Five best individual performances in the African Cup of Nations

Modified Jan 04, 2017 11:20 GMT

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 10: Christian Atsu of Ghana in action during the international friendly match between Japan and Ghana at International Stadium Yokohama on September 10, 2013 in Yokohama, Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images) — Christian Atsu scored the goal of the tournament in 2015

#1) Samuel Eto’o – Cameroon

ANGOLA, LUBANGO - JANUARY 21, Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon during the Africa Cup of Nations match between Cameroon and Tunisia from the Alto da Chela Stadium on January 21, 2010 in Lubango, Angola. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images) — Eto’o is the AFCON’s highest scorer of all time

Well renowned from his playing days at Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea among others, Samuel Eto’o is the AFCON’s all-time top scorer with 18 goals to his name. While he only won the tournament in 2000 and 2002, his best performances were perhaps in the 2006 and 2008 competitions where he scored 5 goals each – in spite of crashing out in the quarter-finals at the former.

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Cameroon finished runners-up in 2008, with all of Eto’o’s goals coming in the group stage.

Still, two winner’s medals and a record haul of goals are enough to put Samuel Eto’o on anyone’s list of best individual performers in the competition.