African Footballer of the Year
- June 19, 2022
- Posted by: Africa Soccer FC™
- Category: SOCCER
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Sadio Mané was the latest winner, receiving the award in 2019
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 Pele 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 Pele 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]
Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Touré are the players who have won the award the most times (4 wins each), Two-time winner Didier Drogba is the player with the most runner-up appearances (4), most third place finishes (3), and most times in the top three (9). The France born Frédéric Kanouté, Riyad Mahrez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are the only European-born players to win the award (both Kanouté and Aubameyang initially featured for France’s U21 squad before going on to represent Mali and Gabon, respectively).[5][6]
Winners[edit]
France Football award (1970–1994)[edit]
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Salif Keita, the first player to win the award in 1970.
Lakhdar Belloumi, winner of the award in 1981.
Mahmoud El Khatib was the first player from Egypt to win the award in 1983.
Roger Milla, two-time winner of the award given by France Football.
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Abedi Pele, won the award three consecutive times from 1991-1993 and also won both France Football award and new CAF award in 1992.
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 It had already been replaced by an official award given out by the Confederation of African Football since 1992.
CAF award (1992–present)[edit]
George Weah won the award in 1995 (the same year he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and also receive the Ballon d’Or)
Samuel Eto’o won the award four times.
Didier Drogba was the first Ivorian to win the award in 2006.
Yaya Touré won the award four consecutive times from 2011 to 2014.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the first player from Gabon to win the award in 2015.
Riyad Mahrez won his first award in 2016.
Mohamed Salah won the award 2 times in a row in 2017 and 2018.
Multiple winners[edit]
* Players in bold are currently active
| Player | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Eto’o | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Yaya Touré | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| George Weah | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Abedi Pele | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Didier Drogba | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Roger Milla | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mohamed Salah | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nwankwo Kanu | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| El Hadji Diouf | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Awards won by nationality[edit]
| Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third places |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cameroon |
11 | 8 | 10 |
 Ghana |
6 | 8 | 7 |
 Ivory Coast |
6 | 7 | 6 |
 Nigeria |
5 | 6 | 10 |
 Morocco |
4 | 1 | 0 |
 Algeria |
3 | 4 | 5 |
 Egypt |
3 | 4 | 3 |
 Liberia |
3 | 4 | 0 |
 Senegal |
3 | 3 | 1 |
 Mali |
2 | 1 | 0 |
 Guinea |
1 | 3 | 2 |
 DR Congo |
1 | 3 | 0 |
 Gabon |
1 | 2 | 2 |
 Togo |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Zambia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
 Congo |
1 | 0 | 0 |
 Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 |
 Chad |
0 | 1 | 0 |
Awards won by club[edit]
See also[edit]
- BBC African Footballer of the Year
- FIFA World Player of the Year
- CAF Awards
- List of Africa Cup of Nations hat-tricks
- List of Africa Women Cup of Nations hat-tricks
- List of African Nations Championship hat-tricks
- List of sport awards
- List of sports awards honoring women
References[edit]
- ^ “African Player of the Year 1993”. Rsssf.com. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ “African Player of the Year 1994”. Rsssf.com. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ “African Player of the Year”. rsssf.com. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ “African Player of the Year”. rsssf.com. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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