Emilio Nsue Lopez Joins Samuel Eto'o And Didier Drogba On Africa Cup Score Top List

Emilio Nsue Lopez Top Score of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (doc. CAF).

JAKARTA - The Captain of Equatorial Guinea, Emilio Nsue Lopez, won the Golden Boot or Top Score of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

He remains at the top of the list of the top scorers even though his team was stopped in the round of 16.

Emilio Nsue's goal drought opened when he scored a hat trick against Guinea-Bissau in a 4-2 win in the second match of Group A.

The coffers of his goals increased during the final match of the group phase. He scored a brace against the host Ivory Coast in a 4-0 victory.

Emilio Nsue led Equatorial Guinea to qualify for the knockout stages as winners of Group A with seven points from the results of two wins and one draw.

Unfortunately, their steps were stopped in the round of 16. Equatorial Guinea lost to Guinea with a narrow score of 0-1.

Even so, Emilio Nsue's goal could not be overtaken by other candidates. Nearby, only Gelson Dala (Angola) scored four goals throughout the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Emilio Nsue joined other big names on the list of recipients of the African Cup of Nations Golden Boots, such as Samuel Eto'o, Didier Drogba, Vincent Aboubakar, and Odion Ighalo.

Samuel Eto'o (Kamerun) won the Africa Cup of Nations Top Score twice in a row, namely in the 2006 and 2008 editions with each scoring five goals.

Drogba holds a similar title with other names. One of the top players playing in Europe with a similar goal record (3 goals) is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon).

Meanwhile, Aboubakar (2021/8 goals) and Ighalo (2019/5 goals) were the final two editions of the Asian Cup Score Top.