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Thrilling records of the Africa Cup of Nations

Pulse Sports writer/historian Thomas Freeman Yeboah takes you through some of the interesting records of the Africa Cup of Nations over the past years

Most titles won: 7

Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010

Most appearances at the finals: Egypt (23)

1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

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Most appearances in a final: Ghana and Egypt (both 8)

Ghana: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1992, 2010, 2015

Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1962, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010

Most matches played in the finals: Egypt (90)

Most wins in the finals: Egypt (51)

Most goals in the finals: Egypt (153)

Most Nations Cup appearances by a player: 8 times achieved by 2 players

Rigobert Song - Cameroon

1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

Ahmed Hassan-Egypt

1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

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Most appearances in the final: 3

Ali El Fanageeli - Egypt: 1957, 1959, 1962

Cecil Jones Attaquayefio - Ghana: 1965, 1968, 1970

Charles Addo Odametey - Ghana: 1963, 1965, 1968

Roger Milla - Cameroon: 1984, 1986, 1988

Rigobert Song-Cameroon-2000, 2002, 2008

Ahmed Hassan-Egypt-2006, 2008, 2010

Samuel Eto'o-Cameroon-2000, 2002, 2008

Most goals in the finals:

Samuel Eto'o has scored 18 goals in six tournaments between 2000 and 2010, Laurent Pokou of the Ivory Coast scored 14 in two tournaments - 1968 & 1970

Most goals scored in a single tournament:

Mulumba Ndaye of Zaire scored 9 goals in 1974

Most goals scored by an individual in one match:

Laurent Pokou with five goals as the Ivory Coast beat Ethiopia 6-1 in the 1970 edition

Fastest ever goal: Ayman Mansour, Egypt (23 seconds)

Most goals scored in one match: 9

Egypt 6-3 Nigeria, 1963

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Most goals in a single tournament:

54 in Egypt 1974, under the old eight-team system

99 in Ghana 2008, under the 16-team system

Highest winning margin: 5

Ivory Coast 6-1 Ethiopia 1970

Youngest ever player: Chiva Star Nzighou (Gabon)

16 years, two months, 30 days at the 2000 finals

Most performances by a referee in the finals: 6

Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia/Eritrea)

1970, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986

Nations Cup winner as player and coach:

Mahmoud El-Gohary of Egypt in 1959 and 1998

Stephen Keshi of Nigeria (1994 and 2013).

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Most Nations Cup wins by a coach: 3

Charles Gyamfi of Ghana won in 1963, 1965 & 1982

Hassan Shehata of Egypt won in 2006, 2008, 2010

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