Africa's Footballer of the Year

From 1970 to 1994, the magazine has named France Football next European Footballer of the Year and African Footballer of the Year . The African Football Association CAF has also been voting for a Footballer of the Year since 1992 .

In 1998, the IFFHS also determined Africa's Footballer of the Century in a multi-stage survey process and honored it at the 1999 World Football Gala . On the occasion of the upcoming 50th anniversary of its founding, the CAF also carried out an online survey in 2006 to find the best African player of the past 50 years (1957–2007).

Since the late 1980s, players who only work in Europe have received the Africa Footballer of the Year award. Record titleholders are Samuel Eto'o from Cameroon and Yaya Touré from Ivory Coast with four awards each . In 1995 George Weah succeeded in being named Africa's Footballer of the Year, Europe's Footballer of the Year (open to all players active in Europe) and FIFA World Footballer of the Year .

The awarding of the honor by the CAF hit the headlines in 2008 when Didier Drogba was withheld the honor because he had canceled his participation in the award ceremony because of his team's participation in the Africa Cup in 2008 . The honored Frédéric Kanouté received the title because he was present at the award ceremony, as his national team had already been eliminated from the African Cup.

France Football

year	player	Club (s)
1970	Salif Keita	AS Saint-Etienne
1971	Ibrahim Sunday	Asante Kotoko SC
1972	Chérif Souleymane	Hafia FC
1973	Tshimimu Bwanga	TP Mazembe
1974	Paul Moukila	CARA Brazzaville
1975	Ahmed Faras	Chabab Mohammédia
1976	Roger Milla	Tonnerre Yaoundé
1977	Tarak Dhiab	Espérance Tunis
1978	Abdul Razak	Asante Kotoko SC
1979	Thomas N'Kono	Canon Yaoundé
1980	Jean Manga-Onguéné	Canon Yaoundé
1981	Lakhdar Belloumi	GC mascara
1982	Thomas N'Kono	Canon Yaoundé
1983	Mahmoud El-Khatib	Al Ahly Cairo
1984	Théophile Abega	Canon Yaoundé , Toulouse FC
1985	Mohammed Timoumi	FAR Rabat
1986	Badou Zaki	WAC Casablanca , RCD Mallorca
1987	Rabah Madjer	FC Porto
1988	Kalusha Bwalya	Cercle Bruges , PSV Eindhoven
1989	George Weah	AS Monaco
1990	Roger Milla	without a club
1991	Abedi Pelé	Olympique Marseille
1992	Abedi Pelé	Olympique Marseille
1993	Abedi Pelé	Olympique Marseille , Olympique Lyon
1994	George Weah	Paris Saint-Germain

CAF

year	player	Club (s)	Second	Third
1993	Rashidi Yekini	Vitória Setúbal	?	?
1994	Emmanuel Amuneke	Al Zamalek SC , Sporting Lisbon	George Weah , Rashidi Yekini	–––
1995	George Weah	Paris Saint-Germain , AC Milan	?	?
1996	Nwankwo canoe	Inter Milan , Ajax Amsterdam	George Weah	Daniel Amokachi
1997	Victor Ikpeba	AS Monaco	Japhet N'Doram	Taribo West
1998	Mustapha Hadji	Deportivo La Coruña	Jay-Jay Okocha	Sunday Oliseh
1999	Nwankwo canoe	Arsenal FC	Samuel Kuffour	Ibrahima Bakayoko
2000	Patrick M'Boma	Cagliari Calcio , AC Parma	Lauren Etame Mayer	Samuel Eto'o
2001	El Hadji Diouf	RC Lens	Samuel Kuffour	Samuel Eto'o
2002	El Hadji Diouf	RC Lens , Liverpool FC	Papa Bouba Diop	Ahmed Hossam
2003	Samuel Eto'o	RCD Mallorca	Jay-Jay Okocha	Didier Drogba
2004	Samuel Eto'o	RCD Mallorca , FC Barcelona	Didier Drogba	Jay-Jay Okocha
2005	Samuel Eto'o	FC Barcelona	Didier Drogba	Michael Essien
2006	Didier Drogba	Chelsea FC	Samuel Eto'o	Michael Essien
2007	Frédéric Kanouté	Sevilla FC	Michael Essien	Didier Drogba
2008	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal FC	Mohamed Abo Treka	Michael Essien
2009	Didier Drogba	Chelsea FC	Samuel Eto'o	Michael Essien
2010	Samuel Eto'o	Inter Milan	Asamoah Gyan	Didier Drogba
2011	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	André Ayew	Seydou Keita
2012	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	Didier Drogba	Alex Song
2013	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	John Obi Mikel	Didier Drogba
2014	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Vincent Enyeama
2015	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	Yaya Touré	André Ayew
2016	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Sadio Mané
2017	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool FC	Sadio Mané	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
2018	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool FC	Sadio Mané	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
2019	Sadio Mané	Liverpool FC	Mohamed Salah	Riyad Mahrez

Leaderboards

According to players rank player title 1  Samuel Eto'o 4th  Yaya Touré 4th 3  Abedi Pelé 3  George Weah 3 5  Didier Drogba 2  El Hadji Diouf 2  Roger Milla 2  Thomas N'Kono 2  Mohamed Salah 2

By country rank country title 1  Cameroon 11 2  Ivory Coast 6th 3  Ghana 5  Nigeria 5 5  Morocco 4th 6th  Egypt 3  Algeria 3  Liberia 3  Senegal 3 10  Mali 2 11  Gabon 1  Guinea 1  Republic of the Congo 1  Zambia 1  Togo 1  Tunisia 1  Zaire 1

Africa's Footballer of the Century (1998)

Outfield player rank Surname Points 1  George Weah 95 2  Roger Milla 77 3  Abedi Pelé 72 4th  Lakhdar Belloumi 56 5  Rabah Madjer 51 6th  Théophile Abega 39 7th  Laurent Pokou 38 8th  François Omam-Biyik 37 9  Ahmed Faras 35 10  Finidi George 32

goalkeeper rank Surname Points 1  Joseph-Antoine Bell 39 2  Thomas N'Kono 30th 3  Sadok Attouga 26th 4th  Badou Zaki 24 5 / Mwamba Kazadi  19th 6th  Jacques Songo'o 13 7th  Bruce Grobbelaar 11 8th  Ahmed Shoubeir 10 9  Alain Gouaméné 9 10  Peter Rufai 6th

Best African Player in the Past 50 Years (2007)

rank	Surname	be right
1	Roger Milla	2246
2	Mahmoud El-Khatib	2165
3	Hossam Hassam	2011
4th	Samuel Eto'o	1840
5	Abedi Pelé	1783
6th	George Weah	1604
7th	Didier Drogba	1467
8th	Nwankwo canoe	1209
9	Rabah Madjer	1176
10	Kalusha Bwalya	1073

See also

• BBC African Footballer of the Year

Individual evidence

1. ^ Milla Best African Footballer of Half Century, Abedi Pele 5th , clubgh.com, January 15, 2007.
2. ↑ CAF confirms Drogba's statements , kicker.de, February 7, 2007.
3. ↑ Africa's footballer of the year is again Yaya Touré. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL WORLD CUP total, January 10, 2014, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Touré Africa's Footballer of the Year for the fourth time in a row. In: transfermarkt.de. transfermarkt.de, January 9, 2015, accessed January 9, 2015 . 
5. ↑ cafonline.com

Web links

• CAF website