2025 Africa Cup Of Nations Qualification
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, the 35th edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. The qualification began with the preliminary round, which ran from 20 to 26 March 2024, and concluded with the group stage, which was played in September, October and November, all in 2024. A total of 24 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including automatically-qualified hosts Morocco. Entrants All CAF member associations entered the competition, except Eritrea and Seychelles, who were excluded from the qualifiers. The seeding was based on the FIFA World Ranking from 15 February 2024, with teams ranked 1st to 44th received a bye to the qualifying group stage, while the teams ranked 45th to 52nd had to participate in the preliminary round. The preliminary round draw was held on 20 February 2024, 14 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Brahim Díaz
Brahim Abdelkader Díaz (; born 3 August 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for La Liga club Real Madrid. Born in Spain, he plays for the Morocco national team. Early life Brahim was born in Spain to a Spanish mother and a Moroccan-Riffian father Sufiel Abdelkader Mohand. He grew up in Málaga, but moved to Manchester at age 16, as he was signed by Manchester City's youth academy. Club career Manchester City Brahim began his club career at his hometown club Málaga, before moving to Manchester City in 2015 as a 16-year-old for an initial £200,000 fee. On 21 September 2016, Díaz made his first-team debut for City, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute to replace Kelechi Iheanacho in an EFL Cup tie against Swansea City. Five days later, he signed his first professional contract with City, for three years. On 21 November 2017, Brahim made his Champions League debut against Feyenoord in a group stage match, coming on in inj ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Two-legged Tie
In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs, for example, if the scores of the two legs are: *First leg: Team-A 1-0 Team-B *Second leg: Team-B 3-3 Team-A Then the aggregate score will be Team-A 4–3 Team-B, meaning team A wins the tie. In some competitions, a tie is considered to be drawn if each team wins one leg, regardless of the aggregate score. Two-legged ties can be used in knockout cup competitions and playoffs. In North America, the equivalent term is ''home-and-away series'' or, if decided by aggregate, ''two-game total-goals series''. Use In association football, two-legged ties are used in the later stages of many international club tournaments, including the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores; in many domestic cup compe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Jean-Philippe Krasso
Jean-Philippe Nils Stephan Krasso (born 17 July 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris FC. Born in Germany, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team. Club career Early career Krasso moved to France in 2007 from Germany and starting playing football at IFR Châteauroux, before joining the academy of Lorient. He spent his early career with Lorient B, Schiltigheim, and Épinal in the Championnat National 2. Saint-Étienne Krasso signed a three-year professional contract with Saint-Étienne on 28 May 2020. On 24 July 2020, he made his professional debut with Saint-Étienne in a 1–0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020 Coupe de France Final. On 31 January 2021, he was loaned to Le Mans in the Championnat National, to progress his career. On 27 January 2022, Krasso was loaned to Ligue 2 side Ajaccio, and helped the club achieve promotion to Ligue 1. On 30 August 2022, Krasso scored four goals in Saint-Étienne's 5–0 home victory over ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Oumar Diakité
Oumar Diakité (born 20 December 2003) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a forward for club Reims and the Ivory Coast national team. Club career Diakité joined Red Bull Salzburg from ASEC Mimosas on 12 January 2022 and quickly sent on loan to Red Bull Salzburg's farm team, Liefering. He made his debut in a league match against SKN St. Pölten in 20 February. Diakité scored his first goal against SK Rapid Wien II in the league match on 3 April. On 21 June 2023, Diakité signed up for Ligue 1 club Stade de Reims on a five-year contract. International career Diakité was called up to the Ivory Coast for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in June 2022. He was removed from the squad on 6 June 2022, with a minor injury in training. He debuted in a 1–0 win over Lesotho on 9 September 2023. In December 2023, he was named in the 27-man squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Ivory Coast. During the quarter-final match against Mali, he scor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Ryan Mendes
Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça (born 8 January 1990) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Kocaelispor and the Cape Verde national team. He spent most of his club career in France with Le Havre and Lille, and in the UAE Pro League with Sharjah and Al-Nasr. He also had brief spells in England's Championship with Nottingham Forest, and the Turkish Süper Lig with Kayserispor and Fatih Karagümrük. Mendes made his senior international debut for Cape Verde in 2010, earning over 80 caps. He represented the nation at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, 2015, 2021 and 2023. Club career Le Havre Born in Mindelo, São Vicente, Mendes began his career with hometown club Batuque FC. In 2008 he was sold to Le Havre AC, with whom he played his first game in Ligue 1 on 13 May 2009 against AS Saint-Étienne, as a late substitute for Maxime Baca in a 4–2 home loss. He was monitored by Leicester City scout Steve Walsh, who instead signed teammate Riyad M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Vincent Aboubakar
Vincent Paté Aboubakar (born 22 January 1992) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Süper Lig club Hatayspor and captains the Cameroon national team. Aboubakar began his career at Coton Sport and moved to Europe in 2010, playing for Ligue 1 clubs Valenciennes and Lorient, totalling 109 appearances and 26 goals in France's top division. In 2015, he signed for Porto, where he played 125 games and scored 58 goals, winning a Primeira Liga title. He won the Turkish Süper Lig while on loan at Beşiktaş in 2017, and again in 2021. Aboubakar has earned over 110 caps for Cameroon since his international debut in May 2010. He is currently the second-highest scorer in the history of the national team, behind only Samuel Eto'o. He was part of their squads for the 2010, 2014 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, as well as the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023. Aboubakar scored the winning goal in the final of the 2017 tournament, an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Kennedy Musonda
Kennedy Musonda (born 22 December 1994) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga Leumit club Hapoel Ramat Gan and the Zambia national team. He joined to Yanga in the small window from power Dynamo and wore jersey number 25, he played all remaining matches of the premier league and helped the club to defending their title and reach the club to the final of confederation cup and lose to Usma, Algeria-based club of away goal awarded.is the only player of Zambia to win two league titles in one season, with Power Dynamos of Zambia also with Young Africans Young Africans Sports Club (commonly referred to as Yanga) is a Tanzanian professional football club based at Jangwani ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club plays their home games at the 60,000-c ... in Tanzania. International :''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Musonda goal.'' References ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Trézéguet (Egyptian Footballer)
Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan (; born 1 October 1994), commonly known as Trézéguet (), is an Egyptian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left winger for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly SC , Al Ahly and the Egypt national football team, Egypt national team. His nickname is taken from the French former footballer David Trezeguet, after his former youth coach noticed similarities of playing style and appearance between the pair. He began his career with Al Ahly SC, Al Ahly, breaking into the first team at the age of 18 and helping them win the 2012 CAF Champions League and 2013 CAF Champions League. In 2015, he joined Belgian team RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht and the move was later made permanent. However, he struggled to establish himself in the first team and spent the following two seasons on loan, first with fellow Belgian side Royal Excel Mouscron, Mouscron and later Turkish side Kasımpaşa S.K., Kasımpaşa. With Kasımpaşa, he became the hig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Amine Gouiri
Amine Ferid Gouiri (; born 16 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker or left winger for Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team. Club career Lyon A player of Lyon starting in 2013, Gouiri signed his first professional contract with the club on 3 July 2017 for three years. An internationally renowned prospect, Gouiri made the bench for Lyon in a Ligue 1 match against Bordeaux on 10 September 2016 at the age of 16, and debuted for the Lyon B team at the age of 17. He made his first team debut on 19 November 2017 in a 0–0 home draw against Montpellier in Ligue 1. He entered the field after 73 minutes replacing Tanguy Ndombele. Nice On 1 July 2020, Gouiri joined fellow Ligue 1 side Nice on a four-year contract for a fee of €7 million. On 23 August 2020, he scored two goals in his first competitive match for Nice, in a 2–1 league home win over newly promoted Lens, becoming the club's youngest player in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Serhou Guirassy
Serhou Yadaly Guirassy (born 12 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Borussia Dortmund. Born in France, he plays for the Guinea national team. Early life Guirassy was born in Arles, France, to Guinean parents. Club career Guirassy started his career playing for Montargis, Amilly and Laval. Lille In July 2015, Guirassy joined Lille from Laval, signing a four-year contract. The transfer fee was reported to be around €1 million. 1. FC Köln Guirassy joined 1. FC Köln in July 2016, signing a five-year contract. Soon after arriving at Köln, he underwent meniscus surgery. Later in the first half of the 2016–17 season, muscular problems kept him out of action. He made his Bundesliga debut on matchday 26 on 1 April 2017, in a 2–1 defeat against Hamburger SV. Days later, he was again kept from playing by muscular issues. Towards the end of the season, Guirassy nursed an inflammation of the pubic bone joint. In his second season, he sco ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Away Goals Rule
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that has scored more goals " away from home" wins the tiebreaker. This is sometimes expressed by saying that away goals "count double" in the event of a tie, though in practice the team with more away goals is simply recorded as the victor, rather than having additional or 'double' goals added to their total. The away goals rule is most often invoked in two-leg fixtures, where the initial result is determined by the aggregate score — i.e. the scores of both games are added together. In many competitions, the away goals rule is the first tie-breaker in such cases, with a penalty shootout as the second tie-breaker if each team has scored the same number of away goals. Rules vary as to whether the away goals rule applies only to the end of no ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Goal Difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches are scored by goals (as in ice hockey and association football) or by points (as in rugby union and basketball). Goal difference is calculated as the number of goals scored in all league matches minus the number of goals conceded, and is sometimes known simply as plus–minus. Goal difference was first introduced as a tiebreaker in association football, at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and was adopted by the Football League in England five years later. It has since spread to many other competitions, where it is typically used as either the first or, after tying teams' head-to-head records, second tiebreaker. Goal difference is zero sum, in that a gain for one team (+1) is exactly balanced by the loss for their opponent (–1). Therefore, the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |