Players · Updated 2026-10-19
Who is the youngest goalscorer in AFCON history?
Short answer
Moussa Camara (Guinea) is the youngest goalscorer in Africa Cup of Nations history among players with a recorded birth date, scoring aged -19 years and 98 days on 09 March 1980.
The numbers
| # | Player | Team | Age | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moussa Camara | Guinea | -19 y 98 d | 1980-03-09 |
| 2 | Siyoum Tesfaye | Ethiopia | -13 y 364 d | 1976-02-29 |
| 3 | Koh Traoré | Burkina Faso | 12 y 157 d | 2002-01-30 |
| 4 | Shiva N'Zigou | Gabon | 16 y 95 d | 2000-01-23 |
| 5 | Mohamed Kallon | Sierra Leone | 16 y 105 d | 1996-01-15 |
| 6 | Romeo Kambou | Burkina Faso | 17 y 98 d | 1998-02-15 |
| 7 | Alassane Ouédraogo | Burkina Faso | 17 y 177 d | 1998-02-27 |
| 8 | Youssouf Falikou Fofana | Ivory Coast | 17 y 226 d | 1984-03-04 |
| 9 | Ademola Adeshina | Nigeria | 17 y 280 d | 1982-03-07 |
| 10 | Ibrahim Mbaye | Senegal | 17 y 349 d | 2026-01-03 |
| 11 | Julius Aghahowa | Nigeria | 17 y 360 d | 2000-02-03 |
| 12 | François N'Doumbé | Cameroon | 18 y 33 d | 1972-02-28 |
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