Players from Top 5 European Leagues at AFCON 2013

Players from the top division leagues in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain playing for their country at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.


England

Congo DR
Youssouf Mulumbu (West Bromwich Albion)

Côte d'Ivoire
Arouna Koné (Wigan Athletic)
Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United)
Gervinho (Arsenal)
Abdul Razak (Manchester City)
Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
Kolo Touré (Manchester City)

Mali
Samba Diakité (Queens Park Rangers)
Modibo Maïga (West Ham United)

Morocco
Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa)
Oussama Assaidi (Liverpool)

Nigeria
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
Victor Moses (Chelsea)

Togo
Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur)

Zambia
Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton)

France

Algeria
Mehdi Mostefa (Ajaccio)
Ryad Boudebouz (Souchaux)
Carl Medjani (Ajaccio)
Foued Kadir (Marseille)
Faouzi Ghoulam (Saint-Etienne)

Burkina Faso
Germain Sanou (Saint-Etienne)
Bakary Koné (Lyon)
Charles Kaboré (Marseille)
Jonathan Pitroipa (Rennes)
Djakaridja Koné (Evian)
Alain Traoré (Lorient)

Cape Verde Islands
Ryan Mendes (Lille)

Congo DR
Cédric Mongongu (Evian)

Côte d'Ivoire
Ismaël Traoré (Brest)
Salomon Kalou (Lille)
Max Gradel (Saint-Etienne)
Siaka Tiéné (PSG)

Ghana
Jonathan Mensah (Evian)
Mohammed Rabiu (Evian)
John Boye (Rennes)

Mali
Fousseni Diawara (Ajaccio)
Sigamary Diarra (Ajaccio)
Mohmaed Sissoko (PSG)
Mohamed Kalilou Traoré (Sochaux)
Sambou Yatabaré (Bastia)
Cheick Fantamady Diarra (Rennes)
Cheick Diabaté (Bordeaux)

Morocco
Ahmed Kantari (Stade Brest)
Khamel Chafni (Stade Brest)
Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier)
Younes Belhanda (Montpellier)
Chahir Belhazouani (Ajaccio)

Togo
Floyd Ayité (Reims)
Kossi Agassa (Reims)
Jonathan Ayité (Brest)
Prince Segbefia (Auxerre)
Alaixys Romao (Lorient)
Kalen Damessi (Lille)

Tunisia
Aymen Abdennour (Toulouse)
Wahbi Khazri (Bastia)
Zouheir Dhaouadi (Evian)
Saber Khelifa (Evian)


Germany

Burkina Faso
Aristide Bancé (Augsburg)

Congo DR
Cédric Makiadi (Freiburg)

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


Italy

Algeria
Djamel Mesbah (AC Milan)

Ghana
Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus)
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese)

Morocco
Mehdi Benatia (Udinese)
Mounir El Hamdaoui (Fiorentina)

Nigeria
Ogenyi Onazi (Lazio)


Spain

Algeria
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (Real Sociedad)
Mehdi Lacen (Getafe)
Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)

Angola
Manucho Gonçalves (Real Valladolid)

Ghana
Anthony Annan (Osasuna)
Wakaso Mubarek (Espanyol)

Morocco
Abdelaziz Barrada (Getafe)

Nigeria
Nosa Igiebor (Real Betis)
Ikechuwu Uche (Villarreal)
Youssef El-Arabi (Granada)

32+ Year Old Players at AFCON 2013

36
Muteba Kidiaba (Congo DR: TP Mazembe)

35
Joseph Musonda (Zambia: Golden Arrows)

34

Asrat Megersa (Ethiopia: EEPCO)

Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire: Shanghai Shenhua)

Kossia Agassa (Togo: Reims)

Nando (Cape Verde Islands: Châteauroux)
Ronny (Cape Verde Islands: Fola Esch)

33

Abdoulaye Soulama (Burkina Faso: Asante Kotoko)

Boubacar Barry (Côte d'Ivoire: Lokoren)

Idrissa Laouali (Niger: ASFAN)

Seydou Keita (Mali: Dalian Aernin)

32
Adama Coulibaly (Mali: Auxerre)

Alhassane Issoufou (Niger: Widad Fez)

Ali Rial (Algeria: JS Kabylie)

Daré Nibombé (Togo: Boussu Dour)

Didier Zokora (Côte d'Ivoire: Trabzonspor)

Fousseni Diawara (Mali: Ajaccio)

James Chamanga (Zambia: Lioaning Whowin)

Joseph Yobo (Nigeria: Fenerbahçe)

Lomana LuaLua (Congo DR: Karabükspor)
Moumouni Dagano (Burkina Faso: Al-Sailiya)

Teenage Players at AFCON 2013

19 Years Old
Alula Girma (Ethiopia: Saint George)
Amadou Moutari (Niger: Le Mans B)
Emmanuel Mbola (Zambia: Porto)
Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria: ADO Den Haag)
Mukuka Mulenga (Zambia: Power Dynamos)
Neblú (Angola: 1º de Agosto)
Pecks (Cape Verde Islands: Gil Vicente)
Pirolito (Angola: InterClube)
Richmond Boakye (Ghana: Sassuolo)
Salif Coulibaly (Mali: Djoliba)

18 Years Old
Aly Yirango (Mali: Djoliba)
Budge Manzia (Congo DR: Shark XI)
Chancel Mbemba Mangulu (Congo DR: Anderlecht)
Mèmè Placca Fessou (Togo: OC Agaza)

Asian-based players at AFCON 2013

Players at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations that play for clubs in Asian leagues.


China
Seydou Keita (Mali: Dalian Aernin)
Isaac Chansa (Zambia: Henan Jianye)
Christopher Katongo (Zambia: Henan Jianye)
James Chamanga (Zambia: Lioaning Whowin)
Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire: Shanghai Shenhua)

Japan
Wilfried Sanou (Burkina Faso: Kyoto Sanga)

Kuwait
Ismaël Alassane (Niger: Al Sahel)
Chadi Hammami (Tunisia: Kuwait SC)
Issam Jemâa (Tunisia: Kuwait SC)

Qatar
Idrissa Coulibaly (Mali: Lekhwiya)
Dioko Kaluyituka (Congo DR: Al Kharaitiyat)
Moumouni Dagano (Burkina Faso: Al-Sailiya)
Youssef Msakni (Tunisia: Lekhwiya)

Saudi Arabia
Adil Hermach (Morocco: Al Hilal)
Yves Diba Ilunga (Congo DR: Al-Raed)

UAE
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana: Al-Ain)
Pan Pierre Koulibaly (Burkina Faso: Al-Dhaid)
Hugues-Wilfried Dah (Burkina Faso: Al-Dhaid)

Vietnam
Vincent Bossou (Togo: Becamex Binh Duong)

FIFA Rankings: African Cup of Nations 2000-2012

The African FIFA rankings* of the nations involved in the African Cup of Nations since 2000.

** Winner
* Finalist

2012 - Gabon/Equatorial Guinea
1 - Cote d'Ivoire*
2 - Ghana
5 - Senegal
10 - Tunisia
12 - Morocco
13 - Libya
14 - Burkina Faso
15 - Mali
16 - Zambia**
17 - Guinea
19 - Angola
20 - Gabon
21 - Botswana
22 - Niger
30 - Sudan
41 - Equatorial Guinea

2010 - Angola
1 - Egypt**
2 - Nigeria
3 - Cameroon
4 - Cote d'Ivoire
5 - Ghana*
6 - Algeria
7 - Gabon
8 - Burkina Faso
9 - Mali
10 - Tunisia
12 - Benin
13 - Togo
14 - Zambia
17 - Malawi
18 - Mozambique
19 - Angola

2008 - Ghana
1 - Nigeria
2 - Cameroon*
3 - Guinea
4 - Egypt**
5 - Cote d'Ivoire
6 - Morocco
7 - Senegal
8 - Ghana
9 - Tunisia
10 - Mali
11 - Zambia
13 - Angola
17 - South Africa
23 - Sudan
24 - Benin
34 - Namibia

2006 - Egypt
1 - Cameroon
2 - Nigeria
3 - Tunisia
4 - Senegal
5 - Egypt**
6 - Morocco
7 - Cote d'Ivoire*
8 - South Africa
9 - Ghana
10 - Zimbabwe
11 - Togo
12 - Zambia
14 - Angola
15 - Guinea
16 - Congo DR
18 - Libya

2004 - Tunisia
1 - Cameroon
2 - Egypt
3 - Senegal
4 - Nigeria
5 - South Africa
6 - Morocco*
7 - Tunisia**
8 - Zimbabwe
9 - Mali
10 - Congo DR
11 - Algeria
14 - Burkina Faso
15 - Kenya
21 - Guinea
25 - Rwanda
33 - Benin

2002 - Mali
1 - Tunisia
2 - South Africa
3 - Morocco
4 - Cameroon**
5 - Nigeria
6 - Egypt
7 - Cote d'Ivoire
9 - Ghana
10 - Zambia
12 - Senegal*
13 - Togo
14 - Liberia
15 - Algeria
16 - Congo DR
17 - Burkina Faso
22 - Mali

2000 - Ghana/Nigeria
1 - Morocco
2 - Tunisia
3 - South Africa
4 - Zambia
5 - Egypt
6 - Cote d'Ivoire
7 - Ghana
9 - Cameroon**
10 - Congo DR
13 - Gabon
14 - Burkina Faso
15 - Nigeria*
16 - Senegal
18 - Algeria
19 - Togo
21 - Congo


Overall FIFA Ranking of Winners
2012 - Zambia (71)
2010 - Egypt (10)
2008 - Egypt (35)
2006 - Egypt (32)
2004 - Tunisia (45)
2002 - Cameroon (37)
2000 - Cameroon (57)



* Rankings are from January of each AFCON year and are based only on the 52 teams in Africa