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Africa cup of nations 2012: Africa’s new star – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
The career at club level of the younger Aubameyang was anything but spectacular after he first struggled at Italian giants AC Milan before being loaned out to French sides Dijon and later Lille.
However, it was at his third French club, Saint-Etienne, that he finally blossomed and was only recently rewarded with a contract to run for four and a half years.
A former France-U21 international, he is an athlete blessed with a phenomenal speed that has been measured at 37 kilometres per hour.
His brothers, Willy and Catilina, only just missed the final squad cut for this championship.
Aubameyang has also shown that he can shoulder the huge responsibilities thrust on him by an expectant nation of 1.5 million people.
“We no longer fear any team, no matter their status,” declared the forward as the Panthers get set to battle Mali for a place in the semi-finals.
“Equatorial Guinea’s victories against Libya and Senegal challenged us.
“Now there is a kind of power running through our veins that we need to reach the final on February 12.”
Copyright 2012 AFP. A
