2006 African Cup of Nations - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Group B

6
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	7	1
9
	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Group C

6
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	7	1
9
	3	2	0	1	6	4
6
	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Group D

4
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	5	1
9
	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third-place play-off

Final

Scorers

5 goals Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...

4 goals Ahmed Hassan

Ahmed Hassan

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Pascal Feindouno

Pascal Feindouno is a Guinean international footballer, who currently plays for Swiss side FC Sion as a winger.- Early career :...

Francileudo dos Santos

3 goals Emad Motaeb Flávio

Flávio Amado

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Didier Drogba

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position. He currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League, where he is deputy vice-captain, and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team...

2 goals Mohamed Aboutreika

Mohamed Aboutreika

Mohamed Aboutrika is an Egyptian footballer. Aboutrika plays as a second striker and as an attacking midfielder for the Egyptian team Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national football team....

Albert Meyong Ze

Albert Meyong Zé , known as Meyong, is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Braga in the Portuguese first division, as a striker.-Football career:...

Ousmane Bangoura

Ousmane Bangoura is a retired Guinean football midfielder. He last played for Shenyang Ginde in 2006.-Injury:While playing a league match on 7 July 2006, the 26-year-old Ginde midfielder suffered a ruptured eyeball after being caught in the face by Qingdao's Lu Gang...

Kaba Diawara

Kaba Diawara is a French-born Guinean footballer.- Career :His club career has been quite unstable, having played briefly for three English clubs as well as in Spain and Qatar. Diawara only scored once in English football, despite having three spells there...

Obafemi Martins

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Henri Camara

Henri Camara is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a striker for Greek Superleague side Panetolikos.-Early career:Camara was born in Dakar to a Guinean father and a Senegalese mother...

Mamadou Niang

Mamadou Niang is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for Qatar club Al Sadd in the Qatar National First Division. He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations. He wears the number 7 jersey...

Own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

s Abdel El-Saqua (playing against Congo D.R.) Issah Ahmed

Issah Ahmed

Issah Gabriel Ahmed or Issah Gabarel Ahmad is a Ghanaian football defender who currently, as of May 2006, plays for Randers FC. In Ghana Issah is known for the nickname "Issah the rock" because of his strength in the defence....

(playing against Zimbabwe)

1 goal Norberto Maurito Geremi

Geremi Njitap

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Lomana LuaLua

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Tresor Mputu

Trésor Mputu

Trésor Mputu is a Congolese football striker who has been described by former Cameroon and Congo coach Claude Le Roy as being "the next Samuel Eto'o", who he picked for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea as a 17 year-old.-Club career:Mputu helped his club reach the African Champions...

Arouna Koné

Arouna Koné is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Levante UD on loan from Sevilla FC in Spain, as a striker.-Early years:Born in Anyama, Koné started his football career with Rio Sport d'Anyama, a club based in his hometown...

Bakari Koné

Bakari Koné is an Ivorian football striker who plays for Qatar League side Lekhwiya.-Early career:Like many other Ivorian stars, he began his career at the famed youth academy at ASEC Mimosas, run by Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou in his home country. Guillou recalls: "One day, when I was passing...

Yaya Touré

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Hossam Hassan

Hossam Hassan Hussein is a retired Egyptian footballer who played as a striker, and a current coach.A prolific goalscorer, he amassed well over 150 caps for Egypt, netting more than 50 times...

Ahmed Hossam Mido Amr Zaky Baba Adamu

Baba Adamu

Baba Adamu known occasionally simply by his nickname "Armando", is a Ghanaian International football Striker, who playing for Bechem Chelsea.- International :...

Matthew Amoah

Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...

Sambégou Bangoura

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Abdusalam Khames Garba Lawal

Garba Lawal

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Mikel John Obi

John Michael Nchekwube Obinna , commonly known as Mikel John Obi, John Obi Mikel or John Mikel Obi, is a Nigerian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Nigeria national team.-Club career:...

Victor Nsofor Obinna

Victor Nsofor Obinna is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a winger for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.-Biography:Obinna in Igbo, literally means "Father´s heart". He played for Chievo in Italy's Serie B, having played regularly in Serie A with the club until their relegation in 2007...

Christian Obodo

Christian Obodo is a football defensive midfielder from Nigeria, currently plays for Italian Serie A side U.S...

Taye Ismaila Taiwo

Taye Ismaila Taïwo is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan. He is well known for his powerful and accurate long shots, and is a dead-ball expert...

Issa Ba

Issa Ba is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays for the Romanian Liga I team FCM Târgu Mureş.-External links:...

Souleymane Camara

Souleymane Camara is a Senegalese football player who plays for Montpellier HSC in Ligue 1.Camara previously played for AS Monaco and OGC Nice....

Papa Bouba Diop

Pape "Papa" Bouba Diop is a Senegalese footballer who plays for West Ham United in the Football League Championship and the Senegal national team. His preferred position is defensive midfield but can also play as a centre back, where he previously played at Lens...

Mohamed Kader

Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré is a Togolese football striker.-International career:A Togo international, he helped them reach the 2006 World Cup, their first World Cup ever. He further scored the team's first ever World Cup goal in a loss to South Korea. The goal was also Togo's only goal...

Mamam Cherif Touré

Mamam Cherif-Touré is an Togolese football midfielder.- Career :During his time at Livingston, Cherif wore number 91. This is said to be his lucky number from his childhood as he had a basketball shirt bearing that number...

Selim Ben Achour

Selim Benachour is a Tunisian footballer, who was born in France. He is a midfielder who currently plays for the Primeira Liga side C.S. Marítimo. He had once played in Portugal with Vitoria SC, enjoying one successful season at the club. He is multilingual...

Riadh Bouazizi Karim Haggui

Karim Haggui

Karim Haggui is a Tunisian football defender. He currently plays for Hannover 96.- Early career :Haggui started his career in 1998 with AS Kasserine in his home town, eventually moving to Etoile du Sahel two years later and starting his professional career there in 2003...

James Chamanga

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Christopher Katongo

Christopher Katongo is a Zambian international footballer who plays professionally for Chinese club Henan Construction F.C., as a striker.-Club career:...

Elijah Tana

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Benjani Mwaruwari

Benjamin Mwaruwari , known as Benjani, is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Portsmouth in the Football League Championship, where he plays as a striker....

CAF Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary

Essam El-Hadary

Essam El-Hadary is an Egyptian goalkeeper, playing for Sudan Premier League side El-Merreikh.-Club career:Swiss club FC Sion announced that they had signed El-Hadary to a four-year contract in February 2008, despite claims to the contrary from his club Al-Ahly...

Defenders Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué

Emmanuel Eboué is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and Ivory Coast. His natural position is at right back, but he is also used in various other positions. Eboué also holds a Belgian passport.-Early career:...

Rigobert Song

Rigobert Song Bahanag is a former Cameroonian footballer who is currently a main consultant for the famous sports channel 'Orange sports'. Although receiving many propositions from top clubs, Song declined. Song played for Kosovo super league club KF Drenica, when his contract after season 2010/12...

Wael Gomaa

Wael Gomaa is an Egyptian footballer. He plays as a defender for Egypt's African Champion Al-Ahly club as well as Egypt's National Football Team-Club career:...

Taye Taiwo

Taye Ismaila Taiwo

Taye Ismaila Taïwo is a Nigerian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan. He is well known for his powerful and accurate long shots, and is a dead-ball expert...

Midfielders Stephen Appiah

Stephen Appiah

Stephen Leroy Appiah is a former Ghana International football midfielder and captain. He is currently a free agent. He has played for several European clubs since 1997 and is currently without a club. Appiah was a member of the Ghana national team, which he has represented at the youth, Olympic,...

Mohamed Aboutreika

Mohamed Aboutrika is an Egyptian footballer. Aboutrika plays as a second striker and as an attacking midfielder for the Egyptian team Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national football team....

Ahmed Hassan

Ahmed Hassan is an Egyptian footballer. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder or on the right wing for the Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek SC and the Egyptian national team...

Pascal Feindouno

Pascal Feindouno is a Guinean international footballer, who currently plays for Swiss side FC Sion as a winger.- Early career :...

Forwards Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba

Samuel Eto'o

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