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Since there is no player from any African nations that made it, here's a few African footballers with the most international goals since 2000:
Didier Drogba - 65 goals in 105 matches
Samuel Eto'o - 56 goals in 118 matches
Mohamed Salah - 55 goals in 94 matches
Asamoah Gyan - 51 goals in 109 matches
Islam Slimani - 44 goals in 96 matches
For Oceania (including Australia):
Tim Cahill - 50 goals in 108 matches
Roy Krishna - 35 goals in 49 matches
Chris Wood - 34 goals in 73 matches
Commins Menapi - 34 goals in 37 matches
It looks really hard to score in African international matches.
All the recent African Cup of Nations tournaments had 2 goals per game or fewer. Compared to the 2.7 average of the world cups.
And Salah scored 4 just a couple of days ago