Match of the Day Africa: Top 10

Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and decide on their greatest African XI. Who will make it into their fantasy team?

Which team of Africa Cup of Nations champions was the best in history? Are Egypt’s treble winners greater than Zambia’s underdogs or Nigeria’s Golden Generation? Ivory Coast’s 2015 Afcon-winning captain Yaya Touré and Efan Ekoku, 1995 winner with the Super Eagles join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best teams to win the Africa Cup of Nations. Who will make their top 10?Top 10 Afcon-winning Teams - DR Congo 1974 - Ghana 1982 - Algeria 1990 - Nigeria 1994 - South Africa 1996 - Cameroon 2002 - Egypt 2010 - Zambia 2012 - Ivory Coast 2015 - Senegal 2022

Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the greatest goals scored by African players in the English Premier League and rank their top 10. Despite Yaya and Efan having scored more than 100 goals in the English top flight between them neither makes the list, but which African icon from across the Premier League era will top their list? Top 10 African PL Goals - Tony Yeboah – LEEDS UNITED 1-0 Liverpool – 1995/96 - Nwankwo Kanu – Chelsea 2-3 ARSENAL – 1999/2000 - Jay-Jay Okocha – BOLTON 1-0 West Ham – 2002/03 - Didier Drogba – CHELSEA 1-0 Liverpool – 2006/07 - Michael Essien – CHELSEA 1-1 Arsenal – 2006/07 - Emmanuel Adebayor – Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 ARSENAL – 2007/08 - Papiss Cisse – Chelsea 0-2 NEWCASTLE – 2011/12 - Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City 1-3 LEICESTER CITY – 2015/16 - Sadio Mane – Arsenal 3-4 LIVERPOOL – 2016/17 - Mohamed Salah – Watford 0-5 LIVERPOOL – 2021/22

Is Mikel John Obi Africa’s most underrated player? Or is there a two-time Afcon winner that flies under the radar? And was Yaya Touré ever an unsung hero? He’s with Efan Ekoku and Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the most underappreciated African footballers as they rank their top 10. Top 10 unsung heroes (A-Z):- Mohamed Aboutrika - Stephen Appiah - Serey Die - Papa Bouba Diop - Odion Ighalo - Freddy Kanoute - Christopher Katongo - Seydou Keita - Geremi Njitap - Mikel Jon Obi

Is the crowning moment of Egypt’s dominance in 2010 greater than Zambia’s shock win over Ivory Coast in 2012? Or did South Africa’s 1996 win post-Apartheid transcend sport?Yaya Touré and Efan Ekoku discuss and debate the top 10 moments at the Africa Cup of Nations with Gabriel Zakuani. Top 10 AFCON moments (in chronological order):- 1992 final – Ivory Coast win first title v Ghana - 1994 Zambia are runners-up post-plane tragedy - 1996 South Africa post-Apartheid win - 1998 Third-place playoff – Burkina Faso v DR Congo - 2000 Final – Cameroon win title v Nigeria in Lagos - 2010 Angola 4-4 Mali - 2010 Egypt win third consecutive title - 2012 Zambia win - 2015 Gervinho too nervous to watch the Ivory Coast v Ghana penalty shootout in the final - 2019 Madagascar reach quarter-finals on debut

Is Kolo Touré’s move direct from Ivory Coast to the Premier League more impressive than Samuel Eto’o swapping winning Champions League titles with Barcelona for winning them with Inter Milan? Or is Leicester signing Riyad Mahrez from the French second division the best buy?Yaya Touré and Efan Ekoku are back with Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best transfers involving African players. What moves deserve to lead their top 10?Top 10 African football transfers (A-Z):- Pierre Emerick Aubameyang – Dortmund to Arsenal - Didier Drogba – Marseille to Chelsea - Samuel Eto’o – Barcelona to Inter Milan - Riyad Mahrez – Le Havre to Leicester - Sadio Mane – Southampton to Liverpool - Jay-Jay Okocha – PSG to Bolton - Mohamed Salah – Roma to Liverpool - Kolo Touré – ASEC Mimosas to Arsenal - Yaya Touré – Barcelona to Manchester City - George Weah – Tonnerre Yaoundé to Monaco

Is George Weah leading a fairy-tale life? Which trailblazer did Pele call “the god” of soccer? And does it take a successful career or just a single moment to make a football icon? Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo captain Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the greatest icons of African football. Who will make it to number one in their top 10?Top 10 African football icons (A-Z): - Mohamed Aboutrika - Larbi Ben Barek - Didier Drogba - Samuel Eto'o - Sadio Mane - Roger Milla - Francois Omam-Biyik - Abedi Pele - George Weah - Rashidi Yekini

Is the ‘Jollof derby’ too friendly to be ranked above the Cairo derby as African football’s biggest derby? Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the continent’s fiercest rivalries. Will a club game or an international rivalry make it to number one in their top 10? Top 10 African derbies (in no particular order):- Al Ahly vs Zamalek - Nigeria vs Ghana - Raja Casablanca vs Wydad Casablanca - Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates - Egypt vs Algeria - Simba SC vs Young Africans - Esperance vs Club African - Asante Kotoko vs Hearts of Oak - Algeria v Morocco - MC Algiers vs USM Algiers

Should a striker ever be captain? Yaya Touré and Efan Ekoku are with Gabriel Zakuani to give their view. Plus, which Cameroon defender was Yaya scared of? And did he really want to captain Ivory Coast for Afcon 2015?Find out who comes out at number one in our top 10 African captains.Top 10 captains (A-Z):- Khaled Badra - Christian Chukwu - Aliou Cisse - Ahmed Hassam - Chris Katongo - Stephen Keshi - Roger Milla - Noureddine Naybet - Abedi Pele - Rigobert Song

Which African footballer had the talent to play at the highest level in Europe, and which AFCON winner chose to stay home? Plus, what did Yaya Touré miss more when he first left Ivory Coast: family or food? He’s back with former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku and ex-DR Congo captain Gabriel Zakuani to decide their top 10 African footballers not to play in Europe’s “big five” leagues.Top 10 players not to play in Europe’s top 5 leagues (A-Z):- Mohamed Aboutreika - Lakhdar Belloumi - Mahmoud El Khatib - Ahmed Faras - Ali Fergani - Wael Gomaa - Tresor Mputu - Pierre Ndiaye Mulamba - Kazadi Mwamba - Segun Odegbami

Was Hervé Renard’s unexpected victory with Zambia at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012 more impressive than Hassan Shehata driving Egypt to three consecutive wins in 2006, 2008 and 2010? Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the managers to lead teams at the Africa Cup of Nations. Who will make it to the top of their top 10? Top 10 AFCON Managers (A-Z) - Djamel Belmadi - Aliou Cisse - Mahmoud El Gohary - Charles Gyamfi - Stephen Keshi - Claude Le Roy - Roger Lemerre - Herve Renard - Hassan Shehata - Clemens Westerhof

Who was Yaya’s nemesis at Barcelona? And who’s yet to fulfil their potential?Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African goalkeepers. Who will make their top 10?Top 10 goalkeepers (in alphabetical order): - Joseph-Antoine Bell - Yassine Bounou - Essam El Hadar - Vincent Enyeama - Alain Gouamene - Bruce Grobbelaar - Carlos Kameni - Edouard Mendy - Thomas Nkono - Sadok Sassi

From spitting to faking injury, Yaya Touré and Efan Ekoku join Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate Africa’s most controversial footballers. Which “bad boy” of African Football will be number one in their top 10?Top 10 Players fans love to hate (A-Z) - Emmanuel Adebayor - Yakubu Aiyegbeni - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Andre Ayew - Kevin Prince Boateng - El-Hadji Diouf - Asamoah Gyan - Hossam Hassan - Ahmed Hassan Mido - Chokri el Ouaer

Is Egypt dominating African football while failing to qualify for 6 World Cups one of the continent's biggest footballing disappointments? And what would the world have seen if Ballon d’Or winner George Weah had the chance to play on football's biggest stage? Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best Africans not to play at a Fifa World Cup. Who will make their top 10?Top 10 Africans not to Play at a World Cup (A-Z) - Mohamed Aboutrika - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Bruce Grobbelaar - Freddie Kanoute - Salif Keita - Seydou Keita - Segun Odegbami - Abedi Pele - George Weah - Tony Yeboah

Who was a “fighter”, ready for “football war”? Will Kolo Touré be in his brother’s top 5, and will Efan agree?Possibly the toughest Top 10 yet for Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku who join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African defenders. Top 10 Defenders (A-Z) - Lauren Etame Mayer - Weal Gomaa - Stephen Keshi - Khalidou Koulibaly - Samule Kuffour - Noureddine Naybet - Lucas Radebe - Rigobert Song - Kolo Toure - Joseph Yobo

Does Kylian Mbappé’s star quality put him above Eusebio or Zinedine Zidane?Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best players of African heritage. Who will make their top 10? Top 10 Players of African Heritage (A-Z) - Marcel Desailly - Eusebio - Patrice Evra - N’golo Kante - Claude Makélélé - Kylian Mbappe - Paul Pogba - Bukayo Saka - Patrick Vieira - Zinedine Zidane

Was Morocco’s semi-final run at Qatar 2022 bigger than Milla’s iconic celebrations at Italia 1990?Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African World Cup Moments. What will make their top 10? Top 10 World Cup Moments (chronologically) - Tunisia win Africa’s first ever WC Match (1978) - Algeria beat World Champions Germany 2-1 (1982) - Morocco beat Portugal 3-1 to reach round of 16 (1986) - Roger Milla and Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup - Nigeria’s World Cup debut – Bulgaria 1994 - Senegal’s run to the QF of the 2002 World Cup - South Africa scoring the first goal of the 2010 World Cup in the opening game against Mexico - Ghana score in extra time to progress to QF (2010) - Vincent Aboubakar scoring for Cameroon against Brazil as the Indomitable Lions became the first African side to beat Brazil at a World Cup (2022) - Morocco’s run to the semi-finals in Qatar (2022)

Is Yaya Touré a more complete footballer than his childhood idols, Abedi Pele and Jay-Jay Okocha?The former Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder is with former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku and ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African midfielders. Who will make it to number one in their top 10?Top 10 Midfielders (A-Z) - Mohamed Aboutrika - Abedi “Pele” Ayew - Lakhdar Belloumi - Michael Essien - Ahmed Hassan - Seydou Keita - Riyad Mahrez - John Mikel Obi - Jay-Jay Okocha - Yaya Toure

How do Samuel Eto’o’s stats stack up against Didier Drogba’s match winning pedigree. The Cameroonian won three UEFA Champions Leagues with Barcelona and Inter Milan but does Drogba scoring in big moments put him on top?Ivory Coast’s Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best African goalscorers. Who will make their top 10?Top 10 Goal Scorers (A-Z) - Emmanuel Adebayor - Didier Drogba - Samuel Eto’o - Hossam Hassan - Salif Keita - Sadio Mané - Roger Milla - Mo Salah - George Weah - Rashidi Yekini

Have Didier Drogba's Chelsea achievements been eclipsed by Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah at Liverpool to leave one of them as the greatest African to grace the English top flight? Ivory Coast's Yaya Touré and former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku join ex-DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani to discuss and debate the best Africans to play in the English Premier League. Who will make their top 10?Top 10 Premier League Players (A-Z) - Didier Drogba - Michael Essien - Lauren Etame-Mayer - Nwankwo Kanu - Riyad Mahrez - Sadio Mane - Jay-Jay Okocha - Mohammed Salah - Kolo Toure - Yaya Toure