African players who remain in contention in the UEFA Champions League
Captain Riyad Mahrez celebrates after Algeria defeated Senegal in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations final in Cairo.
Giuseppe CACACE AFP
Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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The round of 16 begins this Tuesday, February 16, 2021. After the group stage, there are now 20 African internationals to remain in contention in the prestigious European competition.
Like the African champions Ramy Bensebaini, Riyad Mahrez and Mohamed Fares or the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, currently top scorer in the English championship.
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Africans entered for the final phase of the 2020-2021 Champions League
RB Leipzig (ALL):
Amadou Haidara (M - Mali).
Liverpool (ANG):
Naby Keita (M - Guinea), Sadio Mané (A - Senegal), Mohamed Salah (A - Egypt).
Senegalese Sadio Mané, during CAN 2019. Giuseppe CACACE / AFP
FC Barcelona (ESP):
no African player
PSG (FRA):
Idrissa Gueye (M - Senegal).
FC Porto (POR):
Mouhamed Mbaye (G - Senegal), Chancel Mbemba (D - DRC), Zaidu Sanusi (D - Nigeria), Nanu (D - Cape Verde), Mamadou Loum (M - Senegal), Moussa Marega ( A - Mali).
Juventus Turin (ITA):
no African player
Sevilla FC (ESP):
Yassine Bounou (G - Morocco), Munir El-Haddadi (A - Morocco), Youssef En-Nesyri (A - Morocco).
Borussia Dortmund (ALL):
no African player
Lazio Rome (ITA):
Mohamed Fares (D - Algeria), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (M - Ivory Coast).
Bayern Munich (ALL):
Eric-Maxim (A - Cameroon).
Eric Choupo-Moting (d), Cameroonian international.
JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP
Atlético Madrid (ESP):
no African player
Chelsea (ENG):
Edouard Mendy (G - Senegal), Hakim Ziyech (M - Morocco).
Borussia Mönchengladbach (ALL):
Ramy Bensebaini (D - Algeria), Ibrahima Traoré (M - Guinea).
Manchester City (ANG):
Riyad Mahrez (M - Algeria).
Atalanta Bergamo (ITA):
no African player
Real Madrid (ESP):
no African player
G = goalkeeper;
D = defender;
M = midfielder;
A = attacker.
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