Mali against Mali. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Mali · 2004–07 · SS
Extra time at Hampden Park on 16 May 2007: his 105th-minute goal put Sevilla ahead of Espanyol in the UEFA Cup final, and after the equaliser he scored in the shootout. Sevilla had won the same trophy in 2006, and his 136 goals stand as their foreign record; he scored 23 in 38 for Mali, shared the 2004 Cup of Nations golden boot, and 2007 made him the first African Footballer of the Year born outside the continent. Career record: 39 caps and 23 goals for Mali; club career at West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Sevilla.
Mali · 1968–72 · CAM
The Black Panther scored 42 league goals in the 1970-71 season for Saint-Étienne, two behind Josip Skoblar, and finished his time there with 125 in 149 league matches. In 1970 he became the first winner of the African Footballer of the Year award, and he took three straight French championships between 1968 and 1970, two Coupes de France, and a place in the Mali side that reached the 1972 Africa Cup of Nations final in Yaoundé. Career record: 28 caps and 13 goals for Mali; club career at AS Saint-Étienne, Valencia CF, Sporting CP.
The almanac puts Salif Keita ahead by 2 rating points, 90 against 88.
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