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 in 1993 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–present)

Year Place Player Nationality Club Points
2011 1st Yaya Touré Côte d'Ivoire Manchester City
2nd Seydou Keita Mali Barcelona
3rd André Ayew Ghana Olympique de Marseille
2010 1st Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Inter
2nd Asamoah Gyan Ghana Sunderland / Stade Rennais
3rd Didier Drogba Côte d'Ivoire Chelsea
2009 1st Didier Drogba Côte d'Ivoire Chelsea 92
2nd Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Inter / FC Barcelona 69
3rd Michael Essien Ghana Chelsea 43
2008 1st Emmanuel Adebayor Togo Arsenal 74
2nd Mohamed Aboutrika Egypt Al-Ahly 53
3rd Michael Essien Ghana Chelsea 36
2007 1st Frédéric Kanouté Mali Sevilla
2nd Michael Essien Ghana Chelsea
3rd Didier Drogba Côte d'Ivoire Chelsea
2006 1st Didier Drogba Côte d'Ivoire Chelsea 79
2nd Samuel Eto'o Cameroon FC Barcelona 76
3rd Michael Essien Ghana Chelsea 36
2005 1st Samuel Eto'o Cameroon FC Barcelona 108
2nd Didier Drogba Côte d'Ivoire Chelsea 106
3rd Michael Essien Ghana Chelsea / Lyon 50
2004 1st Samuel Eto'o Cameroon FC Barcelona / Mallorca 116
2nd Didier Drogba Côte d'Ivoire Chelsea / Marseille 90
3rd Jay-Jay Okocha Nigeria Bolton Wanderers 68
2003 1st Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Mallorca ?
2nd Jay-Jay Okocha Nigeria Bolton Wanderers ?
3rd Didier Drogba Côte d'Ivoire Marseille / Guingamp ?
2002 1st El Hadji Diouf Senegal Liverpool / Lens 93
2nd Papa Bouba Diop Senegal Lens 46
3rd Mido Egypt Ajax 42
2001 1st El Hadji Diouf Senegal Lens 93
2nd Samuel Kuffour Ghana Bayern Munich 66
3rd Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Mallorca 34
2000 1st Patrick Mboma Cameroon Parma / Cagliari 123
2nd Lauren Etame Mayer Cameroon Mallorca 36
3rd Samuel Eto'o Cameroon Mallorca 29
1999 1st Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria Arsenal 46
2nd Samuel Kuffour Ghana Bayern Munich 44
3rd Ibrahima Bakayoko Côte d'Ivoire Marseille 42
1998 1st Mustapha Hadji Morocco Deportivo La Coruña 76
2nd Jay-Jay Okocha Nigeria Paris Saint-Germain / Fenerbahçe 74
3rd Sunday Oliseh Nigeria Ajax 58
1997 1st Victor Ikpeba Nigeria Monaco 56
2nd Japhet N'Doram Chad Monaco / Nantes 40
3rd Taribo West Nigeria Internazionale / Auxerre 35
1996 1st Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria Ajax / Internazionale ?
2nd George Weah Liberia Milan ?
3rd Daniel Amokachi Nigeria Beşiktaş / Everton ?
1995 1st George Weah Liberia Milan / Paris Saint-Germain ?
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1994 1st Emmanuel Amunike Nigeria Sporting CP / El Zamalek 48
2nd George Weah Liberia Paris Saint-Germain 44
= Rashidi Yekini Nigeria Olympiacos / Vitória de Setúbal 44
1993 1st Rashidi Yekini Nigeria Vitória de Setúbal ?
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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 Everton / Club Brugge 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 Tahar Cherif El-Ouazani Algeria MC Oran / Aydınspor 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 JS Kabylie 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 GC Mascara 36
1981 1st Lakhdar Belloumi Algeria GC 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 Karim Abdul Razak  Ghana Asante Kotoko 58
2nd Ali Bencheikh Algeria MC Alger 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 Alger 27
1975 1st Ahmed Faras  Morocco Chabab Mohammédia 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
= Ali Abugreisha Egypt Ismaily SC 28

Wins by country

Player First place Second place Third place
1 Cameroon 12 7 8
2 Ghana 5 9 5
3 Nigeria 5 5 9
4 Morocco 4 1 0
5 Côte d'Ivoire 3 5 5
6 Liberia 3 4 0
7 Algeria 2 4 5
8 Senegal 2 1 0
9 Mali 2 0 1
10 DR Congo* 1 3 0
11 Guinea 1 2 3
12 Egypt 1 1 4
13 Togo 1 0 1
- Zambia 1 0 1
15 Congo 1 0 0
- Tunisia 1 0 0
17 Chad 0 1 0

* Known as Zaire until 1997.

Wins by player

Player First place Second place Third place
1 Samuel Eto'o 4 2 2
2 Weah 3 4 0
3 Abedi Pelé 3 0 0
4 Drogba 2 2 3
5 Milla 2 0 0
6 N´Kono 2 0 0
7 Kanu 2 0 0
8 Diouf 2 0 0

Wins by club

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