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Who Deserves The Title Of African Greatest Footballer by Gobengroup(m): 10:41am On May 12, 2020
The African continent has been blessed with many great footballers. It will be somewhat difficult to pick the greatest among them.

But, here is a short list of African great footballers:

Samuel Eto'o
He was a prolific goalscorer, and a four times African player of the year. He won three UEFA Champions League title. Widely regarded as one of Africa greatest striker of all time, in his prime he was admired as one of the best striker in the world.

George Weah;
He is retired Liberian professional footballer. He was known for his acceleration, dribbling skills coupled with an exceptional finishing. He won the Ballon d'or in 1995(The only African to do so).

Abedi Pele;
He is an attacking midfielder who found success with ligue1 club Marseille and Lille. He was awarded African player of the year thrice and won the UEFA Champions League once, among other titles.

Roger Milla;
He is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer. He is a prolific goalscorer and was known to have scored 405 goals throughout his Club career. He is the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history.

Didier Drogba;
He was well known for his time with Chelsea where he won the UEFA Champions League once and was four times Premier league champion. He won the African player of the year twice.

Who is the greatest, feel free to comment

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Re: Who Deserves The Title Of African Greatest Footballer by Enoch07: 10:43am On May 12, 2020
George weah!!! 1995 world best player of the year, just behind him is Samuel eto then double D
Re: Who Deserves The Title Of African Greatest Footballer by chiboy1116: 11:11am On May 12, 2020
Eto or yaya toure
Re: Who Deserves The Title Of African Greatest Footballer by Gobengroup(m): 11:16am On May 12, 2020
Enoch07:
George weah!!! 1995 world best player of the year, just behind him is Samuel eto then double D
I think he got the skills and he is definitely up there among the greatest

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Re: Who Deserves The Title Of African Greatest Footballer by Gobengroup(m): 11:18am On May 12, 2020
chiboy1116:
Eto or yaya toure
Yaya is a great player and definitely in top ten

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