AFCON 2023 Top Goal Scorers- Golden Boot Prospective Winner (FULL LIST)
The CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023, popularly known as the AFCON 2023, began on January 13, 2024, with the final round on February 11.
Senegal is the reigning champions, defeating Egypt on penalties in the 2021 AFCON final. However, Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar holds the Golden Boot after scoring eight goals during the tournament.
Aboubakar famously scored Cameroon’s injury-time victory against Brazil in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 group stages. However, he was given a second yellow and a red card for taking off his shirt in celebration.
Sadio Mane will be looking to lead Senegal to victory again, but his former Liverpool teammate, Egypt’s Mo Salah, and Nigeria’s Napoli striker Victor Osimhen will have other plans.
As the knockout stage of AFCON 2023 begins to form, the Golden Boot, or the race for the most goals scored, is taking center stage following the tournament’s unexpected turn of events.
Initial debates and speculations about which players will compete for the highest goal scorer at AFCON 2023 have been nullified and thrown out the window as the tournament progresses, as critical players representing their countries have defied all odds and risen to the occasion of putting their country on the map and providing their team with an equal fighting chance to challenge for the continent’s most coveted title.
Who Is The AFCON 2023 Top Goal Scorer ?
Emilio Nsue Lopez, the captain of Equatorial Guinea, has the most goals in AFCON 2023, with five in three group-stage games.
This is uncommon, considering the 34-year-old plays as a defender for the third-tier Spanish team CF Intercity in Alicante.
Nsue is being deployed as a forward for Equatorial Guinea, and he has proven to be clinical and practical in that role, scoring his country’s first hattrick at AFCON in 16 years in a 4-2 thrashing of Guinea-Bissau, followed by a brace in a 2-0 victory over hosts Ivory Coast.
It remains to be seen whether his current form will continue until the round of 16 at AFCON 2023, but many are intrigued by the competition’s dynamics thus far.
See the full list of the AFCON 2023 top goal scorers
| 1. Emilio Nsue Lopez | Equatorial Guinea | 5 |
| 2. Baghdad Bounedjah | Algeria | 3 |
| 2. Mostafa Mohamed | Egypt | 3 |
| 4. Lamine Camara | Senegal | 2 |
| 4. Bertrand Traoré | Burkina Faso | 2 |
| 4. Mohammed Kudus | Ghana | 2 |
| 4. Jordan Ayew | Ghana | 2 |
| 4. Themba Zwane | South Africa | 2 |
| 4. Lassine Sinayoko | Mali | 2 |
| 4. Gelson Dala | Angola | 2 |
| 4. Mabululu | Angola | 2 |
| 12. Victor Osimhen | Nigeria | 1 |
| 12. Clesio Bauque | Mozambique | 1 |
| 12. Omar Marmoush | Egypt | 1 |
| 12. Garry Rodrigues | Cape Verde | 1 |
| 12. Seko Fofana | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| 12. Iban Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | 1 |
| 12. Jean-Philippe Krasso | Ivory Coast | 1 |
| 12. Jamiro Monteiro | Cape Verde | 1 |
| 12. Witi | Mozambique | 1 |
| 12. Mohamed Salah | Egypt | 1 |
| 12. Trézéguet | Egypt | 1 |
| 12. Achraf Hakimi | Morocco | 1 |
| 12. Frank Magri | Cameroon | 1 |
| 12. Pape Gueye | Senegal | 1 |
| 12. Mohamed Bayo | Guinea | 1 |
| 12. Alexander Djiku | Ghana | 1 |
| 12. Deon Hotto | Namibia | 1 |
| 12. Zé Turbo | Guinea-Bissau | 1 |
WHO DO YOU THINK WILL MAKE MAKE THE FINAL LEAD AMONG THE AFCON 2023 Top Goal Scorers?
