{"id":779173,"date":"2024-01-09T09:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T09:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/?p=779173"},"modified":"2024-01-09T09:38:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T09:38:29","slug":"roger-milla-samuel-etoo-drogba-the-top-5-african-goalscorers-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/africa\/roger-milla-samuel-etoo-drogba-the-top-5-african-goalscorers-of-all-time","title":{"rendered":"Roger Milla, Samuel Eto\u2019o, Drogba, the top 5 African goalscorers of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 34th African Cup of Nations kicks off on January 13. The top 5 African goalscorers of all time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After numerous rumors of postponement, Africa’s most prestigious soccer competition will now be held on schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the superstars of African football will be there. While we await the start of the competition, discover the top 5 African goalscorers of all time, concocted by the editorial staff of Afrique Sports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top 5 African goalscorers of all time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger Milla: 481 goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"the<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Roger Milla (born May 20, 1952 in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon) is a French-Cameroonian former footballer who played as a center-forward. Thanks to his extensive career, mainly spent in France, he has influenced a whole generation and is also nicknamed the “Old Lion”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Eto’o: 427 goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"the<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Eto’o Fils, real name Samuel Eto’o, born March 10, 1981, is a Cameroonian footballer from Nkong, Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon. During his career, he played as a striker. He has also held Spanish nationality since 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Godfrey Chitalu: 393 goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"the<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Godfrey Chitalu is a Zambian footballer and coach. He is considered the best Zambian player of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Didier Drogba: 362 goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"the<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Didier Drogba, born March 11, 1978 in Abidjan, C\u00f4te d’Ivoire, is an Ivorian international footballer who plays as a striker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hossam Hassan: 321 goals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"the<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Pos<\/th>Player<\/th>All-time African scorers<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1.<\/td>Roger Milla<\/td>481<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Samuel Eto\u2019o<\/td>427<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Godfrey Chitalu<\/td>393<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>Didier Drogba<\/td>362<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
5.<\/td>Hossam Hassan<\/td>321<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
The top 5 African goalscorers of all time<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 34th African Cup of Nations kicks off on January 13. The top 5 African goalscorers of all time After numerous rumors of postponement, Africa’s most prestigious soccer competition will now be held on schedule. All the superstars of African football will be there. While we await the start of the competition, discover the top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":779184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[210,74],"class_list":["post-779173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","tag-african","tag-goalscorers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/nouveau-format-pour-site-bi-32-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfmZoa-3gHj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":779185,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779173\/revisions\/779185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afriquesports.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}