Thursday, 21 August 2025, 7:08 pm
New statistics released by the Confederation of African Football confirmed that Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka completed more tackles (14) and interceptions (11) than any other player during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
The Brentford midfielder put on an impressive performance at the 34th AFCON, helping Nigeria to a second-place finish.
He was instrumental to the Eagles, playing 608 minutes out of a possible 660 minutes.
The CAF statistics showed that Onyeka was closely followed by his compatriot, Calvin Bassey, who completed 13 tackles, just one short of the midfielder.
DR Congo’s Gédéon Kalulu had the third best tackle completion at the Africa showpiece with 12 tackles.
South Africa’s Aubrey Modiba and Ivory Coast’s Ghislain Konan both had 11 tackles to finish joint fourth.
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