African Footballer of the Year
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The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African football (soccer) player each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football since 1992. An earlier African Footballer of the Year Golden Ball award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by France Football magazine. The changes resulted in parallel Golden Ball awards given out to Abedi Pelé and George Weah in 1993 and 1994 respectively by the magazine. France Football discontinued the election from 1995 after the European Ballon d'Or - also awarded by the magazine, had been opened to all players in the European leagues[1].[1]
On February 2, 2008, Sevilla FC's Frédéric Kanouté was named the 2007 African Footballer of the Year. Kanouté is the first European-born player to win the award (Kanouté plays for his father's native country of Mali).[2][3]
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[edit] Winners - CAF award (1992-)
[edit] Winners - France Football award (1970-1994)
The award by France Football magazine was awarded to the best African footballer between 1970 and 1994. The award was discontinued in 1995 after the European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'or) was opened to players of non-European nationality, the award being given to George Weah that year. It had already been replaced by an official award given out by the Confederation of African Football since 1992.
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[edit] Wins by country
| Player | First place | Second place | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cameroon |
10 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 |  Ghana |
5 | 7 | 5 |
| 3 |  Nigeria |
5 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 |  Morocco |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 |  Liberia |
3 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 |  Algeria |
2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 |  Senegal |
2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 |  Mali |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
1 | 5 | 4 |
| 10 |  Zaire* |
1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 |  Guinea |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Egypt |
1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 |  Togo |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| = |  Zambia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| = |  Congo-Brazzaville |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Chad |
0 | 1 | 0 |
* Known as 
DR Congo since 1997.
[edit] Wins by player
- 3 Eto'o, Ayew Pelé, Weah
- 2 N´Kono, Milla, Kanu, Diouf
- 1 Kalusha Bwalya, Keita, Sunday, Souleymane, Bwanga, Moukila, Faras, Dhiab, Razak, Manga-Onguené, Belloumi, Al-Khatib, Abega, Timoumi, Zaki, Madjer, Yekini, Amunike, Weah, Ikpeba, Hadji, Mboma, Drogba, Kanoute
[edit] Wins by club
- 3 Olympique Marseille
- 2 FC Barcelona, RCD Mallorca, AS Monaco, Asante Kotoko, Canon Yaoundé
- 1 AC Parma, Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC, RC Lens, Deportivo La Coruña, Internazionale F.C., Sporting CP, Vitória Setúbal, Milan AC, Cercle Brugge, RCD Español, FC Porto, AS Saint-Etienne, Hafia Conakry, TP Mazembe, CARA Brazzaville, SC Chabab Mohammedia, Espérance Tunis, GCR Mascara, Al-Ahly, Toulouse FC, FAR Rabat, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea FC, Tonnerre Yaoundé, Sevilla FC
[edit] See also
- FIFA World Player of the Year
- European Footballer of the Year
- South American Footballer of the Year
- Asian Footballer of the Year
- Oceania Footballer of the Year
- Onze d'Or
- World Soccer Magazine
