Equatorial Guinea captain, Emilio Nsue despite their round of 16 exit, emerged as the top scorer of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023 that sees him walk away with the PUMA Golden Boot award. 

Nsue started the campaign on a bright note with the Nzalang Nacional after scoring the tournament’s first and only hatrick against Guinea Bissau in the second round of matches. 

The forward managed to hit a brace against host Cotê d’Ivoire when Equatorial Guinea defeated them 4-0 in the last round of group games. 

Emilio Nsue joins a list of elite goal scorers in including, Samuel Eto’o, Didier Drogba, Vincent Aboubakar and Odion Ighalo to win the top scorer awards in the history of TotalEnergies CAF AFCON. 

Angola’s Jacinto Dala followed closely with 4 goals.