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8 African Soccer Players To Follow On Instagram

8 African Soccer Players To Follow On Instagram

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Social media is becoming an increasingly popular medium for African soccer players and other professional sportsmen and women to interact with their fans and fellow sports personalities, with Facebook and Twitter presenting as the most used platforms. Instagram is steadily growing as an image-based platform that allows users to share photos with their followers, and African sports personalities are gaining followers due to their sporting fame and prowess.

With this in mind, we present 8 African soccer players who are active on Instagram.

Sources: Instagram.

Aubameyang
Aubameyang – en.starafrica.com

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Gabon

The current African player of the year is a popular figure on Instagram due to his sense of humour and a quirky fascination with Batman. His official handle is @aubameyang97, and he has over 1.3 million followers, while he only follows around 273 accounts on the platform. He posts of his team, himself and his family.

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Drogba is a popular African soccer player – flickr.com

Didier Drogba – Cote D’Ivoire

Using the visual social media platform as @didierdrogba, the popular Ivorian striker who currently plays for the Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer (MLS) is an avid user of social media, and keeps engaged with his fans and other pro soccer players through his account, which is followed by over 2.7 million people.

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Cote D’Ivoire star Gervinho with his AFCON medal

Gervinho – Cote D’Ivoire

The skilful Cote D’Ivoire international recently completed a move from Roma to the Chinese Super League, and is able to stay in touch with the fans he has gained from around the world through his Instagram account. His username is @gervinhofficial, and he keeps his 259,000 plus followers entertained through the images and many videos that he frequently posts.

Christian Atsu (Ghana)
Christian Atsu (Ghana) – Image.Net

Christian Atsu – Ghana

The supremely talented Ghanaian winger is another active Instagram user within the African soccer family. His verified account (@christianatsu) is followed by over 63,000 followers from around the globe, while he follows around 215 other accounts. His posts are often images of his family, himself in training or fellow Ghanaian soccer stars who are his close friends.

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Ivorian defender Aurier – moguldom.com

Serge Aurier – Cote D’Ivoire

The Ivorian defender enjoys using Instagram to keep in touch with his fans, and due to his popularity as a Paris Saint Germain and Cote D’Ivoire national team player he has over 346,000 followers, while he only follows around 111 other accounts. Going by @thecrazychild93, he posts many pictures of himself and team-mates at PSG, with the occasional video.

Samuel Eto'o Businessman
Samuel Eto’o the Businessman – ivogueontv.blogspot.com

Samuel Eto’o – Cameroon

The gifted striker from Cameroon is another of Africa’s popular sportsmen who use the image-based social media network to show fans what the life of a sports professional is like. Posting as @setoo9, the former Indomitable Lions star has posted over 320 posts on his Instagram, mostly of his life outside of the sport, so that his 811,000 plus followers can get to know him better as a person.

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Congolese player Mbokani – dhnet.be

Dieumerci Mbokani – Congo

His interests in fashion are immediately apparent in his Instagram posts, and Congolese the professional soccer player is an active user of the platform, posting as @dieumerci_mbokani. The Norwich City player has posted more than 220 images on the social network, with over 17,500 followers finding his posts in their news feeds.

Mohamed Salah for Roma
Mohamed Salah for Roma – 90min.com

Mohamed Salah – Egypt

The Egyptian striker goes by the name of @mosalah22 on Instagram, with an incredible following of over 1.6 million followers on the platform. His verified account is a mix of images that depict his personal and professional life as a soccer player who turns out for Roma in Italy’s Serie A and the Egyptian national team.