African Striker Competition- Let the Games Begin

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Ahead of the African Cup of Nations, the CAF felt that each permanent member of the Federation should be given a future star. With the help from scientists and some incredible luck, each of the 53 members received an 18 year-old wonderkid. The idea is meant to bring more parity, and hopefully more goals to African soccer.

These wonderkids will have dual purposes, individually they will be competing against each other to play and score more than their counterparts, all while trying to guide their teams to African Cup and World Cup glory.

Following the first season, the players will be divided into three divisions of play and an overall competition meant to crown the king of African soccer. Everyone will be starting in the country that colonized their particular nation. In a further wrinkle, to give an idea of originality, there will be a larger competition between the imperial countries. With 19 people starting in France, and 15 in England, there will be further competition between France, England and the Rest of the World to crown the top imperialists.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">

Player Name User Name Nation Club

Adam Clatwothy Gypsum Equatorial Guinea Elche (Spain)

Didier Rogba JoseRR Benin Amiens (France)

The African Man PaulHartman71 Egypt Barnsley (England)

Chu Haowan Haowan Swaziland Charlton (England)

Mikey Twigge mikeytwigge Mauritania Libourne-Saint-Seurin (France)

Ianga Raz Whoopy D Sudan Scunthorpe Utd (England)

Joo AhJoo Guinea Reims (France)

In Der Van Dude The Golden boy Togo Brest (France)

Richard Lipscombe rlipscombe Mozambique Grupo Desportivo Estoril (Portugal)

Alfes de Bobinho de Silva ridleys Burkina Faso Montpellier (France)

Jason Demir DodgeeD Seychelles Leicester City (England)

Craig Campbell Neville46 Algeria Boulougne (France)

Loic Flamilson PoopyPants Zambia Plymouth Argyle (England)

Allan Baldo freek_teek Cape Verde Sporting Club Olhanense

Kolo Kone SJ234 Tanzania Colchester United (England)

Ima Striker Whitehead Central African Rep. Grenoble (France)

Arthur White super_lampard Namibia Santos (South Africa)

Mama Papa Crayons Uganda Watford (England)

Victor Cheetah Walcott's Wonderkids South Africa Moroka Swallows (South Africa)

TH Gooner TH14Gooner Zimbabwe Sheffield United (England)

Chris Babangida macca69 Botswana QPR (England)

Bom Chikawawa corinthiano Somalia Grosseto (Italy)

Lawrence Lazewski Jr. spartans5 Nigeria Stoke City (England)

Ryonga Andoranewarisa NeoAC Ivory Coast Clermont (France)

Doctor Mtinga-Tinga Gaz the Doood Senegal Troyes (France)

Obayouri Kitenge Tep Zepi Tunisia Gueugnon (France)

Josh Roll haha i am the best Ethiopia Rimini (Italy)

Bollo de Santos weeman27bob Comoros Le Havre (France)

Pablo Gonzalez Blackcats Mauritius Blackpool (England)

Ben Chia milan_apoorv Sierra Leone West Brom (England)

Greg Eubala TractorBoy Tuck Libya Chievo (Italy)

Batefy Gomez 5ergio Eritrea Modena (Italy)

Bennitto Adu problemchild Cameroon SC Freiburg (Germany)

Steven Kemp Spurs + Eastbourne 4eva Sao Tome and Principe Aves (Portugal)

Mike Billcliffe kingmike666 Mali Dijon (France)

Leroy Bubu-Baba el-sid Gambia Wolves (England)

Claudio Sanchez ~Ian~ Congo Angers (France)

Kunta Kinte Scott1990 Congo DR Charleroi (Belgium)

Sneaky Ninja deadlydevices Ghana Bristol City (England)

Gwilym J. James Man City Supporter Gabon Nantes (France)

David Sunderland dave safc Madagascar Bastia (France)

Jack Greenfield Jack Niger Niort (France)

Phil Drummond Defoes Right Boot Burundi Leuven (Belgium)

Ajax Draw wisla_krakow Kenya Sheffield Wednesday (England)

Frketson follow the blind Rwanda KAS Eupen (Belgium)

Tom Healy Tomiscool Malawi Dunfermline (Scotland)

Kon Tiki Konquest Lesotho Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa)

Tyler Burrows PluckaDuck Djibouti Ajaccio (France)

Adam Henderson adam426 Guinea-Bissau Freamunde (Portugal)

Adam Camilleri sydfc4ever Liberia D.C. United (United States)

Elliot Druce aqnfiqw Chad Sedan (France)

Cody Bird Chirpin Morocco Chateauroux (France)

Marko Junior markypark14 Angola Portimonense (Portugal)

The Points System will be the same as Walcott's but as a reminder here it is

[code]Int Appearance = 5

Int Goal = 10

Int MoM Award = 5

Int Yellow Card = -3

Int Red Card = -8 (2 yellows --> 1 red = -8)

Team Win = 3

Team Draw = 1 </pre>

Breaking News from CNN

Ahead of the African Cup of Nations, the CAF felt that each permanent member of the Federation should be given a future star. With the help from scientists and some incredible luck, each of the 53 members received an 18 year-old wonderkid. The idea is meant to bring more parity, and hopefully more goals to African soccer.

These wonderkids will have dual purposes, individually they will be competing against each other to play and score more than their counterparts, all while trying to guide their teams to African Cup and World Cup glory.

Following the first season, the players will be divided into three divisions of play and an overall competition meant to crown the king of African soccer. Everyone will be starting in the country that colonized their particular nation. In a further wrinkle, to give an idea of originality, there will be a larger competition between the imperial countries. With 19 people starting in France, and 15 in England, there will be further competition between France, England and the Rest of the World to crown the top imperialists.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">

Player Name User Name Nation Club

Adam Clatwothy Gypsum Equatorial Guinea Elche (Spain)

Didier Rogba JoseRR Benin Amiens (France)

The African Man PaulHartman71 Egypt Barnsley (England)

Chu Haowan Haowan Swaziland Charlton (England)

Mikey Twigge mikeytwigge Mauritania Libourne-Saint-Seurin (France)

Ianga Raz Whoopy D Sudan Scunthorpe Utd (England)

Joo AhJoo Guinea Reims (France)

In Der Van Dude The Golden boy Togo Brest (France)

Richard Lipscombe rlipscombe Mozambique Grupo Desportivo Estoril (Portugal)

Alfes de Bobinho de Silva ridleys Burkina Faso Montpellier (France)

Jason Demir DodgeeD Seychelles Leicester City (England)

Craig Campbell Neville46 Algeria Boulougne (France)

Loic Flamilson PoopyPants Zambia Plymouth Argyle (England)

Allan Baldo freek_teek Cape Verde Sporting Club Olhanense

Kolo Kone SJ234 Tanzania Colchester United (England)

Ima Striker Whitehead Central African Rep. Grenoble (France)

Arthur White super_lampard Namibia Santos (South Africa)

Mama Papa Crayons Uganda Watford (England)

Victor Cheetah Walcott's Wonderkids South Africa Moroka Swallows (South Africa)

TH Gooner TH14Gooner Zimbabwe Sheffield United (England)

Chris Babangida macca69 Botswana QPR (England)

Bom Chikawawa corinthiano Somalia Grosseto (Italy)

Lawrence Lazewski Jr. spartans5 Nigeria Stoke City (England)

Ryonga Andoranewarisa NeoAC Ivory Coast Clermont (France)

Doctor Mtinga-Tinga Gaz the Doood Senegal Troyes (France)

Obayouri Kitenge Tep Zepi Tunisia Gueugnon (France)

Josh Roll haha i am the best Ethiopia Rimini (Italy)

Bollo de Santos weeman27bob Comoros Le Havre (France)

Pablo Gonzalez Blackcats Mauritius Blackpool (England)

Ben Chia milan_apoorv Sierra Leone West Brom (England)

Greg Eubala TractorBoy Tuck Libya Chievo (Italy)

Batefy Gomez 5ergio Eritrea Modena (Italy)

Bennitto Adu problemchild Cameroon SC Freiburg (Germany)

Steven Kemp Spurs + Eastbourne 4eva Sao Tome and Principe Aves (Portugal)

Mike Billcliffe kingmike666 Mali Dijon (France)

Leroy Bubu-Baba el-sid Gambia Wolves (England)

Claudio Sanchez ~Ian~ Congo Angers (France)

Kunta Kinte Scott1990 Congo DR Charleroi (Belgium)

Sneaky Ninja deadlydevices Ghana Bristol City (England)

Gwilym J. James Man City Supporter Gabon Nantes (France)

David Sunderland dave safc Madagascar Bastia (France)

Jack Greenfield Jack Niger Niort (France)

Phil Drummond Defoes Right Boot Burundi Leuven (Belgium)

Ajax Draw wisla_krakow Kenya Sheffield Wednesday (England)

Frketson follow the blind Rwanda KAS Eupen (Belgium)

Tom Healy Tomiscool Malawi Dunfermline (Scotland)

Kon Tiki Konquest Lesotho Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa)

Tyler Burrows PluckaDuck Djibouti Ajaccio (France)

Adam Henderson adam426 Guinea-Bissau Freamunde (Portugal)

Adam Camilleri sydfc4ever Liberia D.C. United (United States)

Elliot Druce aqnfiqw Chad Sedan (France)

Cody Bird Chirpin Morocco Chateauroux (France)

Marko Junior markypark14 Angola Portimonense (Portugal)

The Points System will be the same as Walcott's but as a reminder here it is

[code]Int Appearance = 5

Int Goal = 10

Int MoM Award = 5

Int Yellow Card = -3

Int Red Card = -8 (2 yellows --> 1 red = -8)

Team Win = 3

Team Draw = 1 </pre>

Great that you got this started so quickly after it filled Looking good so far!

yay we are about to begin

Good work mate

Looking forward to the first update!

Great work mate can't wait for this to start

brilliant glad this is starting

Lets hope South Africa call on me soonish.

Looking good so far - I must say, its a fantastic idea. Wonder what legend thought this up!

KUTGW fella

Looking Gurdd

Come on the mighty Somalia and Boooom-Chikawawa!!!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah Boy!! Come on Botswana!!

alright i have a couple meetings to go to, but when i get back i will finish uploading screenshots and the first update will be those.

woooo yeah rwanda!

Nonda and Lualua may keep me out of the Congo DR setup for quite a while. Luckily, there is a data issue with Christopher Samba (Blackburn), however. In the game he represents Congo DR, but in real life, he represents the other Congo. He'll be a huge help for the defense!

It's the moment you have all been waiting for, the very first update where the 53 African nations will meet their wonderkids.

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo

Djibouti

DR Congo

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sao Tome & Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Swaziland

Swaziland

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Well, there is the first update, I am now going to go through the first month, I will update at the end of every month that has at least two international matches per team. Screenshots will be every summer, and every update will have an updated season table. If there is anything else you would like to see, just say so.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by spartans5:

Guinea-Bissau

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Wooooooooo Mon The Guinean-Bissaueans

Sneaky Ninja looks fantastic, KUTGW! Hopefully we get some quick callups for Africa!

Bollo de Santos looks aswome, bring on my matches!

random attribute of 17 for long throws...great

but i like the physical stats, and the finishing is good aslong with composure, and my height and jumping and heading can only lead to a few goals from corners

KUTGW

Mozambique are gonna rule the world...

Haha.. I forgot to have Stamina as 20! With 1 Stamina, I wonder if Joo can even sprint at all.

Hmmm not bad, my little Malian man should hold up ok. Random attribute of Long Throws 17 and Free Kicks too, which is nice.

Had a quick flick through some of the other profiles and there's some pretty handy looking players there though!

Joo - Guinea (apart from the stamina of 1 )

Tyler Burrows - Djibouti

Claudio Sanchez - Congo

& Ima Striker - central African Republic

all stood out from te first half of the list that I could be bothered to go through!

Still - my little Malian has bagged 7 in 4 non-competitive, so I'm hopeful of giving it a good shot.

Can't wait for this to get started now.

Worth $600,000 already

Finishing is really low considering it was one of my 20s. Also, how did my corners stat get up so bloody high? Excellent physical stats though.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by kingmike666:

Had a quick flick through some of the other profiles and there's some pretty handy looking players there though!

Joo - Guinea (apart from the stamina of 1 )

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Haha.. as long as the coach doesn't want to me to run. I may have the chance to last through the full match and score something.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AhJoo:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by kingmike666:

Had a quick flick through some of the other profiles and there's some pretty handy looking players there though!

Joo - Guinea (apart from the stamina of 1 )

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Haha.. as long as the coach doesn't want to me to run. I may have the chance to last through the full match and score something. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

With your stats I expect you'll be able score goals without running out of energy.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AhJoo:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by kingmike666:

Had a quick flick through some of the other profiles and there's some pretty handy looking players there though!

Joo - Guinea (apart from the stamina of 1 )

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Haha.. as long as the coach doesn't want to me to run. I may have the chance to last through the full match and score something. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

As long as you keep the celebrations to the minimum. You just might make it to the corner, but I think the dug-out is out of bounds

Your technical stats look great tough.

Come on Blue Sharks!

My player looks great part from the stamina

Rather dissapointed with my player, poor stats compared to the rest of them. Bias against Angola perhaps

i can't believe i've missed out on african dominance. would like to join (or more accuratey, start) the reserve list. good luck with this everyone.

accuratey = accurately

sorry everyone

Pretty happy with the look of my player. He should be a superstar for the Seychelles, a naion with next to no footballing history having never got past the prelim rounds of any qualifiers. I hope they play lots of friendlies! Best nation for me I guess as the national team is nicknamed 'The Pirates'.

My guys stats are a little random from what I put but ah well

I'm sure he'll develop well

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by spartans5:

Equatorial Guinea </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Good stuff. Nice random attributes of aggression and bravery But Stamina of 2! I did ask for 20, so I hope Elche can train me up a bit better!

Good work Spartans5. I know how much work it is to get a sign-up going so stick with it!

September 2007

I hope its not a problem Walcott's but I just copied and pasted your table as it was a lot easier to do that because I kept screwing up when trying to make it.

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Points Table

Player Team Total

Pos Player Name Country App Goals MoM Yel Red Points Bonus Points

1 Arthur White Namibia 1 2 1 0 0 30 1 31

2 Chris Babaginda Botswana 1 1 0 0 0 15 3 18

3 Allan Baldo Cape Verde 1 1 0 0 0 15 1 16

4 Didier Rogba Benin 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 15

4 David Sunderland Madagascar 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 15

4 Elliot Druce Chad 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 15

4 Josh Roll Ethiopia 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 15

4 Kolo Kone Tanzania 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 15

9 Phil Drummond Burundi 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 8

9 Adam Clatworthy Eq. Guinea 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 8

11 Claudio Sanchez Congo 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 6

11 Gwilym J. James Gabon 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 6

11 Alex Draw Kenya 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 6

11 Mikey Twigge Mauritania 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 6

15 Ima Striker C. Afr. Rep 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

15 Batefy Gomez Eritrea 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

15 Pablo Gonzalez Mauritius 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

15 Jason Demir Seychelles 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

15 Bom Chikawawa Somalia 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 5

</pre>

International matches don't occur in Africa until September this year, and the first couple months went by without any major incidents, there were a couple injuries but none that affected anyone too much. The first round of international matches saw 19 people make their debuts for their nations. All of them were starters with the exception of Allan Baldo, who came off the bench for Cape Verde and bagged a goal to salvage a draw in his match against Angola. There were quite a few lopsided matches this month with the largest gap being an 11-1 thrashing that Algeria gave to Ethiopia, although Josh Roll did score the only goal for Ethiopia in the match. The most entertaining match saw Botswana beat Somalia 6-4 with both Kolo Kone{/B] and Chris Babaginda featuring in the match, however Babaginda was the only one to score. Arthur White jumped out to an early lead in this year's competition as he scored a brace and received Man of the Match honors in a 3-3 draw with Libya.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Player News </pre>

Injuries

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">- Obayouri Kitenge is out for between a week and a month with a sprained ankle.

- Chris Babaginda is out for between four days and 2 weeks with a thigh strain

- Bom Chikawawa is out for between 4 days and 3 weeks with a groin strain </pre>

October will bring the end of African Nations Qualifying and will have the first round of World Cup Qualifying in Africa. Hopefully we will see more debuts as the lower ranked nations of Africa will have three matches next month. Next month will also see the debut of the Imperial Table. Again if there is anything else you would like to see in each update just let me know.

Got injured and didnt manage to score any of the 4 goals we got in our defeat against Botswana

Well, at least things can only get better for Bom Chikawawa

KUTGW

Victor Cheetah (Predator) is looking pretty decent for an 18year old!

Hopefully will get a callup to the national team within a couple of years.

Yeah, you might as well copy it fella - you've copied everything else! (Jokes, its absolutely fine )

Just a little tip for you, in some of the int months friendlies take place as well so you might want to check the friendlies list to ensure you've capture everyone - that nearly caught me out on a couple of occasions!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Gonzalez Mauritius 1 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yay debut for Gonzalez, hopefully get some goals although i seriously doubt the quality of service i will be provided playing for Mauritius

Ajax Draw looking very good seems like a set piece master aswell.

Game for Kenya already \o/ good good.

we lost 11-1 BUT I SCORED What a debut lol

yea Walcott's thank you I will be sure to.

spartan can i have a screenie of tanazania because i think you forgot

anyway my first goal alredy more progress than i have made in the europre one

kutgw

Here you go I apologize for the mistake.

Tanzania

Just like Blackats, I don'T expect my player to get much service from the Seychelles midfield but a quick debut and guaranteed to have a long career. With that in mind, Spartan will you be giving bonus points for breaking scoring and caps records as in the original European version?

KUTGW

I SCOREDDDD!!

Claudio Sanchez looks good.

Only a draw for Congo but nice to have an early debut.

Worth 725k at Modena, got my first cap for Eritrea. Bring the trophies on, at least some goals, maybe...

KUTGW spartan5

KUTGW

Yes, I will be doing bonus points.

Already a record has fallen, and there were two hat tricks scored this month. Update to come later tonight for the month of October.

Yes what a start Top of the league

Great updates mate KUTGW