African All-Star Team of the Year 2022
The Foot Africa editorial staff proposes to introduce you to the epilogue of the 2022 football year with the typical team of our African representatives who have shown themselves most in Europe as well as in the “Mother Continent”.
Twelve months at the rhythm of the round ball! Many of them shone bright throughout the year 2022, marked by major football events.
World Cup 2022, African Cup, African Champions League, CAF Cupthe main European posters… all over the world, African soccer stars have carried the colors of Africa aloft by chaining displays at high altitudes.
The moment therefore seems opportune to honor our worthy ambassadors by integrating them into the traditional editorial board.
We thus discover a decidedly offensive formation, organized in an atypical way 3-4-3 able to highlight the exceptional performance of the African strikers, particularly prolific in the last twelve months.
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Here is the typical African team of the year 2022 (Foot Africa):
Drawing up such a composition was no easy task given the quality and performance of the contenders. The result is a necessarily subjective eleven that has not failed to cause discussion in the editorial staff, but which brings together some of the best African players of the moment.
GB) Yassine Bounou (Morocco/ Sevilla FC)
To send: Doorman
> 56 matches in 2022:
> 17 clean sheets in all competitions
> 9 clean sheets for Morocco in 18 games in 2022
> Semi-finalist of the 2022 World Cup
> Quarterfinals of CAN 2022
> Nominated for the “FIFA The Best” trophy for the best goalkeeper in the world
> 7 times voted man of the match
DD) Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / PSG)
To send: Right side
> 60 matches in 2022:
> 7 goals and 9 assists cc
> Duels won: 90.3% cc
> Successful tackles: 87.9% cc
> Semi-finalist of the 2022 World Cup
> Scorer of the decisive penalty against Spain at the 2022 World Cup (0-0, 3-0 on penalties)
> Quarterfinals of CAN 2022
> French Champion 2022
> 7 times voted man of the match
CC) Chancel Mbemba (DRC/OM)
To send: Central defender
> 49 matches in 2022:
> 5 goals and 3 assists (including 2 UEFA Champions League goals)
> Duels won: 89.7% cc
> Successful tackles: 91.3% cc
> Portuguese Champion
> With Pepe he formed the best defensive duo in the 2022 Portuguese league (only 22 goals conceded in 34 games)
> Winner of the Portuguese Cup 2022
> 9 times voted man of the match
GM) Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal/Naples)
To send: Central defender
> 46 games in 2022:
> Duels won: 92.9% cc
> Successful tackles: 87.3% cc
> 3 goals and two assists
> Winner of CAN 2022
> Eighth place at the 2022 World Cup
> Decisive top scorer at the 2022 World Cup against Ecuador (2-1)
> 5 times voted man of the match
MC) André Zambo-Anguissa (Cameroon/Naples)
To send: Central midfielder
> 46 games in 2022:
> 4 goals and 10 assists in all competitions
> 3rd at CAN 2022
> Duels won: 92.1% cc
> Successful passes: 88.6% cc
> 7 times voted man of the match
MC) Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco/Fiorentina)
To send: Central midfielder
> 55 games in 2022:
> Great revelation of the 2022 World Cup
> Semi-finalist of the 2022 World Cup
> Quarterfinals of CAN 2022
> 2 goals and 2 assists cc
> Duels won: 90.6% cc
> Successful passes: 87.8% cc
> 5 times voted man of the match
MOG) Sadio Mané (Senegal/Bayern Munich)
To send: Wing
> 64 games in 2022:
> 13 goals for Liverpool in all competitions
> 11 goals for Bayern in all competitions
> Senegal Lions top scorer in 2022 (with 8 goals in 13 games cc)
> Winner of CAN 2022
> Elected best player of CAN 2022
> Winner of the FA CUP 2022
> Winner of the 2022 League Cup
> Winner of the German Super Cup
> Finalist of the Champions League 2022
> Now top African goalscorer in Champions League knockout stage history ahead of Didier Drogba! (15 goals)
> And top scorer in the history of Senegal (33 goals)
MOD) Riyad Mahrez (Algeria/Manchester City)
To send: Wing
> 55 games in 2022:
> 21 goals and 10 assists in all competitions
> Champion of England 2022
> 2022 Champions League semi-finalist (and semi-final top scorer)
> Manchester City top scorer in the 2022 Champions League (7 goals)
> Manchester City 3rd top scorer in the 2022 Premier League (11 goals)
> Manchester City top scorer in all competitions in 2021/2022 (24 goals)
> Algeria top scorer in 2022 (with 10 goals)
AG) Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon/ Al-Nassr)
To send: Striker
> 41 games in 2022:
> 17 goals and 9 assists in all competitions
> 3rd at CAN 2022
> CAN 2022 top scorer (with 8 goals)
> Indomitable Lions top scorer in 2022 (10 goals)
> Author of two goals and one assist at the 2022 World Cup
> Author of the winning goal against Brazil (1-0) at the 2022 World Cup
> 15 times voted man of the match
AD) Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool)
To send: Wing
Age: 30 years
Club: Liverpool (England)
> 67 matches in 2022:
> 31 goals and 14 assists cc
> 2022 English Premier League top scorer (with 24 goals)
> Top assist provider in English Premier League 2022 (13 assists)
> Voted FWA Premier League Player of the Year
> Liverpool tcc top scorer in 2022 (with 27 goals)
> Winner of the FA CUP 2022
> Winner of the 2022 League Cup
> Finalist of the Champions League 2022
> CAN 2022 Finalist
> 14 times voted man of the match
AC) Victor Osimhen (Nigeria/Naples)
To send: Striker
> 45 games in 2022:
> 27 goals and 8 assists cc
> Current Italian Serie A top scorer (9 goals in 15 games)
> Napoli top scorer in 2022 (22 goals incl.)
> Nigeria top scorer in 2022 (5 goals)
> 12 times voted man of the match
Substitutions:
1) Edward Mendy (Senegal/Chelsea)
2) Edmund Tapsoba (Burkina Faso/Bayer Leverkusen)
2) Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria/Borussia Monchengladbach)
4) Mohammad Camara (Mali / AS Monaco)
5) Aissa Laidouni (Tunisia/Ferencvaros)
6) Ismail Bennacer (Algeria/Milan)
7) Seko Fofana (Ivory Coast / Objective RC)
8) Naby Keita (Guinea/Liverpool)
9) Maele son (DRC/Young Africans)
10) Eric Choupo-Moting (Cameroon/Bayern Munich)
11) Sebastian Haller (Ivory Coast/Borussia Dortmund).
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