Africa's Footballer of the Year 1970
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The Ballon d'Or ( French for Golden Ball ) by France Football magazine was awarded to Africa's Footballer of the Year for the first time in 1970 . The winner of the award was Salif Keïta from Mali .
Voting mode
All African football players were eligible, regardless of their club membership .
Result
| rank | player | nationality | society | be right |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Salif Keita |
 Mali
|
 AS Saint-Etienne
|
54 |
| 2. | Laurent Pokou |
 Ivory Coast
|
ASEC Abidjan
|
28 |
| 3. | Ali Abo Greisha |
 Egypt
|
Ismaily SC
|
28 |
| 4th | Jean Kalala N'Tumba |
.svg){kind=small} DR Congo
|
TP Englebert
|
19th |
| 5. | Hacène Lalmas |
 Algeria
|
CR Belcourt
|
15th |
| 6th | Petit Sory |
 Guinea
|
Hafia FC
|
9 |
| 7th | Allal Ben Kassou |
 Morocco
|
FAR Rabat
|
5 |
| Osei Kofi |
 Ghana
|
Asante Kotoko
|
5 | |
| Robert Mensah |
Ghana
|
Asante Kotoko
|
5 | |
| 10. | 4 different players | 4th |
Web links
- José Luis Pierrend: African Player of the Year 1970. In: rsssf.com (February 14, 2000), based on: Guy Oliver : The Guinness Book of World Soccer (2nd edition). Guinness World Records 1995, ISBN 0851126545 .