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| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by KnownUnknown: 12:59pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
bigdawg7: He was more than “above average” but you are right about him being overrated. While others were winning league trophies and champions league, he was wandering in Bolton at the “height” of his career. Kanu, with or without, the heart problem is the only one that can be mentioned with the likes of Touré, Eto’o, Essien, Drogba, Pele, and Weah. 1 Like |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by KnownUnknown: 1:01pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
adecz: Amokachi was raised in Kaduna. Northern enough for you? 1 Like |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by sylve11: 1:08pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
DDIA: |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by sylve11: 1:09pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
KnownUnknown: Add Victor Ikpeba, except you didn't watch him play in his prime.  |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by Nomyth: 1:10pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
The writer got it all mixed up in his writing. While acknowledging that CAF APOTY started In 1992 he still went to credit Abedi Pele as the APOTY of 1993 whereas CAF APOTY 93 is Rashidi Yekini. CAF started organizing APOTY awards in 1992 and decided to go with France football's choice which is Pele. From 1993, CAF decided to make their own choice away from France football and yekini was crowned for that year. The common assumption that Abedi Pele won 3 APOTY is nothing but a myth. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by ChronicGp(m): 1:12pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
After 23 years Weldone @Oshimhen |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by DoctorAyukebot(m): 1:16pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Cameroon mightily represented. Winning out all the three spots in 2000. Thomas N'kono was truly a goalie par excellence. Winning the France-Afrique Ballon D'or thrice. Went on to represent Cameroon in the Italy 1990 World Cup that saw the Indomitable Lions come out as the first African Team to reach the Quarter Finals |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by mikeapollo: 1:19pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
naptu2: A very informative piece. CAF (especially under Issa Hayatou) started the open manipulation of the awards to suit its whims and caprices in 1993. Abedi Pele was clearly the best African footballer in 1993 after having been the best player in the Champions League and playing crucial role to help Marseille defeat AC Milan in the final. But there was huge noise and influence by some Nigerians e.g. Abiola for the award to be given to a Nigerian (Rasheed Yekinni) because Nigeria has just qualified to the world cup and Yekini scored the highest goals in the qualifiers. So CAF started amending/manipulating the criteria in order to suit which player they wanted to give the award in a particular year. That is why there has been so many fraud in the awards since then. Mustapha Hadji was also given the award when most people believed Okocha should have won it. They manipulated and gave it to for El Hadji Diouf (Senegal) in 2000/2001 when Osei Kuffour (Ghana) was the best African player after having won the treble with Bayern Munich (UCL, Europa, and League). They manipulated it for Yaya Toure (CIV) to win when Mikel Obi was clearly the best player after having won the UCL, Europa and Premiership. They also manipulated and gave it to Samuel Eto'o Fills in a year that he did not win anything major.. etc 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by KnownUnknown: 1:20pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
sylve11: No, Ikpeba is not in the same class as the people mentioned. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by Beuberry(f): 1:24pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
naptu2:See that pic of Oshoala with Aubameyang, Salah, etc. That was when Oshoala was a girl. Now, all her feminine don die, na male bone full her body. I wanted to match make her and Osimhen but I realized they ll give birth to Pessi. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by KnownUnknown: 1:27pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
mikeapollo: What did Okocha do in 1998 that was better than whatever Hadji did? Keep in mind that impact matters when giving out this awards. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by Usmanovic95(m): 1:28pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
SoNature: |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by Usmanovic95(m): 1:30pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
SoNature: I don't know if our system deliberately frustrate beautiful girl with nice shape for making the grade because if you see some foreign female footballers like alisher Lehmann, Alessia Russo and Lauren James,you will understand what I mean. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by KnownUnknown: 1:32pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Usmanovic95: Nutrition, training, and clean environment makes all the difference. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by naptu2: 1:39pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Japhet N'Doram and Tabitha Chawinga. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by gawu1: 1:43pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Akwamkpuruamu:I knew one ipob pig must mention North. Why not you mention the Yoruba whom you people are trying to measure up to? |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by Renman: 1:53pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
KarinaSlim:Are you a Harlot  I'm asking because of your Attire/Outlook in your dp... |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by Usmanovic95(m): 2:01pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
KnownUnknown: The factors you mentioned can not primarily be responsible for the masculine shape of our female players. Although we limited info about the nutrition because we don't know much about them on a personal level.As a professional, they are expected to train hard regardless. Clean environment? Do you mean they stay in an unclean environment ? What can we say about beautiful ladies with nice physique who doesn't play football. 1 Like |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by aswani(m): 3:12pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
KnownUnknown: So was Yekini as was Ṣẹgun Odegbami and Mike Obi. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by aswani(m): 3:14pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Ibrahim Yussuf of Zamalek was an absolute stud, an intelligent player that you simply couldn't get past. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by aswani(m): 3:18pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
adecz: Amokachi, Yekini, Mike Obi and Odegbami learnt their football in the North. Uncle, how many people from your area are in the list of winners and runners up? |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by naptu2: 3:37pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
naptu2: Stories about some of the people in the list. We often used Japhet N'Doram as an example of someone that would never win the African Footballer of the Year title. He scored a lot of goals for Nantes and Monaco, but he was from Chad which never qualified for the African Nations Cup or the World Cup. That was his handicap. He could work magic at his club in Europe, but he would never be able to replicate it at major international tournaments. Surprisingly he came second in 1997. The present day equivalent (on the ladies side) is Tabitha Chawinga. She is a phenomenal striker and has scored a lot of goals in China and Scandinavia. She was the highest goal scorer in Italy last season (with Inter Milan) and now she is lighting up France with PSG. The problem is that it seems like she and her sister are the only good female footballers from Malawi. 1 Like |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by YouAreFinished: 3:37pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
adecz:When it's yours,it's meritocracy; when it's others it's nepotism. Ipob pîg. 2 Likes |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by naptu2: 3:50pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Till today Chief Segun Odegbami (MON) often talks about coming second to Jean Manga-Onguéné. Meanwhile, one of the stars of the Cameroonian women's team (a person that has often been in the top three in the CAF awards) is Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene. People always assume that she is Jean Manga-Onguéné's daughter, but they are not related. 2 Likes |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by naptu2: 3:58pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Just look at the number of times that Roger Milla appears on that list!  |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by naptu2: 4:03pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Laurent Pokou, who appears in the 1970 and 1973 editions, was the highest goalscorer in Nations Cup history. Rashidi Yekini needed only one goal to equal his record and I was sure that he would beat the record at the 1996 edition, but Nigeria withdrew from the tournament. It was very frustrating. 1 Like |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by naptu2: 4:12pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Rabah Madjer was an obvious choice for the 1987 edition. He scored a crazy back-heeled goal in the final of the European Cup to enable Porto equalise with Bayern Munich (1-1). Porto went on to win the match with a 2-1 scoreline. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by Chukwunonso1: 6:50pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
bigdawg7: I taya o Very soon they'll start comparing him with Ronaldino. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by femi4: 8:08pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
naptu2:Odegbami was robbed in 1980. That was AFCON year. The mathematical was brilliant for Nigeria in tournament, scoring a wonderful goal in the final Okocha should have won in 98 when it was given to Hadji. Kanoute's award is the most controversial in the history of the award |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by naptu2: 8:29pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
femi4: 1980, 1993 and 1994 are among the reasons why some Nigerians did not trust France Football. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by Pacesetter123(m): 11:43pm On Dec 14, 2023 |
Ohhhh,my Michael Essien,so unlucky just as a mercurial midfielder,J J Okocha! Always 2nd and 3rd. It pains me a lot. |
| Re: All Time List Of African Footballer Of The Year Winners. by mikeapollo: 9:56am On Dec 15, 2023 |
KnownUnknown:With all due respect, only Weah, and may be Eto'o can be compared with Abedi Pele. Abedi belonged to a different class of players. He could single handedly change or win a game! The videos of his games when he was at Marseille are something this generation should watch and see pure magic! |
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