EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AFRICAN FOOTBALLERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!

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Peter Ndlovu is the first African footballer to play in the new English @PremierLeague when he came off the bench in Coventry’s 2-0 win over Spurs in August 1992.

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The Zimbabwean is also the first African international to score in the @PremierLeague after his goal helped Coventry to a 2-1 over Sheffield Wednesday in September 1992

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Former Arsenal, Man City & Liverpool defender Kolo Toure holds the record for the most games played by an African footballer in @PremierLeague history with 353 appearances

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Liberian striker Christopher Wreh was part of Arsenal's double-winning side in 1998. He became the first African player to receive a @PremierLeague medal

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Didier Drogba remains Africa’s all-time leading goal scorer in @PremierLeague history with 104 goals in 254 appearances

The Ivorian is the first and only African player to score 100+ goals in England’s top flight

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Mohamed Salah is the first African player in history to score 30 goals in a single Premier League season

He finished the 2017/18 season on 32.

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Chelsea striker Didier Drogba topped the 2005/06 assist charts with 11, becoming the first African player to achieve this feat in a single @PremierLeague season

Only Mahrez has been able to match that, earning 11 assists in the 2015/16 season.

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In September 1993, Nigeria’s Efan Ekoku became the first player in history to score goals in a single @PremierLeague match

He is also the first African player to net a PL hat-trick

Former Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton & Blackburn striker Yakubu has scored hat-tricks in the @PremierLeague

This is more than any other African player in the competition's history

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Sadio Mane holds the record for the fastest hat-trick in @PremierLeague history scoring goals in 2 mins and 56 sec

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14’
16’

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Emmanuel Adebayor scored a hat-trick for Arsenal in both games against Derby County in 2007/08

This is the first time a player scored goals in both fixtures against the same team in a season.

Zimbabwe’s Peter Ndlovu is the first player to score a Premier League hat-trick against Liverpool at Anfield

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35’
86’

Liverpool fans started walking out after his third goal

Didier Drogba is the first African player win the @PremierLeague golden boot after scoring 20 goals during the 2006/07 season

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Salah, Mane & Aubameyang ended the 2018/19 @PremierLeague season on 22 goals

This was the first time three Africans shared the PL Golden Boot

Mo Salah (22)
Sadio Mane (22)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (22)

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Nigeria hold Africa’s record for the most different goalscorers in @PremierLeague history with 31

Yakubu tops the list with 95 goals

Riyad Mahrez is the first African player to win the PFA Players' Player of the Year after his brilliant performance during the 2015/16 @PremierLeague season

"It's an honour to be the first African - not the best, but the first..." - Riyad Mahrez

In the 2013/14 season Manchester City’s Yaya Toure became the first African midfielder to score 20+ goals in a single Premier League season

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In 2019, Arsenal signed Nicolas Pepe from Lille for a club record fee of £72m

He is the most expensive African player in @PremierLeague history