5. Dominic Adiyiah (Ghana)
Dominic Adiyiah (born 29 November 1989) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Ukrainian Premier League club Arsenal Kyiv. Adiyiah hails from Offinso in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Adiyiah earned his first call-up with the Black Stars(Ghana’s Senior team) on 3 November 2009, shortly after the Black Satellites U-20 triumph where he was awarded the Golden Shoe for the topscorer with 8 goals in 7 games and was also named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Dominic Adiyiah is the player whose header was illegitimately saved by Luis Suarez’s handball in the 2010 World Cup’s Uruguay vs Ghana quarter-final match resulting in a penalty kick for Ghana and Suarez being sent off.
4. Gerald Asamoah (Ghana/Germany)
He is a Ghanaian-born German footballer, currently playing for FC Schalke 04 II.He was born October 3, 1978 (age 35) in Mampong,Ghana. Racists fans in Germany had mocked Gerald Asamoah and compared him to a gorilla. The Ghana-born forward, who won the last of his 43 caps for Germany in 2006, said “There were ape noises and again on the way to the bus after the game.” I do not want to make a big deal out of this topic, but it does hurt again and again. “And you have to expect this sort of thing to happen in the future.”
3. Gilles Binya(Cameroun)
Gilles Augustin Binya is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Gaziantepspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. He was born August 29, 1984 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.A defensive midfielder, he is known for his endless stamina and aggressiveness.
Binya was first called up to the Cameroon national football team in October 2007 .Subsequently he went on to represent his country at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, where Cameroon finished second to Egypt.
2. Taye Taiwo (Nigeria)
Taye Ismaila Taïwo is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Turkish Süper Lig side Bursaspor. He was born on April 16, 1985 in Lagos, Nigeria and he is well known for his powerful and accurate long shots.Taiwo’s primary position is left back and is a dead-ball expert.
Taiwo has played for Olympique Marseille( France), QPR (England) and was last season on loan to Dynamo Kiev. He has 54 caps for Nigeria with five goals.Taye Taiwo has been dissed severally because of his looks.
1. Aristide Bancé (Burkina Faso)
Bance is a Burkinabé footballer who plays as a striker for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Burkina Faso national football team.The lanky striker was born in the Ivory Coast but moved to Burkina Faso as a child. He made his debut for the Stallions in 2003 and has been in and out of the national team since then although he was featured more regularly in recent years.
He was the face of the Burkina Faso team at AFCON 2013 in South Africa playing in five of the six games and he scored the equaliser in the 1-1 draw against Ghana before converting penalty in 3-2 win on post-match penalties to help secure Burkina Faso’s place in the final which they eventually lost to Nigeria.
Bance, came under heavy criticism from Nigeria’s soccer loving fans worldwide because of his facial“looks”. He even went as far as posting a photo on social media with a polite response to those who made snide remarks about him which he captioned” I am Rich and famous. Forget about the face, people”.
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