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Former legendary Atlas Lions goalkeeper Badou Zaki has been voted the best African goalkeeper in history, according to a Twitter poll of the French-speaking FIFA World Cup account on Wednesday.
Zaki was preferred to Cameroonians Joseph-Antoine Bell, and Rhomas Nkono and to Egyptian Essam El Hadary. He obtained 31% of the votes against 28% for El Hadary, the latter is closely followed by Belle (25%). Nkono came in 4th position with 15% of the votes.
📊 Sondage !
Pas mal de noms proposés et certains qui reviennent beaucoup plus que d'autres.
Alors… selon vous, qui est le meilleur gardien africain de l'histoire ? 🌍
— Coupe du Monde 🏆 (@fifaworldcup_fr) May 27, 2020
It was a question of answering the question “Quite a few proposed names and some that come back much more than others. According to you, who is the best African goalkeeper in history”.
“It was tight until the end but it was Badou Zaki who won,” reads the Twitter page of the 2020 World Cup. Some 416 Internet users participated in this poll.
Ça a été serré jusqu'au bout mais c'est finalement Badou Zaki qui l'emporte ✋
Pour vous le gardien du Maroc @FRMFOFFICIEL est le meilleur gardien africain de l'histoire 🇲🇦🌍🙌 pic.twitter.com/k7iBag0dLU
— Coupe du Monde 🏆 (@fifaworldcup_fr) May 27, 2020