European-based players in the Africa Cup of Nations
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
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From Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Moussa Sow – we run through all the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League players set for Africa Cup of Nations action from Saturday.
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With the Africa Cup of Nations beginning on Saturday, UEFA.com takes a look at which UEFA Champions and UEFA Europa League players will be plying their trade with their countries over the coming weeks.
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Arsenal: Mohamed Elneny (Egypt)
Atlético: Thomas Partey (Ghana)
Benfica: Pelé (Guinea-Bissau)
Dortmund: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
Juventus: Mario Lemina (Gabon), Medhi Benatia (Morocco)
Leicester: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Islam Slimani (Algeria), Daniel Amartey (Ghana)
Monaco: Nabil Dirar (Morocco), Adama Traoré (Mali)
Napoli: Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal)
Paris: Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast)
Porto: Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Ajax: Bertrand Traoré (Burkino Faso)
Anderlecht: Sofiane Hanni (Algeria), Kara Mbodji (Senegal), Frank Acheampong (Ghana)
Beşiktaş: Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon)
Fenerbahçe: Moussa Sow (Senegal)
Gent: Kalifa Coulibaly (Mali)
Krasnodar: Charles Kaboré (Burkino Faso)
Lyon: Nicolas Nkoulou (Cameroon), Rachid Ghezzal (Algeria)
Manchester United: Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast)
Olympiacos: Manuel da Costa (Morocco), Alaixys Romao (Togo)
Osmanlıspor: Papa Alioune Ndiaye (Senegal)
Roma: Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
Rostov: Moussa Doumbia (Mali)
Schalke: Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria)*, Baba Rahman (Ghana)*, Bernard Tekpetey (Ghana)
Sparta Praha: Costa Nhamoinesu (Zimbabwe)
St-Étienne: Henri Saivet (Senegal)*, Cheikh M'Bengue (Senegal)
Villarreal: Cédric Bakambu (DR Congo)
*On loan at that club