African Nations: Leading scorers

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Leading scorers at previous African Nations Cup finals:

1957 (Sudan) - Ad El Diba (Egypt) 5

1959 (Egypt) - Mahmoud Al Gohari (Egypt) 3

1962 (Ethiopia) - Mohamed Al Badawi (Egypt) and Worku Mengistu (Ethiopia) 3

1963 (Ghana) - Ahmed Al Chazli (Egypt) 6

1965 (Tunisia) - Abbrey Osei Kofi (Ghana) and Eustace Mangli (Ivory Coast) 3

1968 (Ethiopia) - Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast) 6

1970 (Sudan) - Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast) 8

1972 (Cameroon) - Salif Keita (Mali) 5

1974 (Egypt) - Mulamba Ndaye (Zaire) 9

1976 (Ethiopia) - William Njo Lea (Guinea) 4

1978 (Ghana) - Phillip Omondi (Uganda) 4

1980 (Nigeria) - Segun Odegbami (Nigeria) 3

1982 (Libya) - George Al Hassan (Ghana) 4

1984 (Ivory Coast) - Taher Abou Zeid (Egypt) 4

1986 (Egypt) - Roger Milla (Cameroon), Abdoulaye Traore (Ivory Coast) 4

1988 (Morocco) - Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria), Roger Milla (Cameroon), Gamal Abdelhamid (Egypt) and Abdoulaye Traore (Ivory Coast) 4

1990 (Algeria) - Djamel Menad (Algeria) 4

1992 (Senegal) - Rachidi Yekini (Nigeria) 4

1994 (Tunisia) - Rachidi Yekini (Nigeria) 5

1996 (South Africa) - Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia) 5

1998 (Burkina Faso) - Hossam Hassan (Egypt) and Benni McCarthy (South Africa) 7

2000 (Ghana and Nigeria) - Shaun Bartlett (South Africa) 5

2002 (Mali) - Patrick Mboma, Salomon Olembe (both Cameroon) and Julius Aghahowa (Nigeria) 3

2004 (Tunisia) - Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Frederic Kanoute (Mali), Austin Okocha (Nigeria), Youssef Mokhtari (Morocco) and Francileudo dos Santos (Tunisia) 4

2006 (Egypt) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) 5

2008 (Ghana) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) 5

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