African Footballer of the Year

African Footballer of the Year

The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African football (soccer) player each year, has been conferred 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 [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy93.html 1993] and [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afrpoy94.html 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 [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html] . [cite news | date=2000-01-01 | url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/afr-poy.html | title=African Player of the Year | publisher=rsssf.com | accessdate=2000-01-01]

On February 2, 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). [ [http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/confederations/news/newsid=682981.html#kanoute+named+africas+best Kanoute named Africa's best] ] [ [http://www.goal.com/en-india/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=574199 Furious Drogba Slams CAF Over Kanoute Award And Pulls Out] ]

Winners - CAF award (1992-)

Wins by country

"* Known as flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo since 1997."

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, Kanoute

Wins by club

*3 Olympique Marseille
*2 FC Barcelona, RCD Mallorca, AS Monaco, Asante Kotoko, Canon Yaoundé
*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, Tonnerre Yaoundé, Sevilla FC

ee also

*FIFA World Player of the Year
*European Footballer of the Year
*South American Footballer of the Year
*Asian Footballer of the Year
*Oceania Footballer of the Year
*Onze d'Or
*World Soccer Magazine

References

External links

* [http://www.liminaedizioni.it/griglia_libro.cfm?art_codice=102&codice_collana=1 A book of an Italian publisher about African football]


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