Super Eagles winger Moses Simon was included in the AFCON 2021 Team of the Group Stages.

The list was compiled by Football facts and statistics website Whoscored, who used their unique rating system to come up with their best rated team of the group stages.

Simon has been the most outstanding player for the Eagles since the commencement of the tournament.

He was one of two players to win multiple WhoScored.com man-of-the-match awards in wins over Sudan and Guinea-Bissau.

Simon completed more dribbles (15) than any other player in the group stages, while one goal and one assist saw the 26-year-old earn a WhoScored.com rating of 7.93.

Also included his Tunisia striker Wahbi Khazri, who will be in action when the Carthage Eagles face Nigeria in the round of 16 on Sunday.

Khazri put in the best-rated showing of AFCON so far, earning a perfect WhoScored.com 10 rating in Tunisia’s 4-0 win over Mauritania, a victory in which he had a direct hand in three goals to aid the 30-year-old in returning an average rating of 8.02.

Among notable names who made the list are Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon, Achraf Hakimi of Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire’s Nicolas Pepe.

Whoscored.com’s AFCON 2021 Team of the Group Stages:

Goalkeeper

Mohamed Kamara (Sierra Leone) 

Defenders

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco)
Pape Abou Cisse (Senegal)
Mustafa Karshoum (Sudan)
Nouhou Tolo (Cameroon) 

Midfielders

Nicolas Pepe (Ivory Coast)
Moses Simon (Nigeria)
Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast)
Sofiane Boufal (Morocco)

Forwards

Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon)
Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia)