§ Mauritania to have four brothers in TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2023
§ Hassan brothers the only siblings to have lifted the title together twice
§ The Toure and Ayew brothers have played the most TotalEnergies AFCON titles together (6)
The 34th edition of Africa’s biggest event, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in less than 48 hours, with 24 strong African nations set to battle it out for Africa’s most coveted title.
With all 24 teams raring to go, CAFOnline takes a look interesting statistical information of brothers playing in the same national team at the various editions of the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON.
In the history of the competition, six siblings have managed to win the trophy: the Ethiopians Italo and Luciano Vassalo in 1962, the Congolese Albert Bwanga and Robert Kazadi in 1974, the Cameroonians André and François Biyik in 1988, the Zambians Christopher and Felix Katongo in 2012, the Ivorians Yaya and Kolo Touré in 2015.
Egypt’s Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan have achieved the feat of winning two TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations in 1986 and 1998 together.
Kolo and Yaya Touré (Cote d’Ivoire – AFCON 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 & 2015)
Football-wise, Kolo and Yaya have experienced almost everything. For years, they were teammates and opponents in the English Premier League but when asked what their biggest emotion as players was, they pointed to their victory in the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations in 2015.
Before reaching the holy grail in Equatorial Guinea, the Touré brothers had played in 5 TotalEnergies AFCON competitions.