African Footballer of the Year
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The African Footballer of the Year, presented to the best African football (soccer) player, has been given out by the Confederation of African Football since 1992. A different African Footballer of the Year award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by France Football magazine.
[edit] Winners
- 1970 : Salif Keïta
Mali - 1971 : Ibrahim Sunday
Ghana - 1972 : Cherif Souleymane
Guinea - 1973 : Tshimen Bwanga
Zaire - 1974 : Paul Moukila
Republic of the Congo - 1975 : Ahmed Faras
Morocco - 1976 : Roger Milla
Cameroon - 1977 : Tarak Dhiab
Tunisia - 1978 : Karim Abdoul Razak Ghana
- 1979 : Thomas Nkono Cameroon
- 1980 : Jean Manga Onguene Cameroon
- 1981 : Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria - 1982 : Thomas Nkono Cameroon
- 1983 : Mahmoud Al Khatib
Egypt - 1984 : Theophile Abega Cameroon
- 1985 : Mohamed Timoumi Morocco
- 1986 : Badou Zaki Morocco
- 1987 : Rabah Madjer Algeria
- 1988 : Kalusha Bwalya
Zambia - 1989 : George Weah
Liberia - 1990 : Roger Milla Cameroon
- 1991 : Abedi Pelé Ghana
- 1992 : Abedi Pelé Ghana
- 1993 : Abedi Pelé Ghana
- Name of Rashidi Yekin was ommitted 1993
- 1994 : George Weah Liberia & Emmanuel Amunike
Nigeria - 1995 : George Weah Liberia
- 1996 : Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria
- 1997 : Victor Ikpeba Nigeria
- 1998 : Mustapha Hadji Morocco
- 1999 : Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria
- 2000 : Patrick Mboma Cameroon
- 2001 : El Hadji Diouf
Senegal - 2002 : El Hadji Diouf Senegal
- 2003 : Samuel Eto'o Cameroon
- 2004 : Samuel Eto'o Cameroon
- 2005 : Samuel Eto'o Cameroon
