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Angola's Gelson Dala was the second top scorer in the African Championship (CAN'2023), with four goals scored, but the references praise about you transcend your deception for the goal, encompassing essentially his footballing quality in general.
The 27-year-old was one goal away from the best continental tournament top scorer, Emilio Nsue of Equatorial Guinea, but relegated to lower colossal places such as the Nigerian Victor Osimhen, the Napoli of Italy, voted best African player of 2023 by CAF.
Behind the Angolan, who graduated from the 1.º de Agosto school, at the service of Al-Wakrah, from the Qatari first league, there were other names such as Egypt's Mohamed Salah, from England's Liverpool, and Senegal's Sadio Mané, Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr.
Angola's record for goals (4 goals) in a CAN finals it was, until then, the property of Manucho Gonçalves, a feat that was the protagonist of the edition of 2008, held in Ghana, in 2008, being, curiously, also one goal away from the Golden Boot, Samuel Eto'o (five).
Overall, the record for goals in an African Cup finals belongs to Ndaye Mulamba (Zaire), with nine goals, in the 1974 competition. The 34th edition of the CAN'2023, played out of season, ended Sunday (11) with the consecration of the hosts Côte d'Ivoire after a 2-1 win over Nigeria.
Dala's goalscoring qualities have been proven since evolved in the National Championship "Girabola'2016", in which he was the best top scorer, with 23 goals, and since becoming an international, he has proved to be a true finisher.
In the formation of Sporting B, in which he "militated" alternately with the B team and then with other European teams He stood out for the goals he scored. In 2023, the Angolan striker was the third top scorer in the Qatar Premier League, with 15 goals for Al-Wakra.
