UEFA Champions League: Top African goalscorers in the knockout stage

Silent in the first leg, despite Galatasaray’s emphatic 5-2 victory over Juventus in Turkey, Victor Osimhen finally found the net on Wednesday night in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League play-off tie.

The Nigerian striker put his team back on track at the end of the first extra time (105+2’), reducing the deficit to 3-1. The Istanbul club then moved ahead of the Old Lady before Yilmaz put the result beyond doubt with a second goal in the 118th minute.

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The former Napoli striker’s goal was his sixth in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase. This brings him closer to the Top 5 African scorers at this stage, with only Algerian Riyad Mahrez and Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor ahead of him.

Here is the all-time ranking of top African goalscorers in Champions League knockout stages:

1- Sadio Mané (Senegal): 15 goals
2- Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast): 14 goals
3- Mohamed Salah (Egypt): 12 goals
4- Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon): 10 goals
5- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria): 7 goals
6- Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo): 7 goals
7- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria): 6 goals

Osimhen will have the chance to improve his stats in the round of 16, where Galatasaray will face either Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur.

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.

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