Top 10 Most Promising African Footballers

I think all the players u mentioned r good but some of them aren't the best.When i was watching the cup of african nations(CAN) a left footer player in EGYPT (NO.3).After searching i found that he is called mohamed abd el wahab i think he must be from the best 10 promising african players he is only 21 years old & plays for AHLY(EGY) he is an excellent left SB and also have a wonderful & powerful left foot.
fot more info about egyption players follow this link
http://www.egplayers.blogspot.com

 

does the power in his left foot match that of "thunder" Taye Taiwo?

 

i didn't say it is like taye taiwo but his left foot is pretty good

 

I wish Chelsea would stop this Ashley Cole nonsense, and put in a bid for Taye Taiwo.

 

thnx for this good point

i tHink that Taye Taiwo will be more useful for chelsea than ashley cole

 

we still need a GK

 

u r right nigeria needs a good GK even peter rufi wasn't good i don't remember a good GK for nigeria for years i wish they can find a good GK soon

 

we actually have one, vincent enyeama has been quite solid, he hasnt made anymore mistakes than any other national team keeper. He showed himself pretty well at this years ANC.

And just wait on Ambrose Vanzekin, the kid will come good, he was quite decent in the u20 wc, and if he can latch on to a european side to get top quality gk training, he will be pretty good.

 

talk about victor anichebe of everton another potential player for nigeria or stefano chuka okaka who already plays for roma http://www.stefanochukaokaka.it/

 

Isnt he going to play for the Italian NT though?

 

Firstly i would to say hi to all guys that has kept this forum going.

I leave in South Africa sine form birth, i follow football all over the world especially youth football,to check who are the new stars coming. I must say African football seem to have future concidering the amount of talent is coming.

I would like to parcipate in this forum by giving some analysis about South African young promising players, since i've seen that you guys got a little info about them, judging to the fact that the other guys here said Junior Khanye is already a Kaizer Chiefs legend which is not true. Since the boy got no club at the moment and he was kick out at chiefs in 2005/2006 season by the German Coach Ernst Minderdop.

I will give my analysis of South African players that you guys had mentioned here, aswell as the unkowns, later today.

Am i alow to mention even guys that are 22-25yrs old??

 

i saw him

yeah
the u20 nigerian GK is very good i saw him in the world cup but i don't think he is good enough to be the GK of a team like Nigeria i hope he bnecomes better if u remember u20 world cup which was in UAE the egyption team had a fantastic GK ((Ekramy)) who plays for feyennord and hestill 22 yrs old

 

Solomon Okoronkwo is very talented player, but not a natural winger. His crosses are mediocre. While his club officially lists him as a striker, his best positions would be central behind two strikers or in a 4-1-3-2 as half-left/half-right.

Unfortunately he has a somewhat hard time at his club at the moment, his motivation was somewhat lacking last season and for legal reasons he can't play for the second team.

I'd also like to add Prince Tagoe ( 20, striker, somewhere in Saudi Arabia ) and Emmanuel Boakye ( 20, right back, Ajax ) for Ghana, though not necessarily in Africa's top ten. If they should opt for Ghana the Boateng brothers of Hertha Berlin ( Okoronkwo's club, incidentally ) would probably have to be on the list as well, they can choose between Ghana and Germany still. Info on all four of these players can be found easily.

I'm somewhat reluctant about including players only known from youth competitions, especially the U17 level. Not many of those manage the transition to top flight seniour level play.

 

I think Hertha's Boateng was contacted by the Ghana FA to play for that country right before the WC, but he turned them down citing that he wished to play for Germany.
I don't know whether he still wishes to do so, but that was his mentality pre-WC.

Metro

 

Seeing that i live a couple months of the year in Berlin, i do have some albeit indirect connections. The current stance seems to be that Kevin-Prince ( 19, midfielder ) will likely choose Germany and Jerome (17, defensive allrounder ) would prefer Ghana. This should be fine with Black Stars fans since the team really doesn't need that many more midfielders, but quality defenders are somewhat scarce. That is assuming they employ a coach who actually fields players according to their strengths and not a factsheet sent by their club. Lacking flexibility was unfortunately one of Duya's major flaws.

 

This must be Arouna Kone, I'm a PSV fan and he's playing truly amazing the last matches. He had a problem with scoring but he was still player very good and now he's scoring as well. He has everything to become a world-class player. He's very fast, amazing dribbling, very strong and almost impossible to get him off the ball, amazing first touch, he lets other players score. If he keeps playing like this he will be the next Ronaldo,Nillis,Romario,Nistelrooy, Robben (And Farfan). And he will play for a world-class team like Barcelona or Chelsea. He has improved amazing this season

 

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx...d=8&lid=&title=Blues+to+get+a+taste+of+Salami

Can anyone tell me about Adigun Salami?

Thanks

 

http://www.clubcall.com/index.jsp?storyID=299434

It seems like Chelsea FC may recall Jeffrey Ntuka from Westerlo in January. Does anyone have any information on this. With the current rightback problems do you think he is the solution for the long-term?

Thanks

And any info on Salami would be excellent.

 

Salami is relatively unknown here in Denmark as well, since he has only played a few games for FC Midtjylland so it's a bit odd that Chelsea is interested in him all of a sudden.

There is another very interesting African player playing for Randers FC though, Baye Djiby Fall from Senegal. Very powerful striker, second on the topscorer list with 9 goals in 17 matches and he's only 20 years if I remember correctly.

FC Midtjylland also has Kwadwo Poku from Ghana, he played in the Olympics for them. And Nigerians Ajilore Oluwafemi and Akeem Agbetu who came from the academy they have set up down there I think.

AC Horsens has Joel Tchami from Cameroun, but he's 23 or 24 now so he probably doesn't count for the purposes of this thread.

FC Copenhagen of course has Ghana's Razak Pimpong but he has failed to re-produce the good form he showed at FC Midtjylland and there has been rumors that he was going to a swedish club this winter.

Vejle Boldklub has Adeshina Lawal and Justice John Erhenede, both Nigerians and both supposedly very talented.

Finally Viborg FF has a few Nigerians of their own, namely Paul Obiefule and Kingsley Onyenekwe who are both 20 years old and they both came from the football academy set up in Nigeria by Viborg FF.

So there are lots of interesting african players running around up here in the cold at the moment.

 

Thanks, so you haven't seen much of his play. If you do see him play can you give a bit more information on him. Is he a winger or a central midfielder?
He seems pretty small
http://www.fcm.dk/index.php?ID=6&holdID=3&spillerID=50&mode=spillerinfo&topID=5

only 172m. Anyways any information would be great.

 

I want to put this thread on the first page again as it was an interesting read. It's been almost two years since the last post, so things have changed quite a bit. Any new top 10 most promising African footballer lists???

 

I'll do a top 5 of Kenya's most promising footballers. Just to get the ball rolling.....

1. MacDonald Mariga.

Plays for Parma, was recently coveted by Firiontina in the Seria A. He's 21. CMF. Definately one to watch out for.

2. Patrick Oboya

Plays for FK SIAD Most In the Czech Division One. Born in 1987. Has been capped 6 times for the Kenyan national team. Has scored twice, including this stunner. http://http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7pn-hX6Opsg&feature=related

3. Allan Wanga

It's hard to say if he has potential or he has realized his potential. He just started playing professionally. Was brought in as a possible replacement for Manucho at Atlético Petróleos in Angola. Born in 1985. Soon to be 23. While playing at Tusker FC in Kenya, he managed 13 goals in his last nine matches.

4. Daniel Oyugah
Born in 1989. Plays for Southern Polytechnic State University, in the United States.

I'll throw in a long shot.

5. Francis Kahata.

Striker. 16 years old, Reported Interest by AC Milan, yes, THE AC Milan. Could turn out to be more of Kenya's exaggerating, but you never know. Plays for Chania High School, but is under contract at Thika Utd.

Interesting side note, Kahata can be translated as ' he missed' in Kiswahili.

Hounourable Mentions.

Curtis Osano
Daniel Muchoki
Oliech must be mentioned, He could be the next drogba, haha

Anyone I missed??

 

Blimey, I can't believe this thread I started in 2006 is still going strong; applause to all you guys and gels out there who have kept this thread going in my absence. You may notice I have set up a new account - only due to me forgetting log in and password details in my previous one.

But lets get to work; I though I'd start by reviewing my 'Top 10' predictions made in 2006 and rate there progress out of 10. Here goes;

1. Taye Taiwo: Over the last three season Taye has made the left back birth at OM - and Nigeria - his own. Although his development into a 'battering ram' attacking wing-back has been drawn praise from some quarters, its his defensive limitations; positioning, lapses in concentration and slow in the transition that have deterred English and Italian suitors. He is without doubt a fantastic left back on his day; pocket rocket left foot, strong in the tackle etc., I only hope he gets the opportunity to move to the the Premiership at the end of the season; as I for one would love to see him blossom into a excellent - all-round - left back. Rate: 8/10

2. Godwin Antwi: 20 year old Godwin is currently on loan to his fourth club since signing for Liverpool in 2005. But I will not be writing about him as he's done and done a 'Sunny' and decided to play for Spain rather than Ghana (I call it a 'Sunny' named after Sunny Sunday - the ex-Nigerian defensive midfielder - who defected to play for Spain). So adios Godwin!

3. John Obi Mikel: Now being a Man Utd fan I should resent John Obi for what he did to us prior to joining Chelsea, but I don't... Over the last two season John seems to have finally settled down in London, securing a place - in the absence of the excellent Michael Essien - in the heart of the Chelsea midfield. But for those of us who watched John in his earlier years at Lyn, there is a hint of disappointment when I see him sitting in front of that Chelsea defence, void of creative flair. Of course he is currently not a spot on Frank Lampard as an attacking option in the middle, but give the lad a chance at least. The Chelsea fans I know are still not keen on him, generally, but that mainly due to them never seeing him played consistently in a position that suits him best. Saying this, I do believe he could turn out to be a more than effective DM, if Chelsea decide to settle on that role for him and coach in accordingly. So lets hope in the next few season he can settle into a position and begin to convince the doubters out there - me being one of them! Rate: 8/10

4. Jonathan Quartey: Currently playing for Kaizer Chiefs; to be honest, I haven't seem Jon play for a while. But the move to Kaizers in 2008 is a positive step for the 20 year old. The PSL will give him a good development platform and chance of being scouted to play in Europe, most likely France. I still have hope for the giant Jon. Rate: 5/10

5. Isaac Promise: Captain the fabulous Nigeria side in the Beijing Olympics last year and impressed European/Nigerian scouts/officials at the competition. Currently playing for Trabzonspor - one of the top five in Turkey - and doing well. He has blossomed into a typical number 9, good on the ball, fantastic positional awareness, good first touch and decent movement off the ball. The one thing he lacks at the moment, a decent goal ratio. A move to Germany or France would aid the 21 year olds progression greatly. 7/10

6. Momodou Ceesay: Momo looked like he was set for the big time in 2008 when he signed for Chelsea; unfortunately the move did not work out for Momo and - although still 20 - he looks like a player who may have made the jump to Europe too early. Currently playing for Westerlo in Belgium (6th in one of Easter Europe's worst leagues) Momo has played 26 times this season without hitting the back on the net. I would hope a 1st or 2nd division French side takes a chance on him as he is still a player who - in my mind - has an incredible amount of ability, he just need to settle down in a good environment where he can develop. I am not writing you off Momo... I am still a believer! Rate: 3/10

7. Agyemang Opoku: 19 year old Opoku is currently plying his trade in Qatar with Al Sadd. Not a disastrous move for start of the 2005 African U17 Championships. I haven't seen anything from Opoku since 2005, so; Rate: Unknown


8. Dennis Oliech: The apple of my eye being a Kenyan supporter Dennis is to me what Torres is to Spain. Yes he may hit and miss at Auxerre this season, only netting 5 in 34, but he regularly used as a support striker; ala Wayne Rooney. Now I don't for one second compare the technical ability of Oliech to Torres or Rooney... Christ now, he is some way off them both. The best move Dennis made was to Auxerre in 2007. He has had two stable years at the club and is appreciated by the fans and coaches. Still blessed with a blistering turn of pace, its only his fumbling first touch and poor shot/goal ratio that holds him back from being a top player in France. But when he pulls on a Harambee Stars shirt... boy you better watch out! 10 goals in 13 and 4 in the 2010 WC campaign. At 24 he has solidified himself as one of the best players in East Africa, but his time is running if he wants to be considered one of Africa's best. A move to Portsmouth was mooted last summer, a move to a mid table English side this summer would make or break is career. Rate: 7/10

9. Ismael Beko Fofana: Beko has fallen right off my radar in the last few seasons. He had a trial with Charlton in 2007 and as far as I am aware signed for the Academy. Research shows that Beko currently plays for Fredrikstad in Denmark, where it is said he is on loan from Charlton as he is not able to obtain a visa. Rate: Unknown

10. Osmane Jallow: Lets get back to success stories, Jallow currently plays for the famous Brondby IF in Sweden, he's netted 5 in 10 this season and one Brondby fan I know has said he is the fans favourite. After a spell in Qatar with Al Ain and with Raja Casablanca, he made the move to Sweden at the start of this season. Already a full international with Gambia - 3 games and 1 goal - Jallow is one of the players on this list who's stock is rising by the game. If his Wiki page is to be believe, he hit 11 in 15 for Al Ain and 15 in 19 for Raja. This kid is going places people. I've seen one league game this season - a Brondby against SønderjyskE - where Jallow scored form a sublime over-head kick. Big, quick and with goals ratio to write home about, the striker will no doubt be on the radars of some of Europes eliet this coming summer. Rate: 10/10

One more player I raved about a few years ago also deserves a mention; McDonald Mariga. The midfielder has not only blossomed into one of Parma's best players this season, but one of Serie B most consistent and impressive midfielders. The tall midfielder was already on the verge of a Premiership move in 2007, but his 2.7 million pound move to Pompy broken down due to work permit problems. He move to Parma instead, initially on loan, but impressed so much that cash strapped Parma decided to splash the cash on Mariga and make his move permanent. This season's performances have drawn speculation that the midfielder will move on in the summer, with AC Milan and Juventus the most likely destinations. If he does move on though, I hope he doesn't end up sitting on the bench of a big four team. Rate: 9/10