2012 Africa Cup of Nations: Players from Top 5 European Leagues

Players at the 2012 African Cup of Nations that play for clubs in the top leagues of England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain

ENGLAND

Cote d'Ivoire
Kolo Touré (Manchester City)
Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Salomon Kalou (Chelsea)
Gervinho (Arsenal)

Morocco
Adel Taarabt (QPR)
Marouane Chamakh (Arsenal)

Senegal
Demba Ba (Newcastle United)
Armand Traoré (QPR)
Mohamed Diame (Wigan Athletic)

FRANCE

Burkina Faso
Germain Sanou (Saint-Étienne)
Bakary Koné (Lyon)
Charles Kaboré (Marseille)
Jonathan Pitroipa (Rennes)
Alain Traoré (Auxerre)

Cote d'Ivoire
Daniel Yeboah (Dijon)
Siaka Tiéné (PSG)
Benjamin Angoua (Valenciennes)
Kafoumba Coulibaly (Nice)
Max Gradel (Saint-Étienne)

Gabon
Moïse Brou Apanga (Brest)
Bruno Ecuele Manga (Lorient)
Lloyd Palun (Nice)
André Biyogo Poko (Bordeaux)
Eric Mouloungui (Nice)
Pierre-Emerick Aubamey (Saint-Étienne)

Ghana
John Mensah (Lyon)
Jonathan Mensah (Evian)
John Boye (Rennes)
André Ayew (Marseille)
Jordan Ayew (Marseille)

Guinea
Abdoul Camara (Sochaux)

Mali
Drissa Diakité (Nice)
Mohamed Fofana (Toulouse)
Ousmane Coulibaly (Brest)
Abdou Traoré (Bordeaux)
Bakaye Traoré (Nancy)
Sidy Koné (Lyon)
Samba Diakité (Nancy)
Modibo Maiga (Sochaux)
Cheick Diabaté (Bordeaux)

Morocco
Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier)
Ahmed Kantar (Brest)
Younès Belhanda (Montpellier)
Youssouf Hadji (Rennes)

Niger
Olivier Harouna Bonnes (Lille)

Senegal
Rémi Gomis (Valenciennes)
Ludovic Sané (Bordeaux)
Souleymane Diawara (Marseille)
Kader Mangane (Rennes)
Moussa Sow (Lille)
Souleymane Camara (Montpellier)
Moustapha Bayal Sall (Saint-Étienne)
Omar Daf (Brest)
Cheikh M'Bengue (Toulouse)

Tunisia
Aymen Abdennour (Toulouse)
Jamel Saihi (Montpellier)
Issam Jemaa (Auxerre)
Saber Khelifa (Evian)

GERMANY

Angola
Nando Rafael (Augsburg)

Cote d'Ivoire
Arthur Boka (VfB Stuttgart)
Didier Konan Ya (Hannover 96)

Ghana
Issac Vorsah (Hoffenheim)

Guinea
Mamadou Bah (VfB Stuttgart)
Ibrahima Traoré (VfB Stuttgart)

Mali
Garra Dembélé (Freiburg)

Morocco
Mohamed Amsif (Augsburg)

Senegal
Papiss Cissé (Freiburg)

Tunisia
Karim Haggui (Hannover 96)
Ammar Jemal (FC Cologne)
Sami Allagui (Mainz 05)

ITALY

Ghana
Masahudu Alhassan (Genoa)
Sulley Muntari (Inter)
Kwadwo Asamoah (Udinese)
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese)

Morocco
Mehdi Benatia (Udinese)
Houssine Kharja (Fiorentina)


SPAIN

Senegal
Pape Diakhaté (Granada)

Guinea
Alhassane Bangoura (Rayo Vallecano)

Mali
Seydou Keita (Barcelona)

2012 Africa Cup of Nations: Nations of Player's Club Teams

Players from clubs all over the world are converging in Gabon/Equatorial Guinea for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. This list shows the nations where the ACN player's club teams are based.

GROUP A

Equatorial Guinea
10 - Spain
6 - Equatorial Guinea
2 - Oman
1 - Brazil
1 - Colombia
1 - DR Congo
1 - Portugal
1 - Free Agent

Libya
13 - Libya
5 - Tunisia
2 - Morocco
1 - Portugal
1 - Lebanon
1 - Serbia

Senegal
10 - France
4 - England
2 - Senegal
2 - Turkey
1 - Denmark
1 - Germany
1 - Qatar
1 - Spain
1 - USA

Zambia
8 - South Africa
6 - Zambia
4 - DR Congo
2 - China
1 - Russia
1 - Sudan
1 - Switzerland


GROUP B

Côte d'Ivoire
7 - England
6 - France
3 - Turkey
2 - Germany
2 - Russia
1 - Belgium
1 - Netherlands
1 - Qatar

Sudan
23 - Sudan

Burkina Faso
5 - France
2 - Belgium
2 - Moldova
2 - Poland
2 - Turkey
1 - Austria
1 - Burkina Faso
1 - Egypt
1 - Gabon
1 - Iran
1 - Malta
1 - Portugal
1 - Qatar
1 - Romania
1 - Russia

Angola
11 - Angola
2 - Belgium
2 - Cyprus
2 - Germany
2 - Portugal
1 - Free Agent
1 - Greece
1 - Kuwait
1 - Spain


GROUP C

Gabon
11 - Gabon
8 - France
1 - Belarus
1 - Hungary
1 - Spain
1 - Tunisia

Niger
7 - Niger
3 - Cameroon
2 - France
2 - South Africa
2 - Tunisia
1 - Algeria
1 - Belgium
1 - Cote d'Ivoire
1 - DR Congo
1 - Morocco
1 - Sweden
1 - Thailand

Morocco
4 - France
4 - Morocco
2 - Netherlands
2 - England
2 - Italy
2 - Russia
2 - Saudi Arabia
2 - Turkey
1 - Germany
1 - Qatar
1 - Scotland

Tunisia
11 - Tunisia
4 - France
3 - Germany
2 - Switzerland
2 - Turkey
1 - Russia


GROUP D

Ghana
5 - France
4 - Italy
3 - Germany
2 - Ghana
2 - Ukraine
1 - Belgium
1 - China
1 - England
1 - Netherlands
1 - Norway
1 - Turkey
1 - UAE

Botswana
16 - Botswana
6 - South Africa
1 - Free Agent

Mali
14 - France
2 - Mali
1 - Algeria
1 - Denmark
1 - Germany
1 - Greece
1 - Portugal
1 - Spain
1 - Tunisia

Guinea
4 - France
3 - Belgium
3 - Tunisia
2 - Germany
2 - Spain
2 - UAE
1 - Free Agent
1 - Guinea
1 - Mali
1 - Romania
1 - Saudi Arabia
1 - Switzerland
1 - Turkey



Overall

62 - France
24 - Sudan
23 - Tunisia

16 - Botswana, Spain, South Africa

15 - Germany
14 - England
13 - Turkey
13 - Libya
12 - Gabon
11 - Angola
10 - Belgium

7 - Morocco, Niger, Russia

6 - DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Italy, Portugal, Zambia

4 - Qatar, Netherlands, Switzerland

3 - Cameroon, China, Free Agent, Mali, Saudi Arabia, UAE

2 - Algeria, Cyprus, Denmark, Ghana, Greece, Moldova, Oman, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Ukraine

1 - Austria, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Brazil, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Guinea, Hungary, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malta, Norway, Scotland, Serbia, Sweden, Thailand, USA


26 - Europe
21 - Africa
9 - Asia
2 - South America
1 - North America

59 - Total