AFCON 2015: SOME FIGURES
Mazembe, the largest provider of players to AFCON
January 15, 2015
The numbers speak for themselves, 368 players from 16 nations will compete for the CAN 2015 which begins Saturday, January 17 in Equatorial Guinea. But where are these footballers from who will don the jersey of their selection? In Which championships and for which clubs will they evolve and what is the club that has a greater contingent? TPM probably with 8 international. Decryption.
The French championships with 70 players
Not surprisingly, the French championship in its various leagues that will count the most players participating in the AFCON. They are 70 playing in France, they are as follows: Senegal (9), Gabon (8), Guinea (8), Ivory Coast (7), Mali (7), Burkina Faso (6), Cameroon (6) Congo Brazzaville (5), Tunisia (4), Cape Verde (3), Algeria (3), Ghana (3) and the DRC (1).
Then comes Spain in its various championships (25 players), South Africa comes third with 23 players, including 18 players exclusively in Bafana Bafana. Congratulations to the coach who went to seek for more than 90% of its workforce in south African championship. Next highest ranked Belgium (19), Tunisia (16), Portugal (14), DRC (11), Zambia (11) and Italy (10).
Mazembe against Bordeaux, Lyon, Kaizer Chiefs and Léopards Dolisie
In Equatorial Guinea, the TPM will be the club with the most international players. They will be 8 players of the best manager in Africa manager, MoïseKATUMBI, for this competition: Robert KIDIABA,Joël KIMWAKI, Jean KASUSULA (DRC),Rianford KALABA and Given SINGULUMA (Zambia), Roger Claver ASSALE (Ivory Coast),Salif COULIBALY (Mali), Solomon ASANTE (Ghana).
The dolphin is called Bordeaux (France) with 6 ambassadors and then classify Olympique Lyonnais (France), Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) and Leopards Dolisie (Congo Brazzaville) with 5 ambassadors for everyone. Other clubs like Esperance Sportive de Tunis, Cercle Sportif Sfaxien Club Africain and SC Bastia (France) accounting four representatives each.
With these eight players of the club in AFCON 2015, the newsroom of the site during this period will devote multiple reports on international TPM.