African Footballer of the Year
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(CAF) 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 ABDIKARIIM MAGAN1993 and 1994 by the magazine although the CAF sponsored awards for those years were won respectively by Rashidi Yekini and Emmanuel Amuneke. 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 2 February 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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Winners - CAF award (1992-)
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 It had already been replaced by an official award given out by the Confederation of African Football since 1992.
| Year | Place | Player | Nationality | Club | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1st | George Weah |  Liberia |
 Paris Saint-Germain |
148 |
| 2nd | Emmanuel Amunike |  Nigeria |
 Sporting CP /  El Zamalek |
133 | |
| 3rd | Daniel Amokachi | Nigeria |
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99 | |
| 1993 | 1st | Abedi Pele |  Ghana |
Marseille |
119 |
| 2nd | Anthony Yeboah | Ghana |
 Eintracht Frankfurt |
117 | |
| 3rd | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria |
Vitória de Setúbal |
104 | |
| 1992 | 1st | Abedi Pele | Ghana |
Marseille |
198 |
| 2nd | George Weah | Liberia |
Paris Saint-Germain / Monaco |
161 | |
| 3rd | Anthony Yeboah | Ghana |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
64 | |
| 1991 | 1st | Abedi Pele | Ghana |
Marseille |
152 |
| 2nd | George Weah | Liberia |
Monaco |
106 | |
| 3rd | Francois Oman-Biyik |  Cameroon |
Cannes |
52 | |
| 1990 | 1st | Roger Milla | Cameroon |
Saint-Denis |
209 |
| 2nd | Cherif El Ouazani |  Algeria |
 Aydinspor |
64 | |
| 3rd | Rabah Madjer | Algeria |
Porto |
60 | |
| = | Francois Oman-Biyik | Cameroon |
Stade Laval (?) |
60 | |
| 1989 | 1st | George Weah | Liberia |
Monaco |
133 |
| 2nd | Joseph-Antoine Bell | Cameroon |
Bordeaux Toulon |
105 | |
| 3rd | Kalusha Bwalya |  Zambia |
 PSV |
49 | |
| 1988 | 1st | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia |
Cercle Brugge |
111 |
| 2nd | Roger Milla | Cameroon |
Montpellier |
68 | |
| 3rd | Youssouf Fofana |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Monaco |
40 | |
| 1987 | 1st | Rabah Madjer | Algeria |
Porto |
130 |
| 2nd | Youssouf Fofana | Côte d'Ivoire |
Monaco |
63 | |
| 3rd | Francois Oman-Biyik | Cameroon |
Stade Laval |
52 | |
| 1986 | 1st | Badou Zaki |  Morocco |
 Mallorca |
125 |
| 2nd | Aziz Bouderbala | Morocco |
 Sion |
88 | |
| 3rd | Roger Milla | Cameroon |
Montpellier / Saint-Étienne |
80 | |
| 1985 | 1st | Mohammed Timoumi | Morocco |
FAR Rabat |
113 |
| 2nd | Rabah Madjer | Algeria |
Porto |
45 | |
| 3rd | Djamel Menad | Algeria |
JE Tizi-Ouzou |
39 | |
| = | Ibrahim Youssef | Egypt |
El Zamalek |
39 | |
| 1984 | 1st | Théophile Abega | Cameroon |
Toulouse |
124 |
| 2nd | Joseph-Antoine Bell | Cameroon |
Al-Mokawloon al-Arab |
65 | |
| = | Ibrahim Youssef | Egypt |
El Zamalek |
65 | |
| 1983 | 1st | Mahmoud Al-Khatib | Egypt |
Al-Ahly |
98 |
| 2nd | Opoku Nti | Ghana |
Asante Kotoko |
89 | |
| 3rd | Rafiou Moutairou |  Togo |
OC Agaza Lome |
19 | |
| 1982 | 1st | Thomas N'kono | Cameroon |
Espanyol |
83 |
| 2nd | Salah Assad | Algeria |
Mulhouse |
54 | |
| 3rd | Lakhdar Belloumi | Algeria |
GCR Mascara |
36 | |
| 1981 | 1st | Lakhdar Belloumi | Algeria |
GCR Mascara |
78 |
| 2nd | Thomas N'kono | Cameroon |
Canon Yaounde |
54 | |
| 3rd | Ali Fergani | Algeria |
Montpellier HSC / JS Kabylie |
26 | |
| 1980 | 1st | Jean Manga-Onguene | Cameroon |
Canon Yaounde |
64 |
| 2nd | Segun Odegbami | Nigeria |
Shooting Stars |
41 | |
| 3rd | Théophile Abega | Cameroon |
Canon Yaounde |
18 | |
| 1979 | 1st | Thomas Nkono | Cameroon |
Canon Yaoundé |
55 |
| 2nd | Adolf Armah | Ghana |
Hearts of Oak |
23 | |
| 3rd | Kerfalla Bangoura |  Guinea |
Horoya Conakry |
15 | |
| 1978 | 1st | Abdul Razak | Ghana |
Asante Kotoko |
58 |
| 2nd | Ali Bencheikh | Algeria |
MC Algiers |
33 | |
| 3rd | Thomas N'kono | Cameroon |
Canon Yaounde |
29 | |
| 1977 | 1st | Tarak Dhiab |  Tunisia |
Espérance Tunis |
45 |
| 2nd | Papa Camara | Guinea |
Hafia Conakry |
33 | |
| 3rd | Segun Odegbami | Nigeria |
Shooting Stars |
29 | |
| 1976 | 1st | Roger Milla | Cameroon |
Tonnerre Yaoundé |
33 |
| 2nd | Papa Camara | Guinea |
Hafia Conakry |
32 | |
| 3rd | Ali Bencheikh | Algeria |
MC Algiers |
27 | |
| 1975 | 1st | Ahmed Faras | Morocco |
SC Chabab Mohammedia |
28 |
| 2nd | Roger Milla | Cameroon |
Tonnerre Yaoundé |
24 | |
| = | N'Jolea | Guinea |
Hafia Conakry |
24 | |
| 1974 | 1st | Paul Moukila |  People's Rep. of Congo |
CARA Brazzaville |
57 |
| 2nd | Boba Lobilo |  Zaire |
AS Vita Kinshasa |
32 | |
| 3rd | Hassan Shehata | Egypt |
El Zamalek |
28 | |
| 1973 | 1st | Tshimen Bwanga | Zaire |
TP Mazembe |
49 |
| 2nd | Mwamba Kazadi | Zaire |
TP Mazembe |
44 | |
| 3rd | Laurent Pokou | Côte d'Ivoire |
ASEC Abidjan |
41 | |
| 1972 | 1st | Cherif Souleymane | Guinea |
Hafia Conakry |
21 |
| 2nd | Tshimen Bwanga | Zaire |
TP Mazembe |
16 | |
| 3rd | Petit Sory | Guinea |
Hafia Conakry |
14 | |
| 1971 | 1st | Ibrahim Sunday | Ghana |
Asante Kotoko |
29 |
| 2nd | Robert Mensah | Ghana |
Asante Kotoko |
15 | |
| 3rd | François Ndoumbé | Cameroon |
Canon Yaounde |
13 | |
| 1970 | 1st | Salif Keïta |  Mali |
AS Saint-Etienne |
54 |
| 2nd | Laurent Pokou | Côte d'Ivoire |
ASEC Abidjan |
28 | |
| = | Abugreisha | Egypt |
Ismaily SC |
28 |
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 | Togo |
2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire |
2 | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | Zaire* |
1 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Guinea |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Egypt |
1 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Zambia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  Congo-Brazzaville |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Chad |
0 | 1 | 0 |
* Known as 
DR Congo since 1997.
Wins by player
- 3 Abedi Pelé, Weah, Eto'o
- 2 N´Kono, Milla, Kanu, Diouf, Drogba
- 1 Bwalya, Keita, Sunday, Souleymane, Bwanga, Moukila, Faras, Dhiab, Razak, Manga-Onguené, Belloumi, Al-Khatib, Abega, Timoumi, Zaki, Madjer, Yekini, Amunike, Weah, Ikpeba, Hadji, Mboma, Kanoute, Adebayor
Wins by club
- 3 Marseille
- 2 Arsenal, FC Barcelona, Mallorca, Monaco, Asante Kotoko, Canon Yaoundé, Chelsea
- 1 Parma, Liverpool, Lens, Deportivo La Coruña, Internazionale, Sporting CP, Vitória de Setúbal, Milan, Cercle Brugge, Espanyol, Porto, Saint-Étienne, Hafia Conakry, TP Mazembe, CARA Brazzaville, Chabab Mohammedia, Espérance Tunis, GCR Mascara, Al-Ahly, Toulouse, FAR Rabat, Paris Saint-Germain, Tonnerre Yaoundé, Sevilla
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
References
- ↑ "African Player of the Year". rsssf.com. 2000-01-01. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html. Retrieved 2000-01-01.
- ↑ Kanoute named Africa's best
- ↑ Furious Drogba Slams CAF Over Kanoute Award And Pulls Out
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