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African Players in the Cypriot First Division

247 players all-time · 5 now · 15 clubs

Playing in the Cypriot First Division now (5)

PlayerNationClubPosition
Edgar Salli CameroonOlympiakos Nicosia FCWing half
Serge Gakpé TogoApollon Limassol FCMidfielder
Moustapha Name SenegalPafos FCMidfielder
José Gomes Guinea-BissauEthnikos Achna FCForward
Isaac Nortey GhanaEnosis Neon Paralimni FCMidfielder

Where they come from

Zimbabwe: 6 playersZambia: 4 playersYemenUzbekistanUnited Arab EmiratesUgandaTurkmenistanTurkeyTunisia: 2 playersTogo: 3 playersTanzaniaSyriaeSwatiniS. SudanSudanSpainSouth Africa: 9 playersSomaliaSierra Leone: 7 playersSeychellesSenegal: 18 playersSaudi ArabiaSão Tomé and PrincipeRwanda: 3 playersQatarPortugalPakistanOmanNigeria: 38 playersNigerNamibiaMozambique: 5 playersMorocco: 13 playersW. SaharaMauritiusMauritania: 3 playersMaltaMali: 7 playersMalawiMadagascarLibyaLiberia: 3 playersLesothoLebanonKuwaitKenyaJordanItalyIsraelPalestineIraqIranGuinea-Bissau: 9 playersGuinea: 3 playersGreeceGhana: 22 playersGambia: 4 playersGabonFranceEthiopiaEritreaEq. Guinea: 3 playersEgypt: 3 playersDjiboutiCyprusCôte d'Ivoire: 13 playersDem. Rep. Congo: 6 playersCongo: 3 playersComorosChadCentral African Rep.Cabo Verde: 19 playersCameroon: 13 playersBurundiBurkina FasoBotswanaBenin: 3 playersBahrainAngola: 13 playersAlgeria: 7 playersAfghanistan
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By nationality

NationAll-timeNow
Nigerian players in the Cypriot First Division380
Ghanaian players in the Cypriot First Division221
Cape Verdean players in the Cypriot First Division190
Senegalese players in the Cypriot First Division181
Ivorian players in the Cypriot First Division130
Cameroonian players in the Cypriot First Division131
Angolan players in the Cypriot First Division130
Moroccan players in the Cypriot First Division130
South African players in the Cypriot First Division90
Bissau-Guinean players in the Cypriot First Division91
Malian players in the Cypriot First Division70
Sierra Leonean players in the Cypriot First Division70
Algerian players in the Cypriot First Division70
Zimbabwean players in the Cypriot First Division60
DR Congo players in the Cypriot First Division60
Mozambican players in the Cypriot First Division50
Gambian players in the Cypriot First Division40
Zambian players in the Cypriot First Division40
Egyptian players in the Cypriot First Division30
Guinean players in the Cypriot First Division30
Congolese players in the Cypriot First Division30
Liberian players in the Cypriot First Division30
Togolese players in the Cypriot First Division31
Mauritanian players in the Cypriot First Division30
Rwandan players in the Cypriot First Division30
Beninese players in the Cypriot First Division30
Equatoguinean players in the Cypriot First Division30
Tunisia20

Best-known African players in the Cypriot First Division

Vozinha VozinhaCape Verde · Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo M Michael ObikuNigeria · b. 1968 Moussa Wagué Moussa WaguéSenegal · AF Elbasani Romaric RomaricIvory Coast · b. 1983 Sani Kaita Sani KaitaNigeria · b. 1986 Saido Berahino Saido BerahinoBurundi · Rajasthan United FC Francis Uzoho Francis UzohoNigeria · b. 1998 Youssef El-Arabi Youssef El-ArabiMorocco · G.S. Marko Thapelo Maseko Thapelo MasekoSouth Africa · b. 2003 Lomana LuaLua Lomana LuaLuaDR Congo · b. 1980 Mutiu Adepoju Mutiu AdepojuNigeria · b. 1970 Rafik Djebbour Rafik DjebbourAlgeria · b. 1984 Junior Agogo Junior AgogoGhana · b. 1979 Fabrice Olinga Fabrice OlingaCameroon · b. 1996 Hamer Bouazza Hamer BouazzaAlgeria · b. 1985 Karim Hafez Karim HafezEgypt · b. 1996 E Edgar SalliCameroon · Olympiakos Nicosia FC E Emmanuel PappoeGhana · b. 1981 Serge Gakpé Serge GakpéTogo · Apollon Limassol FC E Eric EjioforNigeria · b. 1979 Jean-Paul Abalo Jean-Paul AbaloTogo · b. 1975 N Nasief MorrisSouth Africa · b. 1981 R Ryan MmaeeMorocco · Stoke City F.C. Selim Benachour Selim BenachourTunisia · b. 1981