Yassine Chikhaoui – Attacking Midfielder – Tunisia 

Yassine Chikhaoui was arguably the best player in this edition of the AFCON. From the off he bailed the Carthage Eagles out of sticky situations. Against Zambia, he won Tunisia three points with a soaring header. In the next match against DR Congo, Chikhaoui put in the best individual performance of the tournament, notching an assist to Ahmed Akaichi. He was even behind the North Africans’ go-ahead goal against Equatorial Guinea in the quarter-finals, but a controversial officiating decision unwound his good work.