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African Players in the First Professional Football League

165 players all-time · 8 now · 19 clubs

Playing in the First Professional Football League now (8)

PlayerNationClubPosition
Olivier Verdon BeninPFC Ludogorets 1945Defender
Antoine Conte GuineaBotev PlovdivCentre-back
Bilal Bari MoroccoPFC Levski SofiaForward
Antoine Baroan Ivory CoastPFC Ludogorets 1945Forward
Ludovic Soares Cape VerdePFC Slavia SofiaFull-back
Bradley Mazikou CongoPFC CSKA SofiaDefender
Sibiry Keita MaliPFC Slavia SofiaMidfielder
Isaac Solet Ivory CoastPFC Slavia SofiaDefensive midfielder

Where they come from

ZimbabweZambiaYemenUzbekistanUnited Arab EmiratesUgandaTurkmenistanTurkeyTunisia: 10 playersTogoTanzaniaSyriaeSwatiniS. SudanSudanSpainSouth Africa: 6 playersSomaliaSierra LeoneSeychellesSenegal: 9 playersSaudi ArabiaSão Tomé and PrincipeRwandaQatarPortugalPakistanOmanNigeria: 22 playersNigerNamibiaMozambiqueMorocco: 10 playersW. SaharaMauritiusMauritaniaMaltaMali: 9 playersMalawiMadagascarLibyaLiberiaLesothoLebanonKuwaitKenyaJordanItalyIsraelPalestineIraqIranGuinea-Bissau: 6 playersGuinea: 3 playersGreeceGhana: 12 playersGambiaGabonFranceEthiopiaEritreaEq. GuineaEgyptDjiboutiCyprusCôte d'Ivoire: 10 playersDem. Rep. Congo: 15 playersCongo: 9 playersComorosChadCentral African Rep.Cabo Verde: 10 playersCameroon: 13 playersBurundiBurkina FasoBotswanaBenin: 4 playersBahrainAngolaAlgeria: 3 playersAfghanistan
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By nationality

NationAll-timeNow
Nigerian players in the First Professional Football League220
DR Congo players in the First Professional Football League150
Cameroonian players in the First Professional Football League130
Ghanaian players in the First Professional Football League120
Moroccan players in the First Professional Football League101
Ivorian players in the First Professional Football League102
Cape Verdean players in the First Professional Football League101
Tunisian players in the First Professional Football League100
Malian players in the First Professional Football League91
Senegalese players in the First Professional Football League90
Congolese players in the First Professional Football League91
South African players in the First Professional Football League60
Bissau-Guinean players in the First Professional Football League60
Beninese players in the First Professional Football League41
Algerian players in the First Professional Football League30
Guinean players in the First Professional Football League31

Best-known African players in the First Professional Football League

Raïs M'Bolhi Raïs M'BolhiAlgeria · Al-Ettifaq FC Garry Mendes Rodrigues Garry Mendes RodriguesCape Verde · b. 1990 G Garba LawalNigeria · b. 1974 J Justice ChristopherNigeria · b. 1981 Jody Lukoki Jody LukokiDR Congo · b. 1992 Liban Abdi Liban AbdiSomalia · b. 1988 Anicet Andrianantenaina Anicet AndrianantenainaMadagascar · b. 1990 Garra Dembélé Garra DembéléMali · b. 1986 Hamza Younés Hamza YounésTunisia · Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. Stephen Sunday Stephen SundayNigeria · b. 1988 Nader Ghandri Nader GhandriTunisia · Club Africain Toni Silva Toni SilvaGuinea-Bissau · FC Taraz Habib Bamogo Habib BamogoBurkina Faso · b. 1982 Hamed Namouchi Hamed NamouchiTunisia · b. 1984 Mehdi Bourabia Mehdi BourabiaMorocco · b. 1991 Tijani Belaïd Tijani BelaïdTunisia · b. 1987 Olivier Verdon Olivier VerdonBenin · PFC Ludogorets 1945 R Raoul LoéCameroon · b. 1989 H Hamed KonéIvory Coast · b. 1987 May Mahlangu May MahlanguSouth Africa · FC Ordabasy Taleb Tawatha Taleb TawathaSudan · Bnei Sakhnin F.C. M MacDonald MukansiSouth Africa · b. 1975 A Abderrahman KabousMorocco · b. 1983 E Elliot GrandinDR Congo · b. 1987