UEFA Champions League: the top 10 African players

The race for the honorary title of best African player in this 2024-2025 edition of the UEFA Champions League is in full swing.

Nigerian Ademola Lookman has taken a strong lead in this race, even though his team Atalanta Bergamo exited the competition at the intermediate round.

Moroccan Achraf Hakimi is still in the running, especially since he will have the opportunity to play in the semi-final.

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Below is the ranking of the top 10 African players in the UEFA Champions League according to calculations by the site "whoscored".

1- Ademola Lookman (Atalanta/Nigeria): 7.73

2- Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund/Guinea): 7.46

3- Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain/Morocco): 7.37

4- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt): 7.23

5- Wilfried Singo (Monaco/Ivory Coast): 7.09

6- Isamail Saibari (Eindhoven/Morocco): 6.93

7- Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund/Algeria): 6.88

8- Thomas Partey (Arsenal/Ghana): 6.76

9- Osame Sahraoui (Lille/Morocco): 6.75

10 - Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen): 6.68

Imed Ben Amara |

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Imed Ben Amara - bilingual sports writer and web editor with experience in football content creation. Since 2021, he has contributed to Foot Africa, providing news coverage and analysis.