 17 September 1981) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Early career Koné was born in Abidjan. Like many other Ivorian stars, he began his career at the famed youth academy at A ...

Gilles Yapi Yapo Gilles Donald Yapi Yapo (born 30 January 1982) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Abidjan, Yapi Yapo started his career at ASEC Mimosas and then moved to Europe with Beveren. He joined ...

* Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek * Mohamed Abdelwahab *

Hassan Mostafa Hassan Mostafa Hassan Abdel Rahman ( ar, حسن مصطفى; born November 20, 1979) is an Egyptian former association football, footballer. He played as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder for El Dakhleya and Egypt national f ...

* Sergio Barila * Teshome Getu *

Georges Akieremy Georges Akieremy Owondo (born 15 September 1983 in Gabon) is a retired Gabonese football striker. International career Akiremy is a member of the Gabon national football team. He scored a goal against Madagascar in an African Nations Cup qualif ...

Catilina Aubameyang Catilina Aubameyang (born 1 September 1983) is a Gabonese former professional footballer who played as a left-winger. He spent most of his career in the lower divisions of France and Italy. At international level, he made nine appearances scor ...

Etienne Bito'o Etienne-Panayotis Bito'o (born 5 January 1980 in Lambaréné) is a Gabonese footballer, who is currently playing for US O'Mbilia Nzami. Career In December 2007 he signed a 2-year contract with Georgian side Zestaponi. The offensive midfielder ...

* Etienne Alain Djissikadie *

Dieudonné Londo Dieudonné Londo (born 6 June 1976) is a former Gabon international football forward who played for clubs in Gabon, Morocco, Belgium, Greece and Cyprus. Career Born in Libreville, Londo began playing football for local side FC 105 Libreville. ...

* Shiva Nzigou * Abdou-Rahman Njie *

Edrissa Sonko Edrissa Sonko (born 23 March 1980) is a Gambian former professional football who played as a forward. Club career Sonko was born in Essau. His previous clubs are Steve Biko F.C., Real de Banjul, Anderlecht, Roda JC, Walsall, Tranmere Rovers ...

* Lawrence Adjei * Godwin Attram * Joetex Asamoah Frimpong *

Souleymane Youla Souleymane Youla (born 29 November 1981) is a Guinean football player. He has Turkish citizenship with the name Süleyman Yula. Career Club Youla's professional career started in Belgium in 1999, when Lokeren signed him to replace the departed ...

* Dionisio Fernandes * Edwin Mukenya * Mike Okoth Origi * Musa Otieno *

Moses Ramafole Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

* Alvin Kieh *

Zizi Roberts Kolubah "Zizi" Roberts (born 19 July 1979) is a Liberian former professional footballer. He began his professional career in 1996 at the age of 17 and played for teams in Liberia, the United States, Switzerland, Greece, and Italy. Club career I ...

* Arcadia Toe * Marei Al Ramly * Younes Al Shibani * Mohamed El Rabty *

Othman Ferjani Uthman ibn Affan ( ar, عثمان بن عفان, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; – 17 June 656), also spelled by Colloquial Arabic, Turkish and Persian rendering Osman, was a second cousin, son-in-law and notable companion of the Islamic prop ...

* Marei Suliman * Robert Edmond * J. Radonamahafalison * A. Rakotondramanana *

Patrick Mabedi Patrick Mabedi (born November 5, 1973 in Blantyre) is a retired Malawian footballer (soccer). His position is defender. He also played for the country's national team for a long time. He is nicknamed ''Bosti'' or ''General''. Career Under coach ...

Peter Mgangira Peter Mgangira (born 6 October 1980, in Lilongwe) is a Malawian footballer who currently plays for Blue Eagles FC. iN 2019 he was coaching at Silver Striker International career He plays for the Malawi national football team and is part of the ...

* Albert Mpinganjira *

Jimmy Zakazaka Jimmy Zakazaka (born 27 December 1984) is a Malawian football (soccer) player who has played at international level for Malawi. His position is striker. Clubs he has played for include Free State Stars and Bay United Bay United was a South A ...

* Abdoulaye Demba * Mamadou Diallo * Souleymane Diamoutene *

Mahamadou Diarra Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team. Club career OFI Crete Diarra started his professional career at Greek clu ...

Seydou Keita Seydou Keïta (; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder. Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four ...

* Djibril Sidibé *

Mohamed Sissoko Mohamed Lamine Sissoko (born 22 January 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in France, he could have elected to play for France internationally, but chose instead to play for the national side of ...

* Yohan Langlet * Ahmed Sidibe * Jerry Louis *

Cyril Mourgine Cyril Mourgine (born 14 March 1975) is a Mauritian former international footballer who played as a defender. He won 33 caps and scored 3 goals for the Mauritius national football team The Mauritius national football team (french: Équipe de M ...

* Richardo Nabuth * Mounir Diane * Houssine Kharja * Youssef Mokhtari * Youssef Safri * Paulus Shipanga *

Joseph Enakarhire Joseph Enakarhire (born 6 November 1982) is a Nigerian former professional footballer. He could play as either a right back or a central defender. Club career Born in Warri, Enakarhire impressed at a young age at Standard Liège before moving ...

* Christian Obodo *

Peter Odemwingie Peter Osaze Odemwingie (born 15 July 1981) is a retired Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward and winger. Odemwingie grew up in Uzbekistan and Russia and began his career with Bendel Insurance in the Nigeria Premier League. ...

* Jay-Jay Okocha *

John Utaka John Chukwudi Utaka (born 8 January 1982) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a striker and is currently a youth coach at Montpellier HSC. He is the older brother of fellow professional footballer Peter Utaka. Utaka has played for se ...

Joseph Yobo Joseph Michael Yobo (born 6 September 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He was the captain of the Nigerian national team until his international football retirement in June 2014, and was Nigeria's ...

* Ayila Yussuf * Joao Rafael Elias *

Jimmy Gatete Jimmy Gatete (born December 11, 1979, in Bujumbura) is a retired Rwandan footballer. Career Gatete has made several appearances for the Rwanda national football team. He scored crucial goals during the 2004 African Cup of Nations (CAN) qualific ...

* Olivier Karekezi *

Jimmy Mulisa Jimmy Mulisa (born 24 April 1984) is a former footballer from Rwanda who played as a striker. He was also head coach at FC Sunrise, APR FC and Rwanda's national team. Playing career Mulisa began his senior club career in India, with ITI Benga ...

Papa Dia Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father. Papa or PAPA may refer to: Geography and geology * Pápa, a town in Hungary * Papa village (Samoa), on the island of Savai'i *Papa, Scotland, various islands *Papa rock ...

Abdoulaye Faye Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye (born 26 February 1978), known as Abdoulaye Faye, is a Senegalese former footballer who played as a defender. Faye began his career playing for ASEC Ndiambour and Jeanne d'Arc in his native Senegal before moving to Frenc ...

* Lamine Diatta *

Khalilou Fadiga Khalilou Fadiga (born 30 December 1974) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also holds a Belgian passport. Club career Early career Fadiga moved to France when he was six years old. Fadiga began his ca ...

Babacar Gueye Babacar M'Baye Gueye (born 2 March 1986) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented the Senegal national team. Club career Born in Dakar, Gueye began his career with Gén� ...

Mamadou Niang Mamadou Hamidou Niang (born 13 October 1979) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations. He is t ...

* Robert Suzette * Ibrahim Koroma *

Shaun Bartlett Shaun Bartlett (born 31 October 1972) is a South African professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Cape Town Spurs. During his playing career, he played as a striker. Early life Born in Cape Town, Bartlett was ra ...

Delron Buckley Delron Sebastian Buckley (born 7 December 1977) is a South African former professional footballer. His preferred position was the left wing although he could also play as a striker. In September 2021, he was appointed Head Coach of the Universi ...

Quinton Fortune Quinton Fortune (born 21 May 1977) is a South African professional football coach and former player, who played as both a midfielder and a defender. His career began in Europe and after stints with Tottenham Hotspur, Mallorca and Atlético M ...

* Amar Ramadan * Faisal Agab * Mujahid Ahmed * Haitham Elrasheed *

Joseph-Désiré Job Joseph-Désiré Job (born 1 December 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-winger or attacking midfielder. Born in France, Job represented the Cameroon national team. After starting his career in France, Job moved to ...

* Siz Dlamini *

Adékambi Olufadé Adékambi Olufadé (born 7 January 1980 in Lomé) is a former Togolese football midfielder of Nigerian descent. He was a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany ...

Najeh Braham Najeh Braham (born 20 May 1977) is a Tunisian retired footballer and current manager. Club career Born in Bembla, Tunisia, Braham began his playing career with Tunisian side US Monastir. His first club in Germany was 1. SC Göttingen 05. In 2 ...

* Wisam El Abdy *

Ziad Jaziri Ziad Jaziri ( ar, زياد جزيري) (born 12 July 1978 in Tunis) is a Tunisian former Association footballer, football striker. He has 64 caps and 14 goals for the Tunisia national football team, national team, and was called up to the 2006 F ...

* Issam Jemâa *

Mehdi Nafti Mehdi Ben Sadok Nafti ( ar, مهدي النفطي; born 28 November 1978) is a Tunisian football manager and former player. Nafti played as a defensive midfielder for Toulouse, Racing Santander, Birmingham City, Aris, Valladolid, Murcia and C� ...

* Ali Zitouni * Assani Bajope *

Simon Masaba Simeon Masaba (born 23 March 1983) is a Ugandan footballer who plays for Ugandan Premier League club Uganda Revenue Authority SC as a defender. Club career He began his career with Police Jinja in the Ugandan Premier League, before moving to V ...

Hassan Mubiru Hassan Mubiru (born 16 December 1978 in Lukuli, Makindye division, Kampala district) is an Ugandan football striker who played for Express FC. Early life Born in Lukuli, a suburb of Kampala district in Makindye division, Hassan Mubiru is one of t ...

Ibrahim Sekagya Ibrahim Sekagya (born 19 December 1980) is a Ugandan former footballer who played as a centre back. He is currently the interim head coach for New York Red Bulls II of the USL Championship Club career Born in Kawempe Kampala, as a boy, Sekagy ...

Kalusha Bwalya Kalusha Bwalya (born 16 August 1963) is a Zambian former international footballer. He is Zambia's eighth-most capped player and third on the list of all-time top goalscorers behind Godfrey Chitalu and Alex Chola. Kalusha was named African Fo ...

* Linos Chalwe * Dadley Fichite *

Jacob Mulenga Jacob Mulenga (born 12 February 1984) is a Zambian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Mulenga started his footballing career at age 18 with hometown club Afrisport, before moving to Châteauroux in 2004. Five years later, ...

* Elijah Tana * George Mbwando * Adam Ndlovu *

Tinashe Nengomasha Tinashe Nengomasha (born 2 September 1982 in Harare) is a Zimbabwean former footballer who played primarily as a midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs and Bidvest Wits Bidvest Wits Football Club, (simply often known as Wits University F.C. or Wit ...

* Ashley Rambanapasi *

Kaitano Tembo Kaitano Tembo (born 22 July 1970) is a retired Zimbabwean football defender and a Former SuperSport United head coach. A Zimbabwean international, he played at the 1999, 2000 and 2003 COSAFA Cup and the 2004 African Cup of Nations The 2004 Afr ...

;1 own goal * Slimane Raho (playing against

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) * Rajabu Mwinyi (playing against

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) * Nélson Veiga (playing against

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) * René Nsi-Akoue (playing against

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Zvenyika Makonese Zvenyika Makonese (born 7 July 1977 in Chiredzi) is a Zimbabwean footballer. He joined Cape Town-based Santos in 2004 from Zimbabwean club Shabanie Mine. He plays as a defender and was selected for the 2006 African Cup of Nationsbr> It was re ...

(playing against Rwanda)

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