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African Players in the Challenge League

159 players all-time · 4 now · 11 clubs

Playing in the Challenge League now (4)

PlayerNationClubPosition
Louis Mafouta Central African RepublicNeuchâtel Xamax FCSForward
Lakdar Boussaha AlgeriaÉtoile Carouge FCForward
Souleymane Diaby Ivory CoastFC WinterthurDefender
Ismaël Sidibé MaliNeuchâtel Xamax FCSCentre-back

Where they come from

Zimbabwe: 4 playersZambiaYemenUzbekistanUnited Arab EmiratesUgandaTurkmenistanTurkeyTunisia: 2 playersTogo: 4 playersTanzaniaSyriaeSwatiniS. SudanSudanSpainSouth AfricaSomaliaSierra LeoneSeychellesSenegal: 12 playersSaudi ArabiaSão Tomé and PrincipeRwandaQatarPortugalPakistanOmanNigeria: 21 playersNigerNamibiaMozambiqueMorocco: 13 playersW. SaharaMauritiusMauritaniaMaltaMali: 2 playersMalawiMadagascarLibyaLiberia: 4 playersLesothoLebanonKuwaitKenyaJordanItalyIsraelPalestineIraqIranGuinea-BissauGuinea: 3 playersGreeceGhana: 12 playersGambiaGabonFranceEthiopiaEritreaEq. GuineaEgypt: 6 playersDjiboutiCyprusCôte d'Ivoire: 11 playersDem. Rep. Congo: 14 playersCongo: 4 playersComorosChad: 2 playersCentral African Rep.Cabo VerdeCameroon: 17 playersBurundi: 2 playersBurkina FasoBotswanaBeninBahrainAngola: 3 playersAlgeria: 8 playersAfghanistan
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By nationality

NationAll-timeNow
Nigerian players in the Challenge League210
Cameroonian players in the Challenge League170
DR Congo players in the Challenge League140
Moroccan players in the Challenge League130
Senegalese players in the Challenge League120
Ghanaian players in the Challenge League120
Ivorian players in the Challenge League111
Algerian players in the Challenge League81
Egyptian players in the Challenge League60
Liberian players in the Challenge League40
Congolese players in the Challenge League40
Togolese players in the Challenge League40
Zimbabwean players in the Challenge League40
Angolan players in the Challenge League30
Guinean players in the Challenge League30
Chad20
Tunisia20
Mali21
Burundi20

Best-known African players in the Challenge League

Manuel Akanji Manuel AkanjiNigeria · Inter Milan Papa Bouba Diop Papa Bouba DiopSenegal · b. 1978 O Owusu BensonGhana · b. 1977 K Kalu UcheNigeria · b. 1982 Hossam Hassan Hossam HassanEgypt · b. 1966 Brown Ideye Brown IdeyeNigeria · b. 1988 H Henri CamaraSenegal · b. 1977 Steve Gohouri Steve GohouriIvory Coast · b. 1981 Timothée Atouba Timothée AtoubaCameroon · b. 1982 Charles Pickel Charles PickelDR Congo · RCD Espanyol de Barcelona Ismaël Gharbi Ismaël GharbiTunisia · S.C. Braga Samuel Oum Gouet Samuel Oum GouetCameroon · FC Politehnica Iași Chadrac Akolo Chadrac AkoloDR Congo · b. 1995 Hany Ramzy Hany RamzyEgypt · b. 1969 P Pape MalickSenegal · b. 1974 Titi Buengo Titi BuengoAngola · b. 1980 P Pierre NjankaCameroon · b. 1975 Umaru Bangura Umaru BanguraSierra Leone · b. 1987 Joseph N'Do Joseph N'DoCameroon · b. 1976 Yao Aziawonou Yao AziawonouTogo · b. 1979 Innocent Emeghara Innocent EmegharaNigeria · b. 1989 Alex Tachie-Mensah Alex Tachie-MensahGhana · b. 1977 Tarik Sektioui Tarik SektiouiMorocco · b. 1977 I Ibrahim HassanEgypt · b. 1966