2023 AFCON Qualifiers top goal-scorers

The AFCON qualifiers have been exciting and interesting, but the process for qualification to AFCON 2023 ended this weekend.

For the Super Eagles of Nigeria, the next focus is the World Cup qualifying matches.

The top dogs booked their places to the tournament in Ivory Coast.

AFCON 2023 will be played in January 2024, while some minnows made it through.

The tournament promises to be exciting, but let’s look at the players that made the AFCON qualifiers tick. Let’s look at the top scorers.

AFCON Qualifiers Top Scorers:

1. Victor Osimhen (Nigeria – 10)

Victor Osimhen is the top scorer in the AFCON qualifiers 2023. The Napoli and Super Eagles striker sits atop the scorers list with ten goals.

Going into the final group game against São Tomé and Príncipe, Osimhen had seven goals.

Osimhen scored his first qualifier goals in the 10-0 demolition of São Tomé and Principe on June 9 2022. Osimhen scored 45% of the Super Eagles goals that evening.

Osimhen got on the act when he opened scores for the Super Eagles with a ninth-minute lead off a Moses Simon cross.

The Serie A Capocannonieri got his second in the 48th minute. He followed it with two more goals in the 65th and 84th minute.

Osimhen scored three more goals in the 2-1 and 3-2 defeat of Sierra Leone.

In the first leg against Sierra Leone, he scored the winning goal and a 19th and 32nd-minute brace in the return leg.

Osimhen bagged a hat trick against São Tomé and Príncipe in a 6-0 demolition job.

2. Sadio Mané (Senegal – 5)
Sadio Mane strikes the ball for Senegal
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Like Osimhen, Sadio Mané scored in three AFCON qualifiers. The Senegalese and Al Nasr (Saudi Arabia) forward has five goals to put him second on the chart.

He opened his account with a hat trick in their opening group game against Benin Republic on June 4 2023.

The first goal came in the 12th minute via a penalty. Mane doubled his AFCON qualifiers tally in the 22nd minute before completing his hat trick in the 60th minute.

The former Bayern Munich and Liverpool striker got his other two goals against Rwanda in a 0-1 away win at the Stade Abdoulaye-Wade.

He also scored against Mozambique in their 5-1 win.

3. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia – 5)
Youssef Msakni looks to run forward for Tunisia
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Tunisia sailed through to AFCON 2023 with only one loss. The loss came at the hands of Equatorial Guinea. In that loss, Msakni was unavailable.

The Carthage Eagles have the prolific Youssef Msakni to thank, as he contributed five goals to the cause. Tunisia won four games, drew one and lost one to finish top of the table.

The Al Arabi (Qatar) striker scored a brace in their final group game against Botswana. The Carthage Eagles won 3-0.

He also scored a brace in the 4-0 home victory over Equatorial Guinea and one against Libya.

Louis Mafouta (Central African Rep. – 5)
Louis Mafouta in action
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Central African Republic failed to make it through the AFCON qualifiers. In their final game against Ghana, they needed a win to make it to Ivory Coast.

Despite Mafouta giving the away side the lead in the 25th minute, Ghana bounced back to knock them out.

Mafouta scored a brace each in Central African Republic’s 2-0 and 0-3 win over Madagascar.

The 29-year-old Amiens SC striker will be disappointed not to be part of the party in Ivory Coast.

4. Patson Daka (Zambia – 4)
Patson Daka in action for Zambia
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Leicester City forward Patson Daka has had solid AFCON qualifiers for Zambia. The striker scored two-thirds of Zambia’s goals as they qualified for AFCON 2023 in Ivory Coast.

Zambia finished top of Group H with 13 points (same as second-placed Ivory Coast).

Daka scored four goals in the AFCON qualifiers. Two of his goals came against Ivory Coast.

He scored one in the 90th minute of the 3-1 loss to the West African nation, with the other in the 3-0 win at home.

Daka also scored a brace against Lesotho in Zambia’s 2-0 win.

5. Peter Shalulile (South Africa – 4)
Bafana Bafana's Peter Shalulile
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Despite playing four games, Peter Shalulile proved to be a lethal striker. In a group that comprised Namibia and Cameroon, he led the Brave Warriors to pick five points from one win, two draws and a loss.

He scored in every AFCON qualifier match for Namibia.

The Mamelodi Sundowns striker got a goal each in the 3-2 loss to Burundi, the 2-1 win over Cameroon and the 1-1 draw at home and away to Burundi and Cameroon.

AFCON Qualifiers Top Scorers
Name Country Goals
Victor Osimhen Nigeria 10
Sadio Mané Senegal 5
Youssef Msakni Tunisia 5
Louis Mafouta Central African Rep. 5
Patson Daka Zambia 4
Peter Shalulile South Africa 4
Dango Ouattara Burkina Faso 4
Mohamed El Amine Amoura Algeria 3
Lyle Foster South Africa 3
Ibrahim Sangaré Ivory Coast 3
Jorginho Guinea Bissau 3
Aboubakar Kamara Mauritania 3
Peter Bentiu South Sudan 3
Mohammed Kudus Ghana 3
Zinho Gano Guinea Bissau 3
Toto Okello South Sudan 3

https://goalballlive.com/2023-afcon-qualifiers-top-goal-scorers/

The next AFCON would be quite interesting with the kind of good players Nigeria currently have.
Osimhen is a brilliant striker
King of "Nipples"

African GOAT

Osihmen. My man.

Ok

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sojisenai:
Osihmen. My man.

Honestly he is on fire.

robosky02:
2023 AFCON Qualifiers top goal-scorers



https://goalballlive.com/2023-afcon-qualifiers-top-goal-scorers/

Congrats to him, though they played rubbish that day sha

Osimhen, Allah, Allah, Allah!!!!

Osimhen scored for Napoli back then na so one of the Arabic commentators started shouting the above.

Truth be told, Osimhen is a good lonely striker, just like the way old Ronaldo of Brazil used to play as a striker

Victor!!!

Oshimen!!!

Q

If you are good, you are good.

Make he sha shine for AFCON.

Our GOAT

Oga boss.

I swear dude better pass halaand. imagine osibobo playing in man city and receiving all those passes halaand is receiving.

omo ologo to nsana!

Congratulations star boy

Hmm! At last Nigeria has a GOAT

Signs of things to happen for afcon …. Nigeria takes the cup osimhen highest goal scorer maybe more.

kokakola:
The next AFCON would be quite interesting with the kind of good players Nigeria currently have.
Osimhen is a brilliant striker
King of "Nipples"

King of Nipples

When I saw "Osimhen King of nipples" on Twitter after the Sao Tome game, I wan laff scatter.

Crowd shouting : VICTOR!

Crowd Respond : OSIMHEN!!

Football ⚽️ is a beautiful game mhen.

Come back EPL!!!

We've missed you!!!!

My African best...
Let us use media to back him up for
World best





Who who who stone me just now

Real Agba Baller

Congrat

Cos of Sao Tome And Principe.
That country mumu!
They brought area boys to play eagles.
Make some fans here no scream like say na Messi filled Argentina we beat o!
Nairaland 11 with Seun oju rogodo and Racoon as goal keeper ll beat Sao Tome. It's for Seun to ranju no the opponents and they ll freeze! Nigeria ll just stroll in to score.

Naso we beat Tahiti 6-1 in 2013 wey pipu dey make mouth! Have they forgotten that Tahiti na Fishermen United?
I hate it when Nigerian fans jubilate small wins. As far as am concerned, if we can't win next AFCON, Poseiro abi na Potato should be arrested. He must cough out all the salary earned!

Man of the moment

MR. STRIKING FORCE


OSIMHEN!!

Osimhen is going to turn out as one of the Greatest Ever Striker in a World. Energetic, Prolific and Determined. Nigeria is lucky to have him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI1zlPy2PY0?si=kPvkZAezPOHfA5X8

Aboguede:
This two mugus up here
Wetin una dey rush come do here?


Anyways,

Apart from the fact that wike is ugly the quantity of hard drugs that this man takes is beyond measure

Why's Wike your focal point?

But this Osimhen good shaaa.

Let's be clear, without him, napoli is going nowhere.

If that guy go Bayern or city, wahala go dey o.

Dude sabi bully opponents collect ball.