Salah Nears Unprecedented AFCON Milestone as Egypt Chase Ivory Coast Clash
7 January 2026
Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool star, is on the verge of an unprecedented AFCON milestone with Egypt as the tournament unfolds in Morocco.
The Pharaohs sealed a 3-1 win over Benin in the round of 16 to reach the quarterfinals.
Egypt will face defending champions Ivory Coast in the quarterfinals this weekend.
Salah now stands as the joint top scorer against different opponents in AFCON, level with Samuel Eto’o, Didier Drogba and André Ayew.
Across the editions of 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025, he has scored against ten nations.
Who has Salah struck against in AFCON?
Salah is Egypt's third all-time AFCON scorer with ten goals, behind the late Hassan Shazly's 12 and current coach Hassan (Hossam) Hassan on 11.
He has played 22 AFCON matches across five editions and has tallied ten goals against ten different nations.
In 2017 he struck Ghana and Burkina Faso, in 2019 he hit Congo DR and Uganda.
In 2021 he scored against Guinea-Bissau and Morocco, and in 2023 he found the net versus Mozambique.
In the current edition he has already scored against Zimbabwe, South Africa and Benin.
A possible second knockout clash with Ivory Coast could push him to the milestone of scoring against the most diverse set of opponents in AFCON history.
Bottom line: Salah is chasing history while fans refresh the page, hoping for more. Sniper-style punchlines: 1) his shots are so precise even GPS files a complaint, and 2) if he nets again, the goal posts will demand overtime, smiling.
