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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since there is no player from any African nations that made it, here's a few African footballers with the most international goals since 2000:

  1. Didier Drogba - 65 goals in 105 matches

  2. Samuel Eto'o - 56 goals in 118 matches

  3. Mohamed Salah - 55 goals in 94 matches

  4. Asamoah Gyan - 51 goals in 109 matches

  5. Islam Slimani - 44 goals in 96 matches

For Oceania (including Australia):

  1. Tim Cahill - 50 goals in 108 matches

  2. Roy Krishna - 35 goals in 49 matches

  3. Chris Wood - 34 goals in 73 matches

  4. Commins Menapi - 34 goals in 37 matches

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And Salah scored 4 just a couple of days ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It looks really hard to score in African international matches.

All the recent African Cup of Nations tournaments had 2 goals per game or fewer. Compared to the 2.7 average of the world cups.