Below are the players who won the Man of the Match awards of the 24 matches played in the group stage of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
Gabon 1-1 Guinea Bissau
Man of the Match: Zezinho of Guinea Bissau
J.L Lopez, popularly known as Zezinho of Guinea Bissau was the first player to win the Man of the Match award in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. He did that in the opening game of the tournament when the debutants held the hosts Gabon to a 1-1 draw.
Burkina Faso 1-1 Cameroon
Adama Traore of Burkina Faso
Algeria 2-2 Senegal
Riyad Mahrez of Algeria, the Africa Footballer of the Year, after he scored twice in that game.
Senegal 2-2 Tunisia
Diallo, the goalkeeper of Senegal won the Man of the Match to emerge as the only goalkeeper to win the award
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Togo 0-0 Ivory Coast
Lalawele Atakora of Togo. He is a winger or forward.
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Dr Congo 1-0 Morocco
Mbark Boussoufa an attacking midfielder of Morocco. He is so far the only player to win the Man of the Match award from the losing end.
Ghana 1-0 Uganda
Christian Atsu, an attacking midfielder of Ghana
Mali 0-0 Egypt
Moussa Marega of Mali. He plays as striker.
Gabon 2-2 Burkina
Denis Boaunga of Gabon is a midfielder for Gabon
Cameroon 2-1 Guinea Bissau
Christian Bassogog of Cameroon.He is an attacking midfielder
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Algeria 1-2 Tunisia
Youssef Msakni, an attacking midfielder for Tunisia
Senegal 2-0 Zimbabwe
Cheikhou Kouyaté of Senegal is a midfielder
Ivory Coast 2-2 DR Congo
Serey Die, is an Ivorian midfielder
Morocco 3-1 Togo
Fayçal Fajr is an attacking midfielder for Morocco
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Ghana 1-0 Mali
Thomas Partey of Ghana is an attacking midfielder
Egypt 1-0 Uganda
Abdallah El Said of Egypt is an attacking midfielder
Cameroon 0-0 Gabon
Denis Bouanga (Gabon)
Burkina Faso – Guinea Bissau
Prejuce Nakoulma (Burkina Faso)
Senegal 2-2 Algeria
Islam Slimani (Algeria)
Tunisia 4-2 Zimbabwe
Yacine Khenissi (Tunisia)
Morocco – Côte d’Ivoire
Salomon Kalou (Côte d’Ivoire)
DR Congo - Togo
Junior Kabananga (DR Congo)
Egypt - Ghana
Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt)
Uganda - Mali
Faruku Miya (Uganda)