Football is the most popular sport in Burkina Faso. And the national association can look back on recent developments with a great deal of pride. Reaching the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations on home soil in 1998, reaching the knockout stage for their first FIFA World Youth Championship in 2003, and appearances at two final competitions of the CAF U-17 Cup, as well as third place at the FIFA U-17 World Championship in Trinidad and Tobago in 2001 are the country's outstanding achievements at international level. The nations most famous players include , nicknamed Zico, who had his most successful seasons with Espérance de Tunis before ending his career in Germany, , who spent his entire career with Mulhouse in France, and Moumouni Dagano, who was voted best African player in Belgiu