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No active African footballer has scored more AFCON goals than Ghanaian international Andre Ayew, with 10 Goals to his name.

The 2023 AFCON kicks off in less than a month’s time. The African football Jamboree will be hosting a lot of big names like Mohammed Salah, Sadio Mané, Andre Onana, Victor Osimhen, etc.

 

Today, we will be looking at the players who are still active and have scored the most AFCON goals in history.

 

Andre Ayew is the only active African footballer who has reached double figures with 10 goals, while Vincent Aboubakar closely follows him with 9 goals.

 

It’s worth noting that this list is made up of only players who haven’t retired from professional football yet, regardless of whether their nation qualified for the 2023 AFCON or not.

 

Here’s a rundown of the 15 active African footballers with the most AFCON goals:

 

15. Max Gradel (Ivory Coast)

Age: 36

Participations: 6

Appearances: 23

Goals: 4

 

•  Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia)

Age: 32

Participations: 5

Appearances: 20

Goals: 4

 

13. Alain Traore (Burkina Faso)

Age: 34

Participations: 4

Appearances: 14

Goals: 5

 

•  Odion Ighalo (Nigeria)

Age: 34

Participations: 1

Appearances: 7

Goals: 5

 

•  Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon)

Age: 31

Participations: 3

Appearances: 15

Goals: 5

 

•  Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast)

Age: 35

Participations: 5

Appearances: 19

Goals: 5

 

•  Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana)

Age: 33

Participations: 4

Appearances: 20

Goals: 5

 

8. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)

Age: 32

Participations: 4

Appearances: 17

Goals: 6

 

•  Gervinho (Ivory Coast)

Age: 36

Participations: 5

Appearances: 17

Goals: 6

 

•  Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

Age: 31

Participations: 3

Appearances: 17

Goals: 6

 

•  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)

Age: 34

Participations: 4

Appearances: 13

Goals: 6

 

4. Youssef Msakni

(Tunisia)

Age: 33

Participations: 7

Appearances: 26

Goals: 7

3. Sadio Mané (Senegal)

Age: 31

Participations: 4

Appearances: 18

Goals: 8

2. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon)

Age: 31

Participations: 3

Appearances: 15

Goals: 9

1. Andre Ayew (Ghana)

Age: 33

Participations: 7

Appearances: 33

Goals: 10

Overall, Samuel Eto’o holds the record for most goals scored in AFCON history with 18 Goals scored.