African Footballers of the Year Since 1970

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The African Footballer of the Year award is presented by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It has been observed each year since 1992. Earlier, the France Football Magazine was responsible for African Footballer of the Year Golden Ball award. It was given out to well deserved Africans between 1970 and 1994.

In this list, we will be drawing the African Footballers of the Year based on the well suited catalogue. There was no record for 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic and some other unforeseen difficulties. Enjoy and share with friends.

1970 Salif Keïta Mali
1971 Ibrahim Sunday Ghana
1972 Chérif Souleymane Guinea
1973 Bwanga Tshimen DR Congo
1974 Paul Moukila Congo
1975 Ahmed Faras Morocco
1976 Roger Milla Cameroon
1977 Tarak Dhiab Tunisia
1978 Karim Abdul Razak Ghana
1979 Thomas N’Kono Cameroon
1980 Jean Manga-Onguéné Cameroon
1981 Lakhdar Belloumi Algeria
1982 Thomas N’Kono Cameroon
1983 Mahmoud El Khatib Egypt
1984 Théophile Abega Cameroon
1985 Mohamed Timoumi Morocco 
1986 Ezzaki Badou Morocco 
1987 Rabah Madjer Algeria
1988 Kalusha Bwalya Zambia
1989 George Weah Liberia
1990 Roger Milla  Cameroon
1991 Abedi Pele  Ghana
1992 Abedi Pele  Ghana
1993 Rashidi Yekini   Nigeria
1994 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
2006 Diddier Drogba  Cote d’Ivoire
2007 Frederick Kanoute  Mali
2008 Emmanuel Adebayor  Togo
2009 Diddier Drogba  Cote d’Ivoire
2010 Samuel Eto’o  Cameroon
2011 Yaya Toure  Cote d’Ivoire
2012 Yaya Toure  Cote d’Ivoire
2013 Yaya Toure  Cote d’Ivoire
2014 Yaya Toure  Cote d’Ivoire
2015 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang  Gabon
2016 Riyad Mahrez  Algeria
2017 Mohamed Salah  Egypt
2018 Mohamed Salah  Egypt
2019 Sadio Mané  Senegal
2022 Sadio Mané  Senegal

10 Possible Questions and Answer

From time to time, we might leave clues on the possible questions and answer to expect in the PlayUp general quiz (top-up). In this learner’s topic, here are 10 possible questions you should be expecting.

  1. What is the full meaning of CAF? Answer: Confederation of African Football
  2. Which organization was responsible for African Footballer of the Year Golden Ball award before CAF? Answer: France Football Magazine
  3. Nwankwo Kanu first won the African Footballer of the Year award in what year? Answer: 1996
  4. Who won the African Footballer of the Year award in 2010? Answer: Samuel Eto’o 
  5. Which country won the most African Footballer of the Year award? Answer: Cameroon
  6. Who won the most African Footballer of the Year award? Answer: Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Touré. They have both won 4 times.
  7. Who is the First Nigeria to win the African Footballer of the Year award? Answer: Rashidi Yekini  
  8. Who is the Second Nigerian to win the African Footballer of the Year award? Answer: Emmanuel Amunike
  9. Who won the African Footballer of the Year award in the year 2019? Answer: Sadio Mané 
  10. Who won the African Footballer of the Year award in the year 2020? Answer: No one. There was no award in the year 2020 and 2021.

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