Africa's Footballer of the Year 1971
The Ballon d'Or ( French for Golden Ball ) of the magazine France Football in 1971 for the second time African Footballer of the Year award.
Voting mode
All African football players were eligible, regardless of their club membership .
Result
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1. | Ibrahim Sunday |
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29 |
2. | Robert Mensah |
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15th |
3. | Charles Léa Eyoum |
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13 |
4th | Laurent Pokou |
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8th |
Sadok Sassi |
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8th | |
6th | Ernest Kallet Bialy |
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6th |
Mafu Kibonge |
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6th | |
Emmanuel Koum |
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6th | |
Hacène Lalmas |
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6th | |
François M'Pelé |
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6th |
Web links
- José Luis Pierrend: African Player of the Year 1971. In: rsssf.com (February 14, 2000), based on: Guy Oliver : The Guinness Book of World Soccer (2nd edition). Guinness World Records 1995, ISBN 0851126545 .