Goals and assists from African players in Europe: January 3-6

Our compilations of goal contributions from African players has been dominated recently by the exploits of Mohamed Salah at Liverpool but veteran Senegalese striker Mame Thiam is deserving of a mention this week.

The 32-year-old moved to Italy as a child and spent time at Inter Milan and Juventus, going on loan frequently before finding a home in Turkish football since joining Kasimpasa in 2019. This season Thiam, currently at newly promoted Eyüpspor, is level with Victor Osimhen for third most goals in the Süper Lig with 10 strikes. His two goals and an assist this week continued Eyüpspor’s surprise campaign as the club moved into 4th place on the table.

Watch Thiam’s contributions as well as all African goals and assists from the English Premier League, Ligue 1, the Copa del Rey, Turkey and Portugal below.

English Premier League

Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon) stars in Brentford’s 5-0 drubbing of Southampton with two goals and an assist, his first goal set up by Yoane Wissa (DR Congo)

In addition to his assist to Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa (DR Congo) adds a goal of his own in Brentford’s victory

League-leading scorer Mohamed Salah (Egypt) adds his 18th Premier League goal of the season from the penalty spot in Liverpool’s draw with Manchester United

Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast) equalizes late for Manchester United to claw a point off Liverpool

Taiwo Awoniyi (Nigeria) scores his first goal of the season as Nottingham Forest continue their hot form with win at Wolves

French Ligue 1

Augustine Boakye (Ghana) marks his return from injury with two goals in Saint-Étienne’s 3-1 victory over Stade Reims

Evann Guessand (Ivory Coast) provides a goal and an assist in Nice’s victory over Rennes

Sofiane Diop (Morocco) scores the second goal for Nice in the victory against Rennes

André Ayew (Ghana) scores a late consolation in Le Havre’s defeat at Marseille, whose supporters pay tribute to the Ghanaian for his previous service to the club

Ibrahima Niane (Senegal) comes off the bench to confirm victory for Angers with a late goal

Habib Diarra (Senegal) converts a penalty to equalize in Strasbourg’s victory over Auxerre

Hamed Junior Traoré (Ivory Coast), on loan from Bournemouth, opens the scoring with his 7th of the season in Auxerre’s defeat at Strasbourg

Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco) finishes his penalty kick for the only goal of the match in Toulouse’s victory at Lens

Copa del Rey (Spain)

Selim Amallah (Morocco) contributes an assist and then a goal as Real Valladolid crash out to third tier side Ourense

Munir El Haddadi (Morocco) levels for Leganés in their victory at Cartagena

Ilaix Moriba (Guinea) assists the late match winner in Celta Vigo’s comeback victory at Racing Santander

Abde Ezzalzouli (Morocco) assists Isco for the only goal in Real Betis victory at Huesca

Turkish Süper Lig

Mame Thiam (Senegal) scores twice and sets up a goal for Prince Obeng Ampem (Ghana) in Eyüpspor’s 4-1 victory at Antalyaspor

Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) scores both goals as Fenerbahce defeat Hatayspor

Nuno da Costa (Cape Verde) produces a brace in Kasimpasa’s draw with Gaziantep

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) converts a penalty kick in Galatasaray’s victory over Goztepe

Simon Banza (DR Congo) scores his 11th goal of the season, second in the league, in Trabzonspor’s defeat at Samsunspor

Gaius Makouta (Congo-Brazzaville) opens the scoring in Alanyaspor victory against Konyaspor

Stephane Bahoken (Cameroon) strikes early in the second half to help Kayserispor to a 1-1 draw at Bodrumspor

David Okereke (Nigeria) continues a successful loan spell at Gaziantep with his 5th goal of the season at Kasimpasa

Youssef Aït Bennasser (Morocco) and Marius Mouandilmadji (Chad) each contribute an assist in Samsunspor’s victory against Trabzonspor

Olivier Kemen (Cameroon) assists the only goal of the match in Basaksehir win at Adana Demirspor

Anthony Dennis (Nigeria) sets up the equalizer for Goztepe in eventual defeat to Galatasaray

Lamine Diack (Senegal) registers his first goal contribution of the season with an assist in Hatayspor’s defeat at Fenerbahce

Liga Portugal

Yanis Begraoui (Morocco) scores the second goal and Rafik Guitane (Algeria) assists the final goal in Estoril’s 4-2 win at Estrela Amadora