Africa's female footballer of the year

The African football association CAF selects Africa's female footballer of the year . The election was first held in 2001.

Title holder

year	Surname	nationality	Societies)
2001	Mercy Akide	Nigeria	San Diego Spirit
2002	Alberta Sackey	Ghana	Robert Morris College
2003	Adjoa Bayor	Ghana	Ghatel Ladies of Accra
2004	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	Sunnanå SK
2005	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	Pelican Stars FC
2006	Cynthia Uwak	Nigeria	FC United Pietarsaari
2007	Cynthia Uwak	Nigeria	FC United Pietarsaari Falköpings KIK
2008	Noko Matlou	South Africa	Brazilian ladies
2009	not forgiven
2010	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	Sunnanå SK
2011	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	Sunnanå SK
2012	Genoveva Añonma	Equatorial Guinea	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
2013	not forgiven
2014	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Rivers Angels
2015	Gaëlle Enganamouit	Cameroon	Eskilstuna United
2016	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Arsenal LFC
2017	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Dalian Quanjian
2018	Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa	Houston Dash
2019	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	FC Barcelona (women's football)

Most awards

player

title	Surname
4th	Perpetua Nkwocha
	Asisat Oshoala
2	Cynthia Uwak
1	Mercy Akide
	Alberta Sackey
	Adjoa Bayor
	Noko Matlou
	Genoveva Añonma
	Gaëlle Enganamouit
	Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana

Nationalities

title	country
11	Nigeria
2	Ghana
	South Africa
1	Equatorial Guinea
	Cameroon

societies

title	society
3	Sunnanå SK
2	FC United Pietarsaari
1	San Diego Spirit
	Robert Morris College
	Ghatel Ladies of Accra
	Pelican Stars FC
	Falköpings KIK
	Limpopo Brazilians
	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
	Rivers Angels
	Eskilstuna United
	Arsenal LFC
	Dalian Quanjian
	Houston Dash
	FC Barcelona (women's football)

Web links

• List of Africa's Women Footballers of the Year on The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Archived copy ( Memento from January 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ http://dailytimes.ng/my-journey-into-football-coaching-akide/
3. ↑ https://allafrica.com/stories/201605200094.html
4. ↑ ^{a b} Player to Watch: Adjoa Bayor ( Memento from August 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/0901/News/USV-Jena-verpflichtung-Ghanaerin-Bayor.html
6. ↑ http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/ghanas-nationalspielerin-adjoa-bayor-ueber-strandfussball-mit-michael-essien--den-uni-turm-von-jena-und-eine-20-jahre- during-winning-streak-soccer-in-africa --- ghana - at some point-there-was-a-draw - 15799804
7. ↑ http://www.fansoccer.de/wm2007/vorberichte/afrika/afrika.htm
8. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.n-tv.de/sport/FrauenFussballWM/Nigeria-die-Wundertuete-article3641676.html
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} http://www.wienerzeitung.at/mUNGEN/kommentare/798033_Die-Frau-die-afghanische-Jugendliche-trainiert.html
10. ↑ ^{a b} https://www.fr.de/sport/sport-mix/liga-wird-bunter-11510995.html
11. ↑ http://www.sol.de/neo/nachrichten/saarbruecken/Frauenfussball-1-FCS-Cynthia-Uwak-will-mit-zur-Frauen-WM;art34275,3505971
12. ↑ http://www.womensoccer.de/2008/02/04/cynthia-uwak-vor-wechsel-zum-fc-indiana/
13. ↑ http://www.womensoccer.de/2009/02/15/noko-matlou-zur-besten-spielerin-afrikas-gekuert/
14. ↑ http://www.kickoff.com/news/6727/noko-matlou-makes-history
15. ↑ http://www.radioerft.de/erft/re/618946/17198
16. ↑ http://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/turbine-potsdam-anonma-wechselelt-in-die-usa/11424932.html
17. ↑ http://www.pnn.de/regionalsport/708603/
18. ↑ http://de.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2015/m=2/news=oshoala-startet-durch-auf-den-spuren-einer-legende-afrikas-2520975.html
19. ^ Short portrait of the World Cup teams - Group D. In: sueddeutsche.de. June 1, 2015, accessed August 27, 2020 . 
20. ↑ http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/150109/Oshoala_wins_Caf_player_award
21. ↑ http://de.fifa.com/live-scores/news/y=2016/m=1/news=gro%C3%9Fe-ehre-fur-aubameyang-2754364.html
22. ↑ http://www.fnp.de/sport/ffc/Rendezvouz-mit-einer-alten-Bekendung;art788,1923661
23. ↑ http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/super-falcons-win-glocafawards2016/
24. ↑ http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=0vEoEpMAsekWXgFimqcR0A%3d%3d
25. ↑ http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=Maxv03HsivW%2b2wEC6i%2flmQ%3d%3d
26. ↑ https://www.soccerdonna.de/de/oshoala-zum-vierten-mal-in-sequence-afrikas-fussballerin-des-jahres/news/angebote_6588.html