African Footballer of the Year
The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African footballer 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[1] and 1994[2] by the magazine although the CAF sponsored awards for those years were won respectively by Rashidi Yekini and Emmanuel Amuneke, as well as two awards given to Abedi Pelé in 1992.[3] 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.[4]
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).[5][6]
Winners
CAF award (1992–present)
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 It had already been replaced by an official award given out by the Confederation of African Football since 1992.
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* Known as 
Zaire from 1971 until 1997
† Known as 
People's Republic of the Congo from 1970 until 1992
Statistics
Wins by player
| Player | First place | Second place | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Samuel Eto'o |
4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 |  Yaya Touré |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 |  George Weah |
3 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 |  Abedi Pelé |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Didier Drogba |
2 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Roger Milla |
2 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Thomas N'kono |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 |  Nwankwo Kanu |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  El Hadji Diouf |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Rashidi Yekini |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 |  Rabah Madjer |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Emmanuel Amuneke |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 |  * Tshimen Bwanga |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 |  Kalusha Bwalya |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Lakhdar Belloumi |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Théophile Abega |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Emmanuel Adebayor |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Frédéric Kanouté |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Patrick Mboma |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Mustapha Hadji |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Victor Ikpeba |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Badou Zaki |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Mohammed Timoumi |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Mahmoud Al-Khatib |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Ahmed Faras |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jean Manga-Onguene |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Karim Abdul Razak |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Tarak Dhiab |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  † Paul Moukila |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Cherif Souleymane |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Ibrahim Sunday |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Salif Keïta |
1 | 0 | 0 |
* Known as Zaire from 1971 until 1997
† Known as People's Republic of the Congo from 1970 until 1992
Wins by club
* Known as Zaire from 1971 until 1997
† Known as People's Republic of the Congo from 1970 until 1992
Wins by country
| Country | First place | Second place | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon |
11 | 8 | 11 |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire |
8 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Ghana |
6 | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Nigeria |
5 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Morocco |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Liberia |
3 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Algeria |
2 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Mali |
2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Senegal |
2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Guinea |
1 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | * DR Congo |
1 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Egypt |
1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Ghana |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 |  Gabon |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Zambia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Togo |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | † Republic of the Congo |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  Chad |
0 | 1 | 0 |
* Known as Zaire from 1971 until 1997
† Known as People's Republic of the Congo from 1970 until 1992
See also
References
- ↑ "African Player of the Year 1993". Rsssf.com. 2001-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑ "African Player of the Year 1994". Rsssf.com. 2001-01-05. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑ "African Player of the Year". rsssf.com. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
- ↑ "African Player of the Year". rsssf.com. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2000-01-01. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Kanoute named Africa's best
- ↑ Furious Drogba Slams CAF Over Kanoute Award And Pulls Out
- ↑ "TOURE EYES RECORD; HISTORY BECKONS ALEX SONG". CAF Online. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ↑ "TOURE EYES RECORD; HISTORY BECKONS ALEX SONG". CAF Online. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ↑ "Toure rules Africa again". CAF Online. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ↑ (BBC)
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