Clues
1. The question is a brain teaser aimed at checking ones knowledge about sports
2. The athlete in question is male
3. Must have played a popular sport like soccer, basketball, baseball, rugby or any other
4. The sport is a team sport not an individual sport
5. The athlete must have been influential in his 8th season as the question says he led his team into the game in his 8th season I'm guessing this means he was captain or he put up an individual brilliant performance for that game or he might have been the captain
6. It may or may not be an African player since AFCON has just ended around the time the question was asked
1. The question is a brain teaser aimed at checking ones knowledge about sports
2. The athlete in question is male
3. Must have played a popular sport like soccer, basketball, baseball, rugby or any other
4. The sport is a team sport not an individual sport
5. The athlete must have been influential in his 8th season as the question says he led his team into the game in his 8th season I'm guessing this means he was captain or he put up an individual brilliant performance for that game or he might have been the captain
6. It may or may not be an African player since AFCON has just ended around the time the question was asked