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JUST IN: Hadji, Cisse, Aurier, Yobo to Aid AFCON 2025 Draw

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African legends Mustapha Hadji, Serge Aurier, Aliou Cisse and Joseph Yobo will be assistants at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 Final Draw that will take place at the Mohammed V National Theatre in Rabat on Monday, 27 January.

The 24 qualified TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2025 teams will learn their path to the trophy at Final Draw, which starts at 19h00 local time (18h00 GMT | 20h00 Cairo).

Hadji, Cisse, Aurier and Yobo will not only pull the balls from the pots, but also be on hand to offer their insights into the groups for the tournament that will be played in Morocco from 21 December, 2025 to 18 January, 2026.

They are some of the biggest names in the African game and all have a rich history with the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON themselves.

MUSTAPHA HADJI (MOROCCO)

Hadji is renowned as one of Morocco’s greatest ever players and was named African Footballer of the Year in 1998. He won 63 caps for his country and scored 12 goals, playing at two FIFA World Cup tournaments.
He netted the winner for Morocco against Egypt at the 1998 TotalEnergies CAF AFCON, the only team to inflict a defeat on the eventual champions. He also played at the 2000 finals.

He had a successful club career in France, Portugal, Spain and England, and in 2011 received the CAF Legends award for his services to the game.

SERGE AURIER (COTE D’IVOIRE)
Aurier is a two-time winner of the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON having lifted the trophy in the 2015 and 2023 editions. The right-back has been a stalwart of the national team since his debut in 2013 and has 93 caps, scoring four goals.

His club career has taken him to the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur, and he is a two-time winner of the French Ligue 1.
He had the honour of being named in the CAF Team of the Year on four occasions between 2015 and 2019, showing his incredible consistency for club and country in that period.

ALIOU CISSE (SENEGAL)
Cisse was captain of Senegal when they excelled at the 2002 FIFA World Cup by reaching the quarter-finals against the odds, and while he failed to lift the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON as a player, he later did so as coach of the national team.

He won 35 caps as an industrious midfielder during a period when he played for Paris Saint-Germain in France, leading Senegal to the 2002 TotalEnergies CAF AFCON final where they lost out to Cameroon.

He became head coach of the national team in 2015 and would lead them through a golden period that included lifting the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON in 2021, and to FIFA World Cup qualifications in 2018 and 2022.

He was named CAF Coach of the Year at the CAF Awards in 2022.

JOSEPH YOBO (NIGERIA)
Yobo was a commanding centre-back who made 101 appearances for Nigeria’s Super Eagles over a distinguished 13-year career.

He was squad captain as the side claimed the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON title in 2013 and was a veteran of six continental finals tournaments to go with three FIFA World Cups.

He spent the majority of his club career at Everton in England, where he became a fan favourite, but also played in Belgium, France, Spain and Turkey.
He played 10 FIFA World Cup matches in 2002, 2010 and 2014.

TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 qualified teams: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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