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The African Legends Mustapha Hadji, Serge Aurier, Aliou Cissé and Joseph Yobo will be assistants in the final draw of the Cup of Nations of Totalnergies (CAN) Morocco 2025 which will take place at the National Mohammed V Theater in Rabat on Monday January 27.
The 24 Totalnergies qualified teams for CAN 2025 of CAF will know their way to the trophy during the final draw, which will start at 7:00 p.m. local time (6:00 p.m. GMT | 8:00 p.m. Cairo).
Hadji, Cissé, Aurier and Yobo will not be content to draw the pots from the pots, but will also be present to give their point of view on the groups of the tournament which will be played in Morocco from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026.
They are one of the biggest names in African football and all have a rich story with total CAN.
Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)
Hadji is considered one of the best Moroccan players of all time and was elected African footballer of the year in 1998. He was selected 63 times for his country and scored 12 goals, participating in two tournaments of the Cup Cup of the world of FIFA.
He scored the victorious goal for Morocco against Egypt at the 1998 CAN, the only team to have inflicted a defeat on future champions. He also participated in the 2000 final.
He had a brilliant career in club in France, Portugal, Spain and England, and in 2011 received the CAF Legends Prize for his game services.
Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast)
Aurier is twice winner of CAF Totalnergies after having raised the trophy during the 2015 and 2023 editions. The rear right has been a pillar of the national team since its beginnings in 2013 and has 93 selections, scoring four goals.
His club career led him to Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham Hotspur, and he is twice winner of the French Ligue 1.
He had the honor of being appointed to the CAF year team four times between 2015 and 2019, demonstrating his incredible regularity in club and in country during this period.
Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
Cissé was the captain of the Senegal team when she shone during the 2002 FIFA World Cup by reaching the quarter -finals against all expectations, and although he failed to lift the CAN Totalenergies As a player, he did it later as a national team coach.
He won 35 selections as a worker midfielder for a period when he played for Paris Saint-Germain in France, leading Senegal to the Totalnergies 2002 final where they lost against Cameroon.
He became head coach of the national team in 2015 and led them through a golden period which included the lifting of CAF Totalnergies in 2021 and qualifications for the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022 .
He was appointed coach of the CAF year at CAF Awards in 2022.
Joseph Yobo (Nigeria)
Yobo was an imposing central defender who made 101 appearances for the Nigeria Super Eagles during a brilliant 13 -year career.
He was a team captain when the team won the Totalnergies de la CAF title in 2013 and was a veteran of six continental final tournaments as well as three FIFA World Cups.
He spent most of his club career in Everton in England, where he became a fans favorite, but also played in Belgium, France, Spain and Turkey.
He played 10 FIFA World Cup matches in 2002, 2010 and 2014.
Squiates qualified for the Total CAF Morocco 2025 Totalnergies Cup (Afcon): Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
