Youngest Goalscorers in AFCON History
The youngest players to score at an Africa Cup of Nations, with exact age on the day.
| # | Player | Team | Age | Date | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moussa Camara | Guinea | -19 y 98 d | 1980-03-09 | Guinea 1–1 Morocco |
| 2 | Siyoum Tesfaye | Ethiopia | -13 y 364 d | 1976-02-29 | Ethiopia 2–0 Uganda |
| 3 | Koh Traoré | Burkina Faso | 12 y 157 d | 2002-01-30 | Burkina Faso 1–2 Ghana |
| 4 | Shiva N'Zigou | Gabon | 16 y 95 d | 2000-01-23 | South Africa 3–1 Gabon |
| 5 | Mohamed Kallon | Sierra Leone | 16 y 105 d | 1996-01-15 | Sierra Leone 2–1 Burkina Faso |
| 6 | Romeo Kambou | Burkina Faso | 17 y 98 d | 1998-02-15 | Burkina Faso 1–0 Guinea |
| 7 | Alassane Ouédraogo | Burkina Faso | 17 y 177 d | 1998-02-27 | Burkina Faso 4–4 DR Congo |
| 8 | Youssouf Falikou Fofana | Ivory Coast | 17 y 226 d | 1984-03-04 | Ivory Coast 3–0 Togo |
| 9 | Ademola Adeshina | Nigeria | 17 y 280 d | 1982-03-07 | Ethiopia 0–3 Nigeria |
| 10 | Ibrahim Mbaye | Senegal | 17 y 349 d | 2026-01-03 | Senegal 3–1 Sudan |
| 11 | Julius Aghahowa | Nigeria | 17 y 360 d | 2000-02-03 | Nigeria 2–0 Morocco |
| 12 | François N'Doumbé | Cameroon | 18 y 33 d | 1972-02-28 | Cameroon 1–1 Mali |
| 13 | Tchiressoua Guel | Ivory Coast | 18 y 95 d | 1994-03-27 | Ivory Coast 4–0 Sierra Leone |
| 14 | Mamadou Diallo | Senegal | 18 y 202 d | 1990-03-06 | Cameroon 0–2 Senegal |
| 15 | Mikel John Obi | Nigeria | 18 y 285 d | 2006-01-27 | Nigeria 2–0 Zimbabwe |
| 16 | Mohamed Kader | Togo | 18 y 315 d | 1998-02-12 | Ghana 1–2 Togo |
| 17 | Victor Obinna | Nigeria | 18 y 321 d | 2006-02-04 | Nigeria 1–1 Tunisia |
| 18 | Pierre Womé | Cameroon | 18 y 327 d | 1998-02-11 | Cameroon 2–2 Guinea |
| 19 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | 18 y 328 d | 2000-01-28 | Cameroon 3–0 Ivory Coast |
| 20 | Mido | Egypt | 18 y 347 d | 2002-01-31 | Egypt 2–1 Zambia |
| 21 | Dennis Oliech | Kenya | 19 y 4 d | 2004-02-02 | Burkina Faso 0–3 Kenya |
| 22 | Mohamed Sissoko | Mali | 19 y 8 d | 2004-01-26 | Kenya 1–3 Mali |
| 23 | Abdoulaye Traoré | Ivory Coast | 19 y 19 d | 1986-03-07 | Ivory Coast 3–0 Mozambique |
| 24 | Ali Zitouni | Tunisia | 19 y 36 d | 2000-02-12 | South Africa 2–2 Tunisia |
| 25 | Souleymane Camara | Senegal | 19 y 40 d | 2002-01-26 | Senegal 1–0 Zambia |
| 26 | Iban Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | 19 y 50 d | 2015-01-25 | Equatorial Guinea 2–0 Gabon |
| 27 | Yan Diomande | Ivory Coast | 19 y 58 d | 2026-01-06 | Ivory Coast 3–0 Burkina Faso |
| 28 | Eustache Manglé | Ivory Coast | 19 y 60 d | 1965-11-14 | DR Congo 0–3 Ivory Coast |
| 29 | Farouk Miya | Uganda | 19 y 65 d | 2017-01-25 | Uganda 1–1 Mali |
| 30 | Yakubu | Nigeria | 19 y 84 d | 2002-02-09 | Mali 0–1 Nigeria |
Data updated 2026-10-19. Goal records rely on our match-by-match database; see methodology.