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AFCON Golden Boot Winners: Africa Cup of Nations Top Scorers From Drogba and Eto’o to Emilio Nsue
Joel Reyes
updated at February 13, 2024 at 7:43 AM
- Emilio Nsue made history on Sunday, winning the AFCON 2023 Golden Boot award
- Ivorian legend, Didier Drogba, won the prize back in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
- Cameroonian legend, Samuel Eto'o, won the AFCON Golden Boot award two times
It was fun while it lasted.
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations lived up to the hype, with Ivory Coast winning the coveted championship in front of their home fans.
Several individual awards were also given out after the final, with Emilio Nsue winning the Golden Boot award.
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Sports Brief looks at the complete list of Golden Boot winners in AFCON history, which include African legends, Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o.
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AFCON Golden Boot winners
Ad-Diba won the first-ever Golden Boot award in the Africa Cup of Nations, taking home the top prize in 1957.
He captured the award after scoring five goals in the tournament, four of which came in Egypt's win over Ethiopia in the final, per FIFA.com.
Year | Golden Boot winner(s) | Goals scored |
1957 | Ad-Diba (Egypt) | 5 |
1959 | Mahmoud Al Gohari (Egypt) | 3 |
1962 | Worku Mengistu (Ethiopia), Mohamed Al Badawi (Egypt) | 3 |
1963 | Ahmed Al Chazli (Egypt) | 6 |
1965 | Eustace Mangli (Ivory Coast), Abbrey Osei Kofi (Ghana) | 3 |
1968 | Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast) | 6 |
1970 | Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast) | 8 |
1972 | Salif Keita (Mali) | 5 |
1974 | Pierre Ndaye Mulamba | 9 |
1976 | William Njo Lea (Guinea) | 4 |
1978 | Phillip Omondi (Uganda) | 4 |
1980 | Segun Odegbami (Nigeria) | 3 |
1982 | George Al Hassan (Ghana) | 4 |
1984 | Taher Abou Zeid (Egypt) | 4 |
1986 | Abdoulaye Traore (Ivory Coast), Roger Milla (Cameroon) | 4 |
1988 | Gamal Abdelhamid (Egypt), Abdoulaye Traore (Ivory Coast), Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria), Roger Milla (Cameroon) | 4 |
1990 | Djamel Menad (Algeria) | 4 |
1992 | Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria) | 4 |
1994 | Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria) | 5 |
1996 | Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia) | 5 |
1998 | Benni McCarthy (South Africa), Hossam Hassan (Egypt) | 7 |
2000 | Shaun Bartlett (South Africa) | 5 |
2002 | Julius Aghahowa (Nigeria), Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Salomon Olembe (Cameroon) | 3 |
2004 | Youssef Mokhtari (Morocco), Francileudo dos Santos (Tunisia), Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Frederic Kanoute (Mali), Austin Okocha (Nigeria) | 4 |
2006 | Francileudo dos Santos (Tunisia), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) | 4 |
2008 | Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) | 5 |
2010 | Mohamed Nagui (Egypt) | 5 |
2012 | Houcine Kharja (Morocco) Chris Katongo (Zambia), Emmanuel Mayuka (Zambia), Manucho (Angola), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Cheick Tidiane Diabate (Mali) | 3 |
2013 | Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana), Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria) | 4 |
2015 | Javier Balboa (Equatorial Guinea), Thievy Biffouma (Congo), Ahmed Akaichi (Tunisia), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Dieumerci Mbokani (DR Congo) | 3 |
2017 | Junior Kabananga (DR Congo) | 3 |
2019 | Odion Ighalo (Nigeria) | 5 |
2021 | Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) | 8 |
2023 | Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea) | 5 |
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African football legends, Samuel Eto'o and Didier Drogba, have also won this award before.
The Cameroonian captured the AFCON Golden Boot award in the 2006 and 2008 editions. Only seven players have won multiple scoring titles in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Drogba may not have won the AFCON title with Ivory Coast in his illustrious career, but he did capture the Golden Boot award once.
He took home the top prize in 2012, sharing the award with six other people after they all scored three goals apiece.
Equatorial Guinea's Emilio Nsue became the latest winner of the prestigious award, capturing the Golden Boot after scoring five goals at AFCON 2023.
All of his goals came in the group stage, scoring a hat-trick against Guinea-Bissau and nabbing a brace against Ivory Coast, per Sports Illustrated.
He made history with that honour, becoming the second player from Equatorial Guinea to win the AFCON Golden Boot award.
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Fans celebrate Ivory Coast's historic win
Sports Brief also reported on celebrations following Ivory Coast's AFCON 2023 win.
The Elephants defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the final to claim their third title.
Thousands flocked to Abidjan to join in the team's title parade after their AFCON success.
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