The man to rebuild Bafana

Hugo Broos could not hide his delight as he was thrust aloft upon the young shoulders of his Cameroon side in celebration of their shock victory at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Gabon.

Cameroon are no strangers to continental success, but this particular squad was given little hope of lifting the trophy and were billed as pre-tournament rank outsiders given their youthfulness and the array of experienced talent they were missing.

But having seen off the hosts in the pool stages and effectively knocked them out in their final group game, Cameroon went on to beat the all-powerful Senegal on penalties in the quarterfinals.

They followed that up with a 2-0 victory over Ghana and then a 2-1 success over much more fancied Egypt in the final in Libreville.

Along the way they had seen off some of the continent’s biggest stars in Sadio Mane, Kalidou Koulibaly, Asamoah Gyan and the Ayew brothers, Andre and Jordan, and the Egyptian sensation Mo Salah.

This run to the trophy was no fluke, Cameroon had done it the hard way by seeing off three of the top sides on the continent, and