Hocine Achiou, Osaze Odemwengie, Youssef Hadji and Karim Kamanzi are not exactly household names but they certainly made names for themselves as supersubs in the first round of the African Nations Cup finals.
Diminutive Algerian midfielder Achiou became a national hero when he came off the bench in the Group C grudge match against bitter rivals Egypt in Sousse and scored a breathtaking winner after carrying the ball all the way from his own half.
"It was a dream to score for my country," said the 24-year-old USM Alger player.
"But to do it as a substitute and in such an important game was incredible."
To prove it was no fluke, Achiou was in the right place at the right time in the final match against Zimbabwe when he headed in from close range in his team's 2-1 defeat.
Had he not scored, Egypt would have qualified for the quarter-finals ahead of Algeria on goal difference.
Nigeria's 22-year-old midfielder Osaze Odemwengie followed Achiou's glowing example by scoring twice in the 4-0 demolition of South Africa.
"Nigeria has a lot of fresh, young talent coming through," said the youngster who plays for Belgian side La Louviere.
"The coaches and the senior players have encouraged me as a young player. And this gave me the confidence to play against South Africa and now the whole team, the whole family, is happy."
Kamanzi made his name when he came off the bench and hit an injury-time equaliser for Rwanda against Guinea in Bizerte.
The 1-1 draw kept Rwanda's interest in the tournament alive until the final round of matches when, despite beating Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1, they were edged out of the quarter-final reckoning by Guinea who finished a point ahead.
"That equalising goal was incredible but that's one of the joys of football," said Rwanda assistant coach Jean-Marie Takwabira.
Tunisia's new Brazilian-born star Silva dos Santos has also shown he can grab goals whether or not he starts a match.
He hit the winner in the opening match of the tournament against Rwanda and then stepped into the action after 17 minutes to score twice in the bad-tempered 3-0 win against Congo.
"I hope to continue to do well for the public and for the country," said Santos whose next challenge comes on Saturday in a tough quarter-final clash against tournament co-favourites Senegal.
Morocco's Youssef Hadji also joined the supersub ranks when he came off the bench to hit a stunning 76th minute winner against Nigeria in Monastir.
But Hadji was thinking of challenges ahead - namely Wednesday's meeting with South Africa.
"We wanted to win that match to take revenge for our last two defeats and because they are our rivals for the 2010 World Cup."
In the end it was 1-1, but Hadji had the last laugh. Morocco made the quarter-finals. South Africa did not.