Top six crazy African Cup of Nations goalkeeper kits
By Ollie Irish
Kit designers always go a bit nuts when it comes to goalkeeper kits. In Africa, more so – all the ‘wild Africa’ clichés really came to the fore here.
Introducing our favourite goalie kits in African Cup of Nations history:
Ivory Coast, 1992
Nice collar. At least it detracts from the rest of it, which resembles something terrible British pop group Five Star might have worn on Top of the Pops in the Eighties. Now it resembles something you might see on the rails at Top Shop.
Liberia, 1996
So ridiculously bling it even disguises his gold chain.
Tunisia, 1996
Basically copied straight from a magic eye poster. In that respect, it was very effective in distracting opposition strikers.
Zambia, 1996
A f**king disgrace, frankly. No wonder he looks pissed off having to wear it.
DR Congo, 1998
Difficult to look at for more than three seconds. The keeper seems to be looking at the designer, his eyes saying ‘You massive c**t.’
Ghana, 1992
All over the place, and not in a good way – purple and pink with black-and-white stripes!!? Madness gone mad.
Egypt, 1998
Now we’re talking – a sensible kit, at last. Or, Adidas ran out of ideas and made Egypt’s keepers wear perhaps the most boring and generic template kit in history. At least it doesn’t hurt your eyes.
Which one is your favourite? I choose Liberia’s bling shirt – simply amazing.
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the DR COngo kit, coupled with the keepers experssion in the photo is superb!
if we are taking the keepers expression into things, then its got to be Zambia….
Zambia !
The Ghana one was just ahead of its time. It would not be out of place in a BrokeNCYDE video, haha.
Zambia looks like The Predator……..he scary man!!
In fairness, none of these were designed for the African Cup of Nations. These were all standard, commercially available goalkeeper tops at the time.
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Thanks mareantheone – will look into it.
Wow..I remember almost all of these Jerseys. The Adidas one worn by Ghana in 1992 was hugely popular, I remember almost every goalkeeper having one of those in the early 90′s. Also the lotto one worn by DR Congo in 1998 was hugely popular as well, it came in green, and blue. The adidas one in 1998 worn by Egypt was also the jersey the Oliver Khan wore (as did everyone in the late 90′s)…This post, apart from the first two is pretty ridiculous haha, these just show what fashion looked like during the periods they were worn in!
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Are you sure you havent got the Egypt 1998 picture mixed up with on of a ballboy or something?