MOHAMED SALAH'S POKER
Salah equaled an African record
Mohamed Salah has scored 4 goals for Egypt against Djibouti (6-0) on November 16 and thus repeated the record on goals in a single match of the World Cup qualifying tournaments in the African zone.
Salah became the 5th player to score a poker in the tournament’s history.
| MOST GOALS IN A GAME | FOR AFRICAN | PLAYERS | IN WORLD | CUP QUALIFYING | |
| Player | Country | Goals | Date | Game | |
| 1 | Francileudo Santos | Tunisia | 4 | 26/03/2005 | Malawi 7-0 |
| 2 | Faneva Imà Andriatsima | Madagascar | 4 | 14/10/2007 | Comoros 6-2 |
| 3 | Emmanuel Adebayor | Togo | 4 | 11/10/2008 | Eswatini 6-0 |
| 4 | Islam Slimani | Algeria | 4 | 02/09/2021 | Djibouti 8-0 |
| 5 | Mohamed Salah | Egypt | 4 | 16/11/2023 | Djibouti 6-0 |