Emmanuel Amunike

Argentina held their offside line one beat too long in the 90th minute of the 1996 Olympic final, and Amunike ran clear to slide Nigeria's winner past Carlos Roa. That gold was Africa's first in football, and he had already scored both goals in the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations final against Zambia, the year he was named African Footballer of the Year; Zamalek's 1993 African Cup of Champions Clubs and a Copa del Rey at Barcelona sit alongside. Career record: 27 caps and 9 goals for Nigeria; club career at Zamalek SC, Sporting CP, FC Barcelona.