African Footballers of the Year Since 1970

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.

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.