African Footballer of the Year
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The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African football (soccer) player each year, has been confered by the Confederation of African Football 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 and 1994 respectively by the magazine. 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[1].[1]
The 2006 finalists were Didier Drogba of Côte d'Ivoire, Michael Essien of Ghana, and Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon. The winner announced at the CAF Awards ceremony on March 1, 2007 in Accra, Ghana was Didier Drogba.[2]
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[edit] Winners (1980-2006)
[edit] Winners (1970-1979)
| Year | Player | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Salif Keïta |  Mali |
 AS Saint-Etienne |
| 1971 | Ibrahim Sunday |  Ghana |
Asante Kotoko |
| 1972 | Cherif Souleymane |  Guinea |
Hafia Conakry |
| 1973 | Tshimen Bwanga |  Zaire |
TP Mazembe |
| 1974 | Paul Moukila |  Republic of the Congo |
CARA Brazzaville |
| 1975 | Ahmed Faras |  Morocco |
SC Chabab Mohammedia |
| 1976 | Roger Milla |  Cameroon |
Canon Yaoundé |
| 1977 | Tarak Dhiab |  Tunisia |
Espérance Tunis |
| 1978 | Karim Abdoul Razak | Ghana |
Asante Kotoko |
| 1979 | Thomas Nkono | Cameroon |
Canon Yaoundé |
[edit] Wins by Country
| Player | First place | Second place | Third place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon |
10 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Ghana |
5 | 7 | 4 |
| 3 |  Nigeria |
5 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Morocco |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 |  Liberia |
3 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 |  Algeria |
2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 |  Senegal |
2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 |  Ivory Coast |
1 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Zaire* |
1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Guinea |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  Egypt |
1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 |  Togo |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| = |  Zambia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Mali |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| = | Congo |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Chad |
0 | 1 | 0 |
* Nowadays known as 
DR Congo
[edit] Wins by player
- 3 Eto'o, Ayew Pelé, Weah
- 2 N´Kono, Milla, Kanu, Diouf
- 1 Kalusha Bwalya, Keita, Sunday, Souleymane, Bwanga, Moukila, Faras, Dhiab, Razak, Manga-Onguené, Belloumi, Al-Khatib, Abega, Timoumi, Zaki, Madjer, Yekini, Amunike, Weah, Ikpeba, Hadji, Mboma, Drogba
[edit] Wins by club
- 3 Canon Yaoundé, Olympique Marseille
- 2 FC Barcelona, RCD Mallorca, AS Monaco, Asante Kotoko
- 1 AC Parma, Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC, RC Lens, Deportivo La Coruña, Internazionale F.C., Sporting CP, Vitória Setúbal, Milan AC, Cercle Brugge, RCD Español, FC Porto, AS Saint-Etienne, Hafia Conakry, TP Mazembe, CARA Brazzaville, SC Chabab Mohammedia, Espérance Tunis, GCR Mascara, Al-Ahly, Toulouse FC, FAR Rabat, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea FC
[edit] See also
- France Football African Footballer of the Year
- FIFA World Player of the Year
- European Footballer of the Year
- Asian Footballer of the Year
- Oceania Footballer of the Year
- Onze d'Or
- World Soccer Magazine
[edit] References
- ^ "African Player of the Year", rsssf.com, 2000-01-01. Retrieved on January 1, 2000.
- ^ BBC News Online. "CAF names trio on award shortlist". BBC. Retrieved on December 31, 2006.
