Below are all the AFCON 2025 Men of the Match, selected for their standout performances as Africa’s greatest football tournament continues to light up the world. The list will be updated daily until the end of the tournament.
Amad Diallo – Forward (Côte D’Ivoire)
6 January 2026 – Marrakech
Match: Cote D’Ivoire 3-0 Burkina Faso

Adil Boulbina – Forward (Algeria)
6 January 2026 – Rabat
Match: Algeria 1-0 DR Congo

Ademola Lookman – Forward (Nigeria)
5 January 2026 – Fes
Match: Nigeria 4-0 Mozambique

Yasser Ibrahim – Centre-back (Egypt)
5 January 2026 – Agadir
Match: Egypt 2-1 Benin

Brahim Diaz – Forward (Morocco)
4 January 2025 – Stade Moulay Abdellah – Rabat
Match: Morocco 1-0 Tanzania

Carlos Baleba – Midfielder (Cameroon)
4 January 2026 – Stade Al Madina – Rabat
Match: South Africa 1-2 Cameroon

Djigui Diarra – Goalkeeper (Mali)
3 January 2026 – Mohammed V Stadium, Casablanca
Match: Mali 1-1 (3-2 AET) Tunisia

Pape Gueye – Forward (Senegal)
3 January 2026 – Grand Stade de Tanger – Tangier
Match: Sudan 1–3 Senegal

Christian Kofane – Forward (Cameroon)
31 December 2025 – Grand Stade d’Agadir – Agadir
Match: Mozambique 1 – 2 Cameroon

Christ Inao Oulaï – Midfielder (Côte d’Ivoire)
31 December 2025 – Grand Stade de Marrakech – Marrakesh
Match: Gabon 2 – 3 Côte d’Ivoire

Anis Hadj Moussa – Forward (Algeria)
31 December 2025 – Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat
Match: Equatorial Guinea 1–3 Algeria

Arsène Kouassi – Defender (Burkina Faso)
31 December 2025 – Mohammed V Stadium- Casablanca
Match: Sudan 0-2 Burkina Faso

Abdallah Seck – Defender (Senegal)
30 December 2025 – Grand Stade de Tanger – Tangier
Match: Senegal 3-0 Benin

Gaël Kakuta – Forward (DR Congo)
30 December 2025 – Stade Al Madina – Rabat
Match: Botswana 0-3 RD Congo

Raphael Onyedika – Midfielder (Nigeria)
30 December 2025 – Complexe Sportif de Fès – Fez
Match: Uganda 1–3 Nigeria

Ismaël Gharbi – Forward (Tunisia)
30 December 2025 – Stade Olympique de Rabat – Rabat
Match: Tanzania 1-1 Tunisia

Ayoub El Kaabi – Forward (Morocco)
29 December 2025 – Moulay Abdellah Stadium – Rabat
Match: Morocco 3-0 Zambia

Mamadou Sangaré – Midfielder (Mali)
29 December 2025 – Mohammed V Stadium – Casablanca
Match 26: Mali 0–0 Comoros

Oswin Appollis – Forward (South Africa)
29 December 2025 – Marrakech – Grand Stade de Marrakech
Match 28: Zimbabwe 2–3 South Africa

Fredy Alfredo – Midfielder (Angola)
29 December 2025 – Agadir – Grand Stade d’Agadir
Match 27: Angola 0–0 Egypt

Amad Diallo – Forward (Côte d’Ivoire)
28 Décember 2025 – Marrakesh – Grand Stade de Marrakech
Match: Cote d’Ivoire 1-1 Cameroon

Ibrahim Maza – Forward (Algeria)
28 December 2025 – Prince Moulay El Hassan Stadium – Rabat
Match: Algeria 1–0 Burkina Faso

Geny Catamo – Forward (Mozambique)
28 December 2025 – Grand Stade d’Agadir – Agadir
Match: Gabon 2-3 Mozambique

Mohamed Mamoun – Forward (Sudan)
28 December 2025 – Stade Mohammed V – Casablanca
Match: Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Susan

Ademola Lookman – Forward (Nigeria)
27 December 2025 – Complexe Sportif de Fès, Rabat
Match: Nigeria 3–2 Tunisia

Simon Msuva – Forward (Tanzania)
27 December 2025 – Stade El Barid, Rabat
Match: Tanzania 1–1 Uganda

Sadio Mané – Forward (Senegal)
27 December 2025 – Grand Stade de Tanger – Tangier
Match: Senegal 1–1 Democratic Republic of Congo

Yohan Roche – Defender (Benin)
27 December 2025 – Olympic Stadium – Rabat
Match: Benin 1–0 Botswana

Naël El Aynaoui – Midfielder (Morocco)
26 December 2025 – Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium – Rabat
Match: Morocco 1–1 Mali

Youssouf Zaidou – Midfielder (Comoros)
26 December 2025 – Casablanca – Stade Mohammed V
Match: Zambia 0–0 Comoros

Mohamed Elshenawy – Goalkeeper (Egypt)
26 December 2025 – Agadir – Grand Stade d’Agadir
Match 15: Egypt 1–0 South Africa

Alfredo Ribeiro – Midfielder (Angola)
26 December 2025 – Marrakech – Stade de Marrakech
Angola 1-1 Zimbabwe

Bryan Mbeumo – Forward (Cameroon)
24 December 2025 – Agadir – Adrar Stadium
Match: Cameroon 1-0 Gabon

Amad Diallo – Forward (Côte D’Ivoire)
24 December 2025 – Marrakech – Grand Stade de Marrakech
Match: Côte d’Ivoire 1-0 Mozambique

Riyad Mahrez – Forward (Algeria)
24 December 2025 – Rabat – Moulay Hassan Stadium
Match : Algeria 3-0 Sudan

Edmond Tapsoba – Defender (Burkina Faso)
24 December 2025 – Casablanca – Mohammed V Stadium
Match : Burkina Faso vs Equatorial Guinea

Elias Achouri – Midfielder (Tunisia)
23 December 2025 – Rabat – Stade Olympique
Tunisia – Uganda

Semi Ajayi – Forward (Nigeria)
23 December 2025 – Fez – Compexe Sportif de Fès
Nigeria -Tanzania

Nicholas Jackson – Forward (Senegal)
23 December 2025 – Tangiers – Grand Stade de Tanger
Senegal vs Botswana

Théo Bongonda – Midfielder (DR Congo)
23 December 2025 – Rabat – Stade Al Madina
DR Congo vs Benin

Omar Marmoush – Forward (Egypt)
22 December 2025 – Agadir – Grand Stade d’Agadir
Egypt vs Zimbabwe

Lyle Foster – Forward (South Africa)
22 December 2025 – Marrakesh – Grande Stade de Marrakech
South Africa vs Angola

Lassine Sinayoko – Forward (Mali)
22 December 2025 – Casablanca – Mohammed V Stadium
Mali vs Zambia

Brahim Díaz – Forward (Morocco)
21 December 2025 – Rabat – Stade Moulay Abdellah
Morocco vs Comoros

SOURCE: CAF ONLINE
