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Table of Contents

Executive Summary p.4 Foreword p.5 Highlights p.6 Club origin of the players p.7 Top 10 most represented European National Championship s p. 8 Top 5 most represented Championships (outside Europe) p.8 Most represented European clubs p.8 African players playing in Europe p.9 European club s represented p.12 ECA clubs represented p.13 European club representation in African teams (%) p.14 Average age within the African teams p.15 Top 3 NAs in number of players by Age Category p.17

Annexe 1: Comparison with statistics of CAN 2012 & 2010 p.1 8

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Executive Summary

For years, Africa is the provider of some of the most important players in European football. In 2010 ECA published its first Research Facts & Key figures CAN 2010 which highlighted the importance of African players registered in one of the European National Championships. The second Research Facts & Key figures CAN 2012 showed a slight decrease due to the fact that National teams of Cameroon, , Togo, Benin were not qualified for the 2012 edition (teams with more than 60% of players playing in Europe).

The 2013 Edition confirmed the trend of the 2010 Edition with the majority of players playing with clubs in Europe. The 2013 CAN figures show that 188 players out of 368 ( 51.1% ) are playing in one of 26 European National Championships.

Nevertheless the clubs from the “BIG 5” countries * released less players ** (27.2% comparing to 38.1% in 2010). Looking at the Top 20 clubs in Europe only 15 players were released to the CAN. Whereas more than 20% of the players were registered in in 2010, figures of the CAN 2013 shows that this figures dropped to just less than 15%.

Interestingly there is no player under 18, compared to 4.08% in the 2010 edition, and only less than 8% of players under 21, compared to the 18.48% of the 2010 edition.

This ECA research highlights again the trend in the importance of European clubs and their contribution to the CAN 2013. The results are based on a research conducted on the basis of the official list of CAN players of the 9 th January 2013 (updated).

* England, Spain, Germany, Italy, France ** UEFA Club Ranking 2013 available on http://www.ecaeurope.com/tabbed-content/club-ranking/

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Foreword

The Coupe d’Afrique des Nations (CAN) / African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition in Africa. It is organised by the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), and the first edition was held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years in the months of January/February. Nevertheless, as from now on, the tournament will switch to being held in odd-numbered years so that it does not clash with the World Cup and the Euro.

This 29 th edition is hosted in 1 from the 19 th of January to 10 th of February 2013. Games will be played in Durban - , Johannesburg - Soccer City, Nelspruit - , - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Rustenburg - .

Out of 56 countries belonging to the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), 14 have previously won the competition. Egypt is the title holder having won the CAN 7 times.

The 2013 participants are:

Group A Group B Group C Group D South Africa Côte d'Ivoire Mali Nigeri a Niger Burkina Faso Congo DR Togo

1 The 29 th edition was originally scheduled in Libya but a decision from the CAF decided to move the competition to South Africa

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Highlights

9 National Teams qualified for the 2013 CAN participated in the previous edition in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

137 European clubs in total from UEFA Member Associations are involved in the release of players (including 50 ECA Members), an increase of 14.2% in comparison to the 2012 edition.

One player out of 2 (51.1%) participating at the CAN (188 players from a total of 368) currently plays in one of the European National Championships, an increase of +5.0% in comparison to the 2012 edition.

27.2% (100) of the players play in France, Spain, Germany, England, or Italy, a decrease of -9.8% comparing to 2012 edition.

21 players out of 23 (91.3%) of the first ranked African National team Côte d’Ivoire play in Europe, followed by Cape Verde with 20 players.

Only one player From Ethiopia is playing in Europe. The rest of the team, with the exception of one player playing in the MLS (United States) and one playing in Egypt, plays in the Ethiopian .

The highest figure amongst African National Championship is the Premier Soccer South African League (PSL) with 26 players.

55 National Championships are represented for the 2013 CAN. A number of players play in leagues from Qatar, the People’s Republic of , Vietnam and the .

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Club origin of the players

Amongst the 368 registered players, 188 players play in one of the European domestic Championships, 155 players play in one of the African National Championships (CAF), 18 players play in Asian leagues (AFC), 1 player plays in North America (CONCACAF), 1 player plays in South America (CONMEBOL) and 5 are free agents.

Source : ECA/CAF

(Europe 51.36%, Africa 42.12%, Asia 4.62%, South America 0.27%, North America 0.27%, Free agents 1.36%)

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Top 10 most represented European National Championships

27.2% (100 players ) of the tournament players play in the so called “BIG 5” leagues, namely France, England, Spain, Italy or Germany. Traditionally, the highest number of the players playing in Europe plays in the French National Championship (15.0%).

Players Country of the Championship 55 France 20 England 18 12 Spain 11 Belgium 10 Turkey 9 Italy 7 Netherlands 6 Russia 5 Israel 4 Germany Sweden

Top 5 most represented National Championships (outside Europe)

26 players from 5 National Associations participating at CAN play in the Premier Soccer South African League (PSL)

Players Country of the Champ ionship 26 South Africa 20 Ethiopia 18 Tunisia 15 Congo DR 10 Algeria Morocco

Most represented European clubs

Evian Thonon Gaillard FC, AC Ajaccio and released the highest number of players in Europe with 5. For the CAN 2012, 7 French clubs released 4 players each (see comparison in Annexe 1).

Players Club Name 5 AC Ajaccio, Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA), Stade Brestois 29 (FRA) 4 AEL (CYP) 3 Cit y FC (ENG), Dijon FCO , LOSC Lille Métropole , AS Saint-Étienne, Stade Rennais FC (FRA), SC Olhanense, Vitória de Guimarães SC (POR)

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African players playing in Europe

Amongst the 16 African nations, all teams have at least one player currently playing in European National Association. Cote d’Ivoire, currently ranked 1st in the CAF ranking, have the highest number of players currently playing in Europe with 21 players. Interestingly, the National Team of Cape Verde has 20 players in Europe, with half of them playing in Portuguese leagues (see proportion table European club representation in African teams p.13)

Country Player & Club Number of Number players Angola 8 Marco Airosa, Dédé , Gilberto - AEL Limassol (CYP), Zuela - APOEL FC (CYP), Gonçalves - CF (ESP), Guilherme Afonso - FC Vaduz (LIE), Mateus - CD Nacional (POR), Djalma - Kasımpaşa SK (TUR) Algeria 14 Adlène Guedioura - Nottingham Forest FC (ENG), Medhi Lacen - Getafe CF (ESP), - Real Racing Club Santander (ESP), -Bentaïba - de Fútbol (ESP), - Valencia CF (ESP), , - AC Ajaccio (FRA), - (FRA) - AS Saint-Étienne (FRA), Djamel - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA)Mesbah - AC Milan (ITA), - Académica de Coimbra (POR), El Arbi Hillel Soudani - Vitória de Guimarães SC (POR), Raïs M'Bolhi - FC Krylia Sovetov Samara (RUS) Burkina Faso 16 Saïdou Panandétiguiri - Royal Antwerp FC (BEL), Daouda Diakité - Lierse SK (BEL), Issouf Ouattara - PSFC Chernomorets Burgas (BUL), Alain Traoré - FC Lorient (FRA), Djakaridja Koné - Évian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA), Bakary Koné - (FRA), Charles Kaboré - Olympique de Marseille (FRA), Germain Sanou - AS Saint-Étienne (FRA), - Stade Rennais (FRA), Aristide Bancé - FC Augsburg (GER), Wilfried Balima, - FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL), Abdou Razack Traoré - KS Lechia Gdańsk (POL), Prejuce Nakoulma - Górnik Zabrze (POL), Paul Kéba Koulibaly - SC Dinamo 1948 Bucuresti (ROM) Cape Verde 20 Carlitos - AEL Limassol (CYP), Marco Soares - AC Om onia (CYP), Nando - LB Châteauroux (FRA), Júlio Tavares - Dijon FCO (FRA), - LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA), Ronny - CS Fola Esch (LUX), Josimar - FC Dordrecht (NED), Toni Varela - Sparta (NED), Guy Ramos - RKC Waalwijk (NED), Gegé - Marítimo da Futebol B (POR), Nivaldo - Académica de Coimbra (POR), - SC Olhanense (POR), Pecks - Gil Vicente FC (POR), Sténio - CD Feirense (POR), - SC Olhanense (POR), Platini - CD Santa Clara (POR), Héldon Nhuck - Marítimo da Madeira Futebol (POR), - SC Olhanense (POR), Rambe CF - Os Belenenses (POR), Fernando Varela - FC Vaslui (ROM), Congo DR 11 Chancel M bemba Mangulu , - RSC Anderlecht (BEL), - Royal Charleroi SC (BEL), - K.V. Kortrijk (BEL), Zola Matumona - RAEC Mons (BEL), - Peterborough United FC (ENG), - West Bromwich Albion FC (ENG), Cédric Makiadi - SC

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Freiburg (GER), Cédric Mongongu - Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA), Lomana LuaLua, - Kardemir Karabükspor (TUR) Côte d'Ivoire 21 - KSC Lokeren OV (BEL), - Arsenal FC (ENG)Kolo Touré, Yaya Touré, - Manchester City FC (ENG), Cheick Tioté - Newcastle United FC (ENG), Arouna Koné - Wigan Athletic FC (ENG), - SAD (ESP), Ismaël Traoré - Stade Brestois 29 (FRA), - Dijon FCO (FRA), - LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA), Siaka Tiéné - Saint-Germain FC (FRA), - AS Saint- Étienne (FRA), - (GER), - VfB Stuttgart (GER), - SBV Vitesse (NED), Lacina Traoré - FC Anzhi (RUS), Igor Lolo - FC Kuban Krasnodar (RUS), Emmanuel Eboué - Galatasaray SK (TUR), Sol Bamba, - AŞ (TUR) Ethiopia 1 Yussuf Saleh - Syrianska FC (SWE) Ghana 15 - FC Red Bull Salzburg (AUT), Wakaso Mubarak - RCD Espanyol (ESP), - CA Osasuna (ESP), - Bristol City FC (ENG), , - Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA), - Stade Rennais FC (FRA), - Juventus (ITA), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu - (ITA), - US Sassuolo Calcio (ITA), - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR), Adam Kwarasey - Strømsgodset IF (NOR), - FC Porto (POR), Jerry Akaminko Eskişehirspor (TUR), FC Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) Mali 18 Samba Diakité - Queens Park Rangers FC (ENG), - West Ham United FC (ENG), - Randers FC (DEN), Sigamary Diarra, Fousseni Diawara - AC Ajaccio (FRA), - AJ Auxerre (FRA), - SC (FRA), Cheick Diabaté - FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA), - Stade Brestois 29 (FRA), Molla Wague - Stade Malherbe (FRA), Mamadou Samassa - EA Guingamp (FRA), Samba Sow - RC Lens (FRA), Mahamane Traoré - OGC Nice (FRA), - Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA), Cheick Fantamady Diarra - Stade Rennais FC (FRA), Mohamed Kalilou Traoré - FC Sochaux- Montbéliard (FRA), Mamadou Samassa - AC Chievo Verona (ITA), Mahamadou N'Diaye - Vitória de Guimarães SC (POR) Morocco 14 - Liverpool FC (ENG), - Getafe CF (ESP), Youssef El-Arabi - Granada CF (ESP), - ACF Fiorentina (ITA), Mehdi Benatia - Udinese Calcio (ITA), Chahir Belghazouani - AC Ajaccio (FRA), , - Stade Brestois 29 (FRA), Zakaria Bergdich - RC Lens (FRA), - Montpellier HSC (FRA), Issam El Adoua - Vitória de Guimarães SC (POR), - Galatasaray SK (TUR) Niger 2 Moutari Amadou - Le Mans FC B (FRA), William N'Gounou - IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (SWE) Nigeria 17 Mikel John Obi , - Chelsea FC (ENG) , - Balompié SAD (ESP), - Villarreal CF (ESP), - SS Lazio (ITA), Nwankwo Obiorah - Calcio Padova (ITA), Juwon Oshaniwa - FC Ashdod (ISR), - Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC (ISR), - Maccabi Tel Aviv FC (ISR), - ADO Den Haag (NED), Fegor Ogude - Vålerenga IF (NOR), Uwa Elderson - SC Braga (POR), ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS CAN 2013 10

- PFC CSKA (RUS), - FC Spartak Moscow (RUS), - Celtic FC (SCO), Echiéjilé - Fenerbahçe SK (TUR), Ideye Aide Brown - FC Dynamo (UKR) South Africa 7 - KRC Genk (BEL) , Kag isho Dikgacoi - Crystal Palace FC (ENG), - Oldham Athletic FC (ENG), - PAOK FC (GRE), - AFC Ajax (NED), - Helsingborgs IF (SWE), - Malmö FF (SWE) Tunisia 7 Hamdi Harbaoui - KSC Lokeren OV (BEL), Saber Khelifa - Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA), - SC Bastia (FRA), - FC Toulouse (FRA), Oussama Darragi - FC Sion (SUI), Wissem Ben Yahia - Mersin İdmanyurdu SK (TUR), Anis Boussaïdi - SC Tavriya (UKR) Togo 13 Daré Nibombé - Royal Boussu Dour Borinage (BEL), - Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG), - AJ Auxerre (FRA), Jonathan Ayité - Stade Brestois 29 (FRA), Baba Tchagouni - Dijon FCO (FRA), Kalen Damessi - LOSC Lille Métropole (res.) (FRA), - FC Lorient (FRA), Serge Gakpé - FC Nantes (FRA), Komlan Amewou - Nîmes Olympique FC (FRA), , Floyd Ayité - (FRA), Abdoul-Gafar Mamah - FC Dacia Chişinău (MOL) - MŠK Žilina (SVK), Zambia 5 - Southampton FC (ENG), William Njovu - Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC (ISR), - FC Utrecht (NED), Emmanuel Mbola - FC Porto (POR), Chisamba Lungu - FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (RUS)

Source : ECA/CAF

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European clubs represented

189 players play in one of the 26 European National Championships represented (25 in 2012 and 28 in 2010). 138 European clubs are involved in releasing African players (120 in 2012 and 142 in 2010) . Looking at the Top 20 clubs in Europe only 15 players were released to the CAN.

UEFA Country Number Club Ranking of the of clubs Country 2 (In alphabetical order by number of players) 1 Spain 11 Getafe CF (2), CA Osasuna, Granada CF, RCD Espanyol, Real Betis Balompié SAD, Real Sociedad de Fútbol, Real Valladolid CF, Real Zaragoza SAD, Real Racing Club Santander, Valencia CF, Villarreal CF 2 England 17 Manchester City FC (3 ), Chelsea FC (2), Arsenal FC , Aston Villa FC, Bristol City FC, Crystal Palace FC, Liverpool FC, Newcastle United FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Oldham Athletic FC, Peterborough United FC, Queens Park Rangers FC, Southampton FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, West Bromwich Albion FC, West Ham United FC, Wigan Athletic FC 3 Germany 4 FC Augsburg , Hannover 96 , SC Freiburg , VfB Stuttgart

4 Italy 8 Udinese Calcio (2), AC Chievo Verona , AC Milan , ACF Fiorentina, Calcio Padova, Juventus, SS Lazio, US Sassuolo Calcio 5 France 26 AC Ajaccio (5), Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (5), Stade Brestois 29 (5), AS Saint-Étienne (3), LOSC Lille (3), Dijon FCO (3), Stade Rennais FC (3), AJ Auxerre (2), FC Lorient (2), FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (2), Montpellier HSC (2), Olympique de Marseille (2), Paris Saint-Germain FC (2), RC Lens (2), SC Bastia (2), Stade de Reims (2), EA Guingamp, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Toulouse, FC Nantes, LB Châteauroux, Le Mans FC, Nîmes Olympique FC, OGC Nice, Olympique Lyonnais, 6 Portugal 11 SC Olhanense (3), Vitória de Guimarães SC (3), Académica de Coimbra (2), FC Porto (2), Marítimo da Madeira Futebol (2), CD Feirense, CD Santa Clara, CD Nacional, CF Os Belenenses, Gil Vicente FC 7 3 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kyiv, SC Tavriya Simferopol 8 Netherlands 7 ADO Den Haag , AFC Ajax , FC Dordrecht , FC Utrecht , RKC Waalwijk, SBV Vitesse, 9 Russia 6 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara , FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast , FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Spartak Moscow, PFC CSKA Moscow 10 Belgium 10 RSC Anderlecht (2), KSC Lokeren OV (2), K.V. Kortrijk , KRC Genk, Lierse SK, RAEC Mons, Royal Antwerp FC,

2 Last official ranking January 2013 available on the ECA website http://www.ecaeurope.com/tabbed-content/country-ranking/

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Royal Charleroi SC , Royal Boussu Dour Borinage 11 1 PAOK FC

12 Turkey 7 Galatasaray SK (2), Kardemir Karabükspor (2), Trabzonspor AŞ (2), Eskişehirspor, Fenerbahçe SK, Kasımpaşa SK, Mersin İdmanyurdu SK 13 Cyprus 3 AEL Limassol (4), AC Omonia Nicosia , APOEL F C

14 Switzerland 1 FC Sion

15 Denmark 1 Randers FC

16 Austria 1 FC Red Bull Salzburg

17 Israël 4 Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC (2), FC Ashd od , Hapoel Tel - Aviv FC, Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 19 Romania 2 FC Vaslui (ROM), SC Dinamo 1948 Bucuresti (ROM)

20 Poland 2 Górnik Zabrze, KS Lechia Gdańsk

23 Sweden 4 Helsingborgs IF, IF Limhamn Bunkeflo, Malmö FF Syrianska FC 24 Scotland 1 Celtic FC (SCO) 26 Slovakia 1 MŠK Žilina (SVK) 27 Norway 2 Strømsgodset IF, Vålerenga IF

28 Bulgaria 1 PSFC Chernomorets Burgas 35 Moldova 2 FC Dacia Chişinău, FC Sheriff Tiraspol

45 Liechtenstein 1 FC Vaduz 46 Luxembourg 1 CS Fola Esch

Source : ECA Ranking

ECA clubs represented

50 ECA Members from 23 different UEFA countries have at least one player playing in the 2013 CAN. As we can see, LOSC Lille Métropole, Stade Rennais FC (FRA) and Manchester City FC (ENG) have released 3 players each.

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European club representation in African teams

Apart from Zambia and Tunisia, most Top African National teams (according to the CAF ranking) have a majority of their players playing in European National Championships.

CAF Country African players % of the players Ranking playing in Europe playing in Europe

1 Côte d'Ivoire 21 /23 91.3 % 2 Algeria 14/23 60.9 % 3 Mali 18 /23 78.3 % 4 Ghana 15 /23 65.2 % 5 Zambia 5/23 21.7% 8 Tunisia 8/23 34.7 % 10 Nigeria 17/23 73.9% 15 Cape Verde 20/23 86.9% 16 Togo 13/23 56.5% 17 Morocco 14 /23 60.9 % 21 Angola 8/23 34.7 % 23 South Africa 7/23 30 .4% 24 Burkina Faso 15 /23 65.2 % 28 Niger 2/23 8.6% 29 Congo DR 11/23 47.8% 31 Ethiopia 1/23 4.3%

Source: CAF Ranking - Rankings are calculated by FIFA (December 2012)

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Average age within the African teams

Here are some graphics which show the age scale of the players playing in Europe and also which African teams have the most players by age category.

The highest proportion of players is between 26 and 30, (born in 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984 and 1983). Only 20% of players are less than 23 years old, a proportion that differs largely from the 2010 edition where 46.2% of all players present at the CAN were U23 (born after 1986).

Interestingly there is no player under 18 , compared to 4.08% in the 2010 edition, and only less than 8% of players under 21, compared to the 18.48% of the 2010 edition.

We may note here that the oldest player is Muteba Kidiaba (1st February 1976, 36; Congo DR), playing for Congolese club TP Mazembe, and the youngest one is Mémé Placca Fessou (1st December 1994, 18; Togo), playing with Togolese club OC Agaza.

By Age Categories

Source : ECA/CAF

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By Age

Source : ECA/CAF

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Top 3 countries in number of players by Age category

Age Year of Birth First Second Third U18 1997/96/95 U21 1995/94/93/92 5 players: 4 players: 3 players: Niger Congo DR Angola Mali Nigeria Zambia U23 1992/91/90 8 players: 6 players: 5 players: Togo Tunisia Nigeria U26 1990/89/88/87 11 players: 10 players: 9 players: Ghana Cape Verde Ethiopia Nigeria Mali U30 1987/86/85/84/83 14 players: 12 players: 11 players: Burkina Faso Algeria Zambia Côte d'Ivoire South Africa >30 1983+ 6 players: 4 players: 3 players: Côte d'Ivoire Niger Algeria Angola Cape Verde Congo DR Mali Morocco Zambia

Source : ECA/CAF

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ANNEXE 1: Comparison with statistics of previous CAN

Club Origin of the player 2010 2012 % CAN 2013 % CAN 13/12 (CAN12/10) African Players playing in Europe 213 179 - 16.0 188 + 5.0 Including Players playing in “BIG 5” 38.1% 30.4% - 20.2 27.2 % - 10.5 Including Players playing in France 20.7% 16.5% - 20.3 15. 0% - 9.1 African Players playing in Africa 141 163 +15.6 155 - 4.9 African Players pl aying in Asia 14 19 +35.7 18 - 5.3

European Clubs 2010 2012 % CAN 2013 % CAN 13/12 Number of European Clubs 142 120 - 15.5 13 7 + 14.2 Including ECA Members Clubs 39 38 - 2.6 50 + 31.6 Number of European National 28 25 - 10.7 26 + 4.0 Championships

Most represented European Club in 201 3 (by number of players) CAN 201 3 CAN 201 2 Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (FRA) 5 2 AC Ajaccio (FRA) 5 0 Stade Brestois 29 (FRA) 5 4 Most represented European Club in 2012 (by number of players) CAN 201 3 CAN 201 2 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 1 4 Stade Brestois 29 (FRA) 5 4 AS Saint -Étienne (FRA) 3 4 Stade Rennais FC (FRA) 3 4 Montpellier HSC (FRA) 2 4

2012 2013 CAF African % of the African % of the Ranking Country % 2013 players team players team playing in playing in playing in playing in Europe Europe Europe Europe 1 Côte d'Ivoire 22/23 95.6% 21/23 91.3% - 4.5 3 Mali 19/23 82.6% 18/23 78.3% - 5.3 4 Ghana 19/23 82.6% 15/23 65.2% - 21.1 5 Zambia 2/23 8.6 % 5/23 21.7% + 150.0 8 Tunisia 12/23 52.2% 8/23 34.7% - 33.3 17 Morocco 16/23 69.6% 14/23 60.9% - 12.5 21 Angola 10/23 43.5% 8/23 34.7% - 20.0 24 Burkina Faso 18/23 78.3% 15 /23 65.2 % - 16.7 28 Niger 4/23 17.4% 2/23 8.6% - 50.0

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Disclaimer

The Facts and Key Figures, Player Release analysis of the CAN 2013 was elaborated by Olivier Jarosz, ECA Membership Services Manager and Yann Calder, ECA Research and Communication Assistant. This research is based on the national football squads for the 2012 Coupe d’Afrique des Nations published on the 9 th of January 2013 updated on the 19 th of January. The European Club Association has endeavoured to keep the information up to date, but it makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, with respect to this information. The aim of this research is purely informative.

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