AFRICA All Stars

GOALKEEPERS:

Joseph-Antoine BELL
Thomas N'KONO
Bruce GROBBELAAR

DEFENDERS:

Mustapha ZITOUNI
Bwanga TSHIMEN
Emmanuel KUNDÉ
Ibrahim YOUSSEF
Stephen KESHI
Stephen TATAW
Uche OKECHUKWU
Hany RAMZY
Lucas RADEBE
Noureddine NAYBET
Rigobert SONG

MIDFIELDERS:

Mustapha DAHLEB
Théophile ABEGA
Tarak DHIAB
Lakhdar BELLOUMI
Mohammed TIMOUMI
Abedi PELE
Jay-Jay OKOCHA
Michael ESSIEN

FORWARDS:

Osei KOFI
Salif KEÏTA
Roger MILLA
Segun ODEGBAMI
Mahmmoud AL-KHATIB
Rabah MADJER
Rashidi YEKINI
George WEAH
Didier DROGBA
Samuel ETO'O


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RESERVES:


GOALKEEPERS:

Robert MENSAH
Badou ZAKI
Essam EL-HADARY

DEFENDERS:

Marcel SALVA
Rifaat EL-FANAGEELY
John ESHUN
Simon LEHOKO
Noureddine KOURICHI
Mahmoud GUENDOUZ
André KANA-BIYIK
Taribo WEST
Wael GOMAA
Samuel KUFFOUR
LAUREN
Hatem TRABELSI
Celestine BABAYARO
Kolo TOURÉ
Medhi BENATIA

MIDFIELDERS:

Saleh SELIM
Hacène LALMAS
Ibrahim SUNDAY
Ahmed HASSAN
Ali BENCHEIKH
Haruna ILERIKA
Tarik EL-TAIB
Patrick NTSOELENGOE
Aziz BOUDERBALA
Youssouf FOFANA
FINIDI George
Zoubeir BAYA
Mustapha HADJI
Sunday OLISEH
Stephen APPIAH
Yaya TOURÉ

FORWARDS:

Teslim BALOGUN
Chérif SOULEYMANE
Ahmed FARAS
Laurent POKOU
Hassan SHEHATA
Jules BOCANDÉ
Kalusha BWALYA
Salah ASSAD
Ahmed OUDJANI
Rachid MEKHLOUFI
Japhet N'DORAM
Tony YEBOAH
Hossam HASSAN
Patrick M'BOMA
Emmanuel AMUNIKE
Daniel AMOKACHI
Victor IKPEBA
Nwankwo KANU
Benni McCARTHY

I forgot about Adebayor. I guess I rate him on the same level as Kanu to be honest. Anyway, all your suggestions can be considered.

I don't see a single reason why an average striker like M'Boma should be selected ahead of Souleymane. Even if you don't choose him as striker (where he started his career before playing as AMF later in his career) he is an absolute must for this team since he was easily one of Africa's most dominant players in the 1970s, both at club and NT level. Yeboah also was also much better than M'Boma and George, no matter if the latter won UCL with Ajax, he certainly wasn't some sort of extraordinary player (similar to many of his team mates who lived from their speed and then saw their careers going downhill as fast as they ran before). Oudjani also should be in reserves.

I have the same thought about Finidi and Souleymane. That's why I had the latter as possible choice.
So, we can have Souleymane, Yeboah and Oudjani instead of M'Boma, Finidi and who else?

THIS looks much better than first post.

Benatia is def the weekest of all the defenders. I would put Kuffour over him. I also rate Babayaro higher than Taiwo but that's just my opinion.

Also, Édouard Mendy should be added to keepers.

I think a 3-2-3-2 starting XI would be more appropriate to open space for Salah. Something like:
GK Thomas N’KONO
DF Mustapha ZITOUNI
DF Kalidou KOULIBALY
DF Noureddine NAYBET / Stephen KESHI
DM Michael ESSIEN
DM Yaya TOURE
RW Mohamed SALAH
AM ABEDI PELÉ
LW Samuel ETO’O
FW George WEAH
FW Didier DROGBA

yaya toure, salah , mane , koulibaly should be in first team.
in my opinoin also aubameyang deserves to be in first team.

Shouldn't Ben Barek be at least in the reserves?

There is alot of stars are missed i think this topics must be update
if u need help i can help u

Africa has had way too many great or at least interesting players to fill a thread without including hundreds of names. Anyway, the first team suggested here by gurkenjoe93 is fine to me. The only changes that I'd make are:
Essam EL-HADARY <- Joseph-Antoine BELL
Samuel KUFFOUR <- Mehdi BENATIA

El-Hadary is, in my opinion, an automatic choice in the first squad considering his numbers, awards and the fact that he's a three-time African Cup of Nations winner as a starter.
Kuffour is often regarded as one of Africa's greatest defenders and his career at Bayern München was remarkable, although he wasn't always a first choice. Benatia's career though never impressed me. Sure, he had his physical problems. But still, I think he can be among the reserves.

Most names currently in the reserves are alright. I have some different names here and there. I considered many different awards, African Cup of Nations wins, overall careers, and I tried to include a few players from countries like Ethiopia, Gambia, Sudan, Zambia. It's not easy though. You can have certain names or replace them with others. Eventually, you'll always feel that the thread looks good and that it's missing some players at the same time.

Eto'o
G.Weah
Kal. Byalwa
Yaya Tourè
Oliseh
JayJay Okocha
Trabelsi
Ghoulam
R. Song
Naybet
El-Hadary

Bwalya is a valid choice. I considered him for the first team but I have no idea who he may replace.
No way Oliseh should be in the first team, let alone in the best XI. There are many African midfielders who had a more consistent career.
Ghoulam has been a solid left-back but his peak was way too short for a spot in the first team. I'm not sure I'd have him in the reserves either.
I've always considered Song as an overrated defender. Good player but no more than that. Zitouni, Koulibaly, Keshi, Kuffour, Radebe were all better than him, in my opinion.
Trabelsi could go in the first team, maybe instead of Lauren if we consider the NT careers. Trabelsi had a better one. But Lauren was a better player, often regarded as one of the greatest African right-backs.

I chose Kalusha Bwalya because he is a legend for his country, I'm glad you appreciate him. Oliseh was an important player in Nigeria's golden era (USA'94), when Italy won only thanks to Roberto Baggio. Sunday impressed me a lot. Ghoulam also impressed me a lot, when he played for Napoli with Sarri as coach, he was one of the best full-backs in Europe, unfortunately he had serious injuries.
I wanted to choose Lauren as right back, I was undecided between him and Trabelsi, but Trabelsi seemed to me to be a good defender in both the defensive and offensive phases.

I would argue Hakimi deserves the Right-back spot. I know he's still young but given his ability and how amazing he performed in the last World Cup (the best performance of any African nation in history) I would put him above Lauren and Trabelsi personally.

I agree. In fact, I pointed out in my second last post that the first team gurkenjoe93 suggested time ago is totally fine, and he included Hakimi.

Yes that team is near enough perfect and is basically the team I use in-game

Salah must be a starter IMO. He already fight for the title of greatest African footballer of all time.

Apart of that, I agree with Interista93 on everything he said except one thing: I don't rate El-Hadary higher than Bell. His numbers doesn't necessarily translates how good he was. In fact, I wouldn't rate him higher than Grobbelaar or Zaki either.