The African Cup of Nations is full of stars.
Gabon has five players that play in the top league of French Football, Ligue 1.
Mali has a player in the top flight in Greece, one in Germany and 8 in Ligue 1 of France.
Guinea has a player in the top leagues in Turkey, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain with two in Germany's Bundesliga and two in Ligue 1.
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Morocco has a player in Germany and in the Scottish league. Two in Turkey, Italy, Russia and England Including Marouane Chamakh who plays for Arsenal. It also has four players in the top French league.
Senegal has 9 players plying their trade in the top French clubs, 4 in England including the goal scoring machine for Newcastle United, Demba Ba. It also has two who play in Turkey and 1 in Spain and Denmark.
Burkina Faso has one a piece in Russia, England and Turkey respectively and five who play in France.
Côte d'Ivoire is stacked with one a piece in Belgium and the Netherlands, two in Russia and Germany. It has three players in the Turkish top league and five players in Ligue 1. It has an incredible six players in England including Yaya Touré, Salomon Kalou, Gervinho and is captained by Didier Drogba.
Ghana has five who play in France and three who play in Italy. It also has one a piece in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, England and Turkey.
Tunisia has two a piece in Turkey and Switzerland, three in Germany and four that play in France.
Zambia has a player in the top Swiss league. Niger has one in the French Ligue 1.
Neither Libya nor Sudan have players in Europe.
But, Botswana has sixteen amateurs on their squad. In spite of this they played a match against Ghana that could have easily been 1-1, but was a valiant effort in 1-0 loss. Botswana is still poised to make some noise and win won for the little guys. In a tournament that has already seen Equatorial Guinea into the final eight, this is not out of the realm of possibilities.
