Okocha, who won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and Olympic Games with Nigeria during his playing days, admitted that he did not do enough to win the prestigious accolade.

“And if I’m to say, I’ll say, I regret not winning the African Footballer of the year,” Okocha said on Mastercard.

“But of course, if you look back, there’s always a time that you say ‘Oh maybe you could’ve done a bit better than you did’.

Okocha was runner-up in 1998 behind Morocco’s Mustapha Hadji and also finished third in 2003 and 2004 respectively.

“I thought I did enough to have won it because it was not a fluke that I won the BBC player of the Year three years in a row and not managed to win that CAF award,” he continued.

“But I mean maybe it was not meant to be. Well, I think I don’t want to sound greedy, but I’ve had an amazing career, I never thought I would make it that big.”

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