2006 Africa Cup of Nations squads

Below is a list of squads used in the 2006 African Nations Cup.

Squads

Angola  

Coach: Luís Oliveira Golçalves

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Joao Ricardo			Without team
2	2DF	Jacint Pereira			AS Aviacao,
3	2DF	Joao Pereira			AS Aviacao,
4	2DF	Lebo-Lebo			Sagrada Esperanca,
5	2DF	Carlos Alonso			Without team
6	3MF	Marcos Joaquim			Interclube,
7	3MF	Paulo Figueiredo			Varzim SC,
8	3MF	André			Kuwait SC,
9	4FW	Pedro Mantorras			SL Benfica,
10	3MF	Fabrice Akwa			Al-Wakra,
11	3MF	Macaba			Portuguesa,
12	1GK	Luis Joao			Petro Atletico,
13	4FW	Edson Nobre			FC Paços de Ferreira,
14	3MF	Atonio Mendounca			Varzim SC,
15	3MF	Norberto Mulenessa			Al Wahda FC,
16	4FW	Flavio Amado			Al-Ahly,
17	3MF	Nsimba Baptista			Petro Atletico,
18	4FW	Arsenio Cabungula			AS Aviacao,
19	4FW	Titi Buengo			Clermont Foot,
20	2DF	Manuel Cange			Benfica Luanda,
21	2DF	Luis Delgado			Primeiro Agosto,
22	1GK	Matumona Lundala			Sagrada Esperanca,
23	2DF	Marco Abreu			Portimonense SC,

Cameroon  

Coach: Artur Jorge

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Kameni			RCD Espanyol,
2	2DF	Ateba Bilayi			Paris Saint Germain,
3	2DF	Atouba			Hamburger SV,
4	2DF	Song			Galatasaray,
5	2DF	Raymond Kalla			Sivasspor,
6	2DF	Benoit Angbwa			FC Krylya Sovetov,
7	3MF	Ngom Kome			Ciudad de Murcia,
8	2DF	Geremi			Chelsea F.C.,
9	4FW	Samuel Eto'o			FC Barcelona,
10	3MF	Achille Emana			Toulouse FC,
11	3MF	Jean Makoun			Lille OSC,
12	2DF	Armand Deumi Tchami			FC Thun,
13	3MF	Guy Armand Feutchine			PAOK FC,
14	3MF	Alioum Saidou			Galatasaray,
15	4FW	Pierre Webó			CA Osasuna,
16	1GK	Souleymanou Hamidou			Denizlispor,
17	1GK	Pier-Owono Ebede			Panathinaikos,
18	4FW	Roudolphe Douala			Sporting Lisbon,
19	3MF	Eric Djemba-Djemba			Aston Villa F.C.,
20	3MF	Salomon Olembé			Al-Rayyan,
21	4FW	Pierre Boya			FK Partizan,
22	4FW	Albert Meyong			Os Belenenses,
23	2DF	André Bikey			Lokomotiv Moscow,

Côte d'Ivoire  

Coach: Henri Michel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jean-Jacques Tizié			Espérance,
2	3MF	Kanga Akale			AJ Auxerre,
3	2DF	Arthur Boka			RC Strasbourg,
4	2DF	Kolo Toure			Arsenal F.C.,
5	3MF	Didier Zokora			AS Saint-Étienne,
6	2DF	Blaise Kouassi			Troyes AC,
7	3MF	Bonaventure Kalou			Paris Saint Germain,
9	4FW	Arouna Kone			PSV Eindhoven,
10	3MF	Gilles Yapi Yapo			BSC Young Boys,
11	4FW	Didier Drogba			Chelsea F.C.,
12	2DF	Abdoulaye Méïté			Olympique Marseille,
13	2DF	Marco Andrè Kpolo Zoro			FC Messina,
14	4FW	Bakary Koné			OGC Nice,
15	4FW	Aruna Dindane			RC Lens,
16	1GK	Gérard Gnanhouan			Montpellier HSC,
17	2DF	Cyril Domoraud			US Creteil,
18	3MF	Siaka Tiéné			AS Saint-Étienne,
19	3MF	Yaya Touré			Olympiacos,
20	3MF	Guy Demel			Hamburger SV,
21	2DF	Emmanuel Eboue			Arsenal F.C.,
22	3MF	Koffi Ndri Romaric			Le Mans UC72,
23	1GK	Barry Boubacar			K.S.K. Beveren,

DR Congo  

Coach: Claude LeRoy

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Pascal Kalemba			FC Lupopo,
2	2DF	Cyrille Mubiala Kitambala			Ajax Cape Town,
3	2DF	Dituabanza Nsumbu			ASV Club,
4	3MF	Tsholola Tshinyama			Ajax Cape Town,
5	4FW	Biscotte Mbala Mbuta			Yverdon-Sport FC,
6	3MF	Mutamba Milambo			Le Havre AC,
7	2DF	Christian Kinkela			Amiens SC,
8	4FW	Tresor Mputu			Tout Puissant Mazembe,
9	4FW	Lomana LuaLua			Portsmouth F.C.,
10	3MF	Lola Matumona			ASV Club,
11	3MF	Marcel Kimemba Mbayo			Sakarya-Sport,
12	3MF	Franck Matingou			SC Bastia,
13	2DF	Nono Lubanzadio			Tout Puissant Mazembe,
14	3MF	Ngasanya Ilongo			DCMP,
15	2DF	Hérita Ilunga			AS Saint-Étienne,
16	1GK	Dikete Tampungu			Bush Bucks,
17	4FW	Mbele Blaise Lelo			Orlando Pirates,
18	2DF	Gladys Bokese			DCMP,
19	3MF	Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala			Grimsby Town F.C.,
20	2DF	Felicien Kabundi			Tout Puissant Mazembe,
21	3MF	Ndandu Kasongo			Tout Puissant Mazembe,
22	4FW	Musasa Kabamba			Istanbulspor AS,
23	1GK	Francis Chansa			Orlando Pirates,

Egypt  

Coach: Hassan Shehata

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Essam El Hadary			Al-Ahly,
2	2DF	Ahmed El Sayed			Al-Ahly,
3	2DF	Mohammed Abdel Wahab			Al-Ahly,
4	2DF	Ibrahim Said			Al-Zamalek,
5	2DF	Abdel Zaher El Sakka			Konyaspor,
6	3MF	Hassan Mostapha			Al-Ahly,
7	2DF	Ahmed Fathy			Ismaily SC,
8	3MF	Moataz Eno			Al-Zamalek,
9	4FW	Hossam Hassan			Al-Masry,
10	4FW	Emad Moteb			Al-Ahly,
11	3MF	Mohamed Shawki			Al-Ahly,
12	3MF	Mohammed Barakat			Al-Ahly,
13	2DF	Tarek El Sayed			Al-Zamalek,
14	4FW	Abdel Halim Ali			Al-Zamalek,
15	4FW	Ahmed Hossam ("Mido")			Tottenham Hotspur F.C.,
16	1GK	Abdel Wahed El Sayed			Al-Zamalek,
17	3MF	Ahmed Hassan			Besiktas JK,
18	3MF	Samir Sabry			ENPPI,
19	4FW	Amr Zaki			ENPPI,
20	2DF	Wael Gomaa			Al-Ahly,
21	3MF	Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek			Sawahel,
22	3MF	Mohamed Abo Treka			Al-Ahly,
23	1GK	Mohamed Abdel Monsef			Al-Zamalek,

Ghana  

Coach: Ratomir Dujkovic

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Sammy Adjei			M.S. Ashdod,
2	2DF	Aziz Ansah			Asante Kotoko,
3	4FW	Louis Agyemang			Kaizer Chiefs,
4	2DF	Samuel Kuffour			AS Roma,
5	2DF	John Mensah			Stade Rennais FC,
6	2DF	Emmanuel Pappoe			Hapoel Kfar Sava,
7	3MF	Laryea Kingston			FC Terek Grozny,
8	2DF	Hans Sarpei			VfL Wolfsburg,
9	4FW	Prince Tagoe			Al-Ittihad,
10	3MF	Stephen Appiah			Fenerbahçe SK,
11	2DF	Francis Dickoh			FC Nordsjælland,
12	4FW	Godwin Attram			Al-Shabab,
13	4FW	Joetex Asamoah Frimpong			Enyimba F.C.,
14	4FW	Mathew Amoah			Borussia Dortmund,
15	2DF	John Pantsil			Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC,
16	1GK	George Owu			Asante Kotoko,
17	2DF	Daniel Edusei			Egaleo FC,
18	3MF	Abubakari Yakubu			Vitesse Arnhem,
19	3MF	Hamza Mohammed			Real Tamale United,
20	4FW	Baba Adamu			FC Krylya Sovetov Samara,
21	2DF	Issah Ahmed			Randers FC,
22	1GK	Philemon Mcarthy			Feyenoord,
23	3MF	Draman Haminu			Red Star Belgrade,

Guinea  

Coach: Patrice Neveu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Naby Diarso			Satellite F.C.,
2	4FW	Pascal Feindouno			AS Saint-Étienne,
3	2DF	Ibrahima Sory Camara			Parma AC,
4	2DF	Mamadi Kaba			FC Gueugnon,
5	2DF	Bobo Balde			Celtic F.C.,
6	3MF	Pablo Thiam			VfL Wolfsburg,
7	4FW	Fodé Mansare			Toulouse FC,
8	3MF	Kanfoury Sylla			Ethnikos Asteras,
9	4FW	Sambégou Bangoura			Stoke City F.C.,
10	4FW	Ismaël Bangoura			Le Mans UC72,
11	4FW	Ibrahima Bangoura			Troyes AC,
12	2DF	Morlaye Cissé			GSI Pontivy,
13	3MF	Ousmane Bangoura			R. Charleroi S.C.,
14	3MF	Ibrahima Sory Souare			Jura Sud Foot,
15	2DF	Oumar Kalabane			AJ Auxerre,
16	1GK	Aboubacar Bangoura			Chateauneuf,
17	2DF	Mamadou Alimou Diallo			KSC Lokeren,
18	3MF	Mohammed Sylla			Leicester City F.C.,
19	4FW	Kaba Diawara			AC Ajaccio,
20	4FW	Ibrahim Yattara			Trabzonspor,
21	2DF	Daouda Jabi			AC Ajaccio,
22	1GK	Kémoko Camara			Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin,
23	2DF	Sekouba Camara			A.S. Kaloum,

Libya  

Coach: Ilija Loncarevic

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Samir Abdussalam Abbud			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
2	2DF	Waled Ali Osman			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
3	2DF	Naje Saed Shushan			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
4	2DF	Omar Mohamed Dawood			JS Kabylie,
5	2DF	Younes Alhousen Shibani			Olimpic-Libya,
6	3MF	Marei Mohamed Suliman			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
7	4FW	Jehad Muntasser			Treviso F.B.C.,
8	3MF	Khaled Hussen Hussen			Al Nassar-Libya,
9	4FW	Ahmed Mahmoud Zuway			Ahly Benghazi,
10	4FW	Ahmed Saed Osman			Ahly Tripoli,
11	4FW	Ahmed Faraj El Masli			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
12	1GK	Luis de Agustini			Liverpool FC,
13	2DF	Essam Rajab Blal			Olimpic-Libya,
14	3MF	Tarik El Taib			Gaziantepspor,
15	4FW	Nader Amhimed Karra			Olimpic-Libya,
16	3MF	Nader Ali Abdusalam			Al-Siliya,
17	2DF	Mohmoud Maklouf Shafter			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
18	2DF	Osama Mashbih Hamadi			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
19	4FW	Abdesalam Kames Ezwae			Olimpic-Libya,
20	4FW	Salem Ibrahim Rewani			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
21	1GK	Muftah Saad Ghzalla			Al-Ittihad-Libya,
22	2DF	Madi Saad Belkher			Al-Hilal-Libya,
23	2DF	Abdulnaser Mouhamd Slil			Al-Ittihad-Libya,

Morocco  

Coach: Mohamed Fakher

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Tarek Jarmouni			FAR Rabat,
2	2DF	Hoalid Regragui			Racing de Santander,
3	2DF	Noureddine Kacemi			Grenoble Foot 38,
4	2DF	Abdeslam Ouaddou			Stade Rennais FC,
5	2DF	Talal El Karkouri			Charlton Athletic F.C.,
6	2DF	Noureddine Naybet			Tottenham Hotspur F.C.,
7	4FW	Jaouad Zaïri			FC Sochaux-Montbéliard,
8	2DF	El Houssaine Ouchla			FAR Rabat,
9	4FW	Ali Boussaboun			Feyenoord Rotterdam,
10	3MF	Mohamed Madihi			Wydad Casablanca,
11	3MF	Moha			CA Osasuna,
12	1GK	Mustapha Chadili			Raja Casablanca,
13	3MF	Houssine Kharja			A.S. Roma,
14	3MF	Hafid Abdessadek			FAR Rabat,
15	3MF	Youssef Safri			Norwich City F.C.,
16	2DF	Elamine Erbate			Nadi Qatar,
17	4FW	Marouane Chamakh			Girondins de Bordeaux,
18	3MF	Youssef Chippo			Al-Wakra,
19	4FW	Hicham Aboucherouane			Lille OSC,
20	4FW	Youssef Hadji			Stade Rennais FC,
21	2DF	Badr El Kaddouri			Dynamo Kyiv,
22	1GK	Nadir Lamyaghri			Wydad Casablanca,
23	4FW	Mohamed Armoumen			Al Kuwait Kaifan,

Nigeria  

Coach: Augustine Eguavoen

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Vincent Enyeama			Bney Yehuda Tel-Aviv,
2	2DF	Joseph Yobo			Everton F.C.,
3	2DF	Taye Ismaila Taiwo			Olympique de Marseille,
4	4FW	Nwankwo Kanu			West Bromwich Albion F.C.,
5	2DF	Chidi Odiah			PFC CSKA Moscow,
6	2DF	Joseph Enakarhire			Dinamo Moscow,
7	3MF	John Utaka			Stade Rennais FC,
8	3MF	John Obi Mikel			Manchester United F.C.,
9	4FW	Obafemi Martins			Internazionale Milano F.C.,
10	3MF	Jay-Jay Okocha			Bolton Wanderers,
11	3MF	Garba Lawal			Iraklis FC,
12	1GK	Austin Ejide			Étoile Sportive du Sahel,
13	3MF	Yussuf Ayila			Dynamo Kyiv,
14	4FW	Victor Obinna			A.C. ChievoVerona,
15	2DF	Paul Obiefule			Viborg FF,
16	3MF	Wilson Oruma			Olympique Marseille,
17	4FW	Julius Aghahowa			Shakhtar Donetsk,
18	3MF	Christian Obodo			Udinese Calcio,
19	4FW	Stephen Ayodele Makinwa			U.S. Città di Palermo,
20	3MF	Peter Odemwingie			Lille OSC,
21	2DF	Obinna Nwaneri			Espérance,
22	3MF	Sani Kaita			Sparta Rotterdam,
23	1GK	Dele Aiyenugba			Enyimba FC,

Senegal  

Coach: Abdoulaye Sarr

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Tony Mario Sylva			Lille OSC,
2	2DF	Omar Daf			FC Sochaux-Montbéliard,
3	2DF	Guirane N'Daw			FC Sochaux-Montbéliard,
4	2DF	Pape Diakhaté			AS Nancy,
5	2DF	Souleymane Diawara			FC Sochaux-Montbéliard,
6	3MF	Rahmane Barry			FC Lorient Bretagne Sud,
7	4FW	Henri Camara			Wigan Athletic F.C.,
8	4FW	Mamadou Niang			Olympique Marseille,
9	4FW	Souleymane Camara			OGC Nice,
10	3MF	Issa Ba			Châteauroux,
11	4FW	El Hadji Diouf			Bolton Wanderers F.C.,
12	3MF	Amady Faye			Newcastle United F.C.,
13	2DF	Lamine Diatta			Olympique Lyonnais,
14	3MF	Frédéric Mendy			AS Saint-Étienne,
15	4FW	Diomansy Kamara			West Bromwich Albion,
16	1GK	Papa Mamadou Diouf			Jeanne d'Arc,
17	2DF	Ferdinand Coly			Parma F.C.,
18	2DF	Boukary Drame			Paris Saint-Germain,
19	3MF	Papa Bouba Diop			Fulham F.C.,
20	3MF	Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye			Bolton Wanderers F.C.,
21	2DF	Habib Beye			Olympique de Marseille,
22	1GK	Cheick N'Diaye			Sparta Rotterdam,
23	3MF	Dino Djiba			FC Metz,

South Africa  

Coach: Theodore Dumitru

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Calvin Marlin			Supersport United,
2	2DF	Jimmy Tau			Kaizer Chiefs,
3	2DF	Daniel Tshabalala			Orlando Pirates,
4	2DF	Ricardo Katza			Supersport United,
5	2DF	Mbulelo Mabizela			Vålerenga I.F. Fotball,
6	2DF	Siboniso Gaxa			Supersport United,
7	3MF	Siphiwe Tshabalala			Supersport United,
8	2DF	Mlungisi Gumbi			Golden Arrows,
9	4FW	Toni Nhleko			Viking F.K.,
10	3MF	Benedict Vilakazi			Orlando Pirates,
11	3MF	Elrio van Heerden			Club Brugge,
12	3MF	Joseph Makhanya			Orlando Pirates,
13	2DF	Pierre Issa			OFI FC,
14	4FW	Siyabonga Nomvete			Orlando Pirates,
15	4FW	Sibusiso Zuma			Arminia Bielefeld,
16	1GK	Moeneeb Josephs			Ajax Cape Town,
17	4FW	Benni McCarthy			FC Porto,
18	4FW	Katlego Mphela			Supersport United,
19	2DF	Thepo Masilela			Supersport United,
20	3MF	Siyabonga Nkosi			Bloemfontein Celtic,
21	2DF	Vuyo Mere			Mamelodi Sundowns,
22	1GK	Vril Phadi			Jomo Cosmos,
23	4FW	Lebohang Mokoena			Orlando Pirates,

Togo  

Coach: Stephen Keshi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Nimini Tchagirou Ourou			Djoliba AC,
2	2DF	Daré Nibombe			R.A.E.C. Mons,
3	2DF	Jean Paul Abalo			USL Dunkerque,
4	4FW	Emmanuel Adebayor			Arsenal F.C.,
5	2DF	Massamasso Tchangai			Benevento Calcio,
6	3MF	Yao Aziawonou			BSC Young Boys,
7	3MF	Moustapha Salifou			Stade Brestois,
8	2DF	Mamah Abdoul Gaffar			FC 105 Libreville,
9	4FW	Mickaël Dogbé			FC Rouen,
10	3MF	Mamam Cherif Touré			FC Metz,
11	4FW	Toure Coubageat			Improve F.C.,
12	2DF	Eric Akoto			VfB Admira Wacker,
13	2DF	Emmanuel Mathias			Espérance,
14	4FW	Adekanmi Olufade			Al-Siliya,
15	3MF	Alaixys Romao			CS Louhans-Cuiseaux,
16	1GK	Kossi Agassa			FC Metz,
17	4FW	Kader Touré			FC Sochaux,
18	3MF	Junior Yao Senaya			Yverdon-Sport FC,
19	3MF	Haliru Alidu			AS Douanes,
20	2DF	Ludovic Assemoassa			Ciudad de Murcia,
21	2DF	Atte-Oudeyi Zanzan			Lokeren,
22	1GK	Kojouri Dodo Obilale			Dynamic Togolais,
23	3MF	Kassim Guzayou			Etoile Filante,

Tunisia Tunisia

1 GK Ali Boumnijel 2 DF Issam Merdassi 3 DF Karim Haggui 4 MF Sofiane Melliti 5 AT Zied Jaziri 6 DF Hatem Trabelsi 7 MF Chouki Ben Saada 8 MF Hamed Namouchi 9 AT Haykel Gmamdia 10 MF Kaies Ghodbane 11 AT Francileudo dos Santos 12 MF Jawhar Mnari

13 MF Riadh Bouazizi 14 MF Adel Chedli 15 DF Radhi Jaidi 16 GK Khaled Fadhel 17 AT Issam Jemaa 18 MF Selim Benachour 19 DF Anis Ayari 20 DF José Clayton 21 DF Emir Hadj-Massaoud 22 GK Hamdi Kasraoui 23 AT Amine Ltaief

Zambia Zambia

1 GK Kennedy Mweene 2 DF Misheck Lungu 3 DF Clive Hachilensa 4 DF Mark Sinyangwe 5 DF Joseph Musonda 6 AT Clifford Mulenga 7 DF Billy Mwanza 8 AT Dube Phiri 9 AT Rainford Kalaba 10 AT Linos Chalwe 11 MF Andrew Sinkala 12 MF Ian Bakala

13 MF Isaac Chansa 14 AT James Chamanga 15 AT Harry Milanzi 16 GK George Kolola 17 MF Numba Mumamba 18 AT Lameck Njovu 19 AT Felix Katongo 20 DF Elijah Tana 21 AT Christopher Katongo 22 AT Collins Mbesuma 23 DF Kennedy Nkethani

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

1 GK Energy Murambadoro 2 DF Dumisani Mpofu 3 MF Esrom Nyandoro 4 DF Bekhitemba Ndlovu 5 MF Francis Chandida 6 DF Zvenyika Makonese 7 MF Joël Lupahla 8 MF Tinashe Nengomasha 9 AT Benjani Mwaruwari 10 AT Shingera Kaondera 11 DF Charles Yohane 12 AT Peter Ndlovu

13 DF Cephas Chimedza 14 DF George Mbwando 15 MF Ronald Sibanda 16 GK Tapuwa Kapini 17 AT Gilbert Mushangazhike 18 AT Brian Bazda 19 AT Edzai Kasinauyo 20 MF Edelbert Dinha 21 DF James Matola 22 MF Lloyd Chitembwe 23 GK Gift Mudzadzi

External link

• Squads (BBC)