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The 2025 CAF Awards will be held tonight in Rabat, Morocco so we take a look at previous winners of the awards.

France Football, the organisers of the Ballon d’Or, organised the Ballon d’Or Africain from 1970 till 1994 and the winner of that award was recognised as the African Footballer of the Year. In 1995 the magazine opened its main Ballon d’Or award to non-European players and discontinued the Ballon d’Or Africain.

CAF began awarding the African Footballer of the Year prize in 1992 and it continues to do so till this day.

France Football Ballon d’Or Africain

1970

1) Salif Keïta (Mali & Saint-Étienne)
2) Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast & ASEC Mimosas)
3) Ali Abo Greisha (Egypt & Ismaily)

1971

1) Ibrahim Sunday (Ghana & Asante Kotoko)
2) Robert Mensah (Ghana & Asante Kotoko)
3) François Ndoumbé (Cameroon & Canon Yaoundé)

1972

1) Chérif Souleymane (Guinea & Hafia)
2) Bwanga Tshimen (Democratic Republic of Congo & TP Mazembe)
3) Petit Sory (Guinea & Hafia)

1973

1) Bwanga Tshimen (Democratic Republic of Congo & TP Mazembe)
2) Kazadi Mwamba (Democratic Republic of Congo & TP Mazembe)
3) Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast & ASEC Mimosas)

1974

1) Paul Moukila (Congo & CARA Brazzaville)
2) Lobilo Boba (Democratic Republic of Congo & Vita Club)
3) Hassan Shehata (Egypt & Zamalek)

1975

1) Ahmed Faras (Morocco & Mohammédia)
2) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Tonnere Kalara)
3) Mamadou Aliou Kéïta (Guinea & Hafia)

1976

1) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Tonnere Kalara)
2) Papa Camara (Guinea & Hafia)
3) Ali Bencheikh (Algeria & Moloudia Club Alger)

1977

1) Tarak Dhiab (Tunisia & Esperance Tunis)
2) Papa Camara (Guinea & Hafia)
3) Segun Odegbami (Nigeria & IICC Shooting Stars)

1978

1) Karim Abdul Razak (Ghana & Asante Kotoko)
2) Ali Bencheikh (Algeria & Moloudia Club Alger)
3) Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)

1979

1) Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)
2) Adolf Armah (Ghana & Accra Hearts of Oak)
3) Kerfalla Bangoura (Guinea & Horoya)

1980

1) Jean Manga-Onguéné (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)
2) Segun Odegbami (Nigeria & IICC Shooting Stars)
3) Théophile Abega (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)

1981

1) Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria & GC Mascara)
2) Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)
3) Ali Fergani (Algeria & JS Kabylie)

1982

1) Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon & Espanyol)
2) Salah Assad (Algeria & Mulhouse)
3) Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria & GC Mascara)

1983

1) Mahmoud El Khatib (Egypt & Al Ahly)
2) Opoku Nti (Ghana & Asante Kotoko)
3) Rafiou Moutairou (Togo & OC Agaza)

1984

1) Théophile Abega (Cameroon & Toulouse)
2) Joseph-Antoine Bell (Cameroon & Al Mokawloon Al Arab)
3) Ibrahim Youssef (Egypt & Zamalek)

1985

1) Mohamed Timoumi (Morocco & AS FAR)
2) Rabah Madjer (Algeria & Porto)
3) Ibrahim Youssef (Egypt & Zamalek)

1986

1) Ezzaki Badou (Morocco & Montpellier)
2) Abdelaziz Bouderbala (Morocco & Sion)
3) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Montpellier)

1987

1) Rabah Madjer (Algeria & Porto)
2) Youssouf Fofana (Ivory Coast and Monaco)
3) François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon & Laval)

1988

1) Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia & Cercle Brugge)
2) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Montpellier)
3) 2) Youssouf Fofana (Ivory Coast and Monaco)

1989

1) George Weah (Liberia & Monaco)
2) Joseph-Antoine Bell (Cameroon & Bordeux)
3) Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia & PSV)

1990

1) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Saint-Pierroise)
2) Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (Algeria & Aydınspor)
3) Rabah Madjer (Algeria & Porto)
3) François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon & Rennes)

1991

1) Abedi Pele (Ghana & Marseille)
2) George Weah (Liberia & Monaco)
3) François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon & Cannes)

1992

1) Abedi Pele (Ghana & Marseille)
2) George Weah (Liberia & Paris Saint-Germain)
3) Tony Yeboah (Ghana & Eintracht Frankfurt)

1993

1) Abedi Pele (Ghana & Marseille)
2) Tony Yeboah (Ghana & Eintracht Frankfurt)
3) Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria & Vitória de Setúbal)


1994

1) George Weah (Liberia & Paris Saint-Germain)
2) Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria & Sporting Lisbon)
3) Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria & Everton)

(Some Nigerians believed that France Football favoured players from francophone countries and players that played in France and they were happy when CAF began its own awards).


CAF African Footballer of the Year

1992

1) Abedi Pele (Ghana & Marseille)

1993

1) Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria & Vitória de Setúbal)

1994

1) Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria & Sporting Lisbon)
2) George Weah (Liberia & Paris Saint-Germain)
3) Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria & Olympiacos)

1995

1) George Weah (Liberia & AC Milan)
2) Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria & Sporting Lisbon)
3) Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria & Everton)

1996

1) Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria & Inter Milan)
2) George Weah (Liberia & AC Milan)
3) Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria & Besiktas)


1997

1) Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria & Monaco)
2) Japhet N'Doram (Chad & Monaco)
3) Taribo West (Nigeria & Inter Milan)

1998

1) Mustapha Hadji (Morocco & Deportivo La Coruna)
2) Augustine Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria & Paris Saint-Germain)
3) Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria & Ajax Amsterdam)

1999

1) Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria & Arsenal)
2) Samuel Osei Kuffour (Ghana & Bayern Munich)
3) Ibrahima Bakayoko (Ivory Coast & Marseille)

2000

1) Patrick M'Boma (Cameroon & Parma)
2) Lauren Etame-Mayer (Cameroon & Mallorca)
3) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Mallorca)

2001

1) El Hadji Diouf (Senegal & Lens)
2) Samuel Kuffour (Ghana & Bayern Munich)
3) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Mallorca)


2002

1) El Hadji Diouf (Senegal & Liverpool)
2) Papa Bouba Diop (Senegal & Lens)
3) Ahmed Hossam Mido (Egypt & Ajax)

2003

1) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Mallorca)
2) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Marseille)
3) Augustine Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria & Bolton Wanderers)

2004

1) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Barcelona)
2) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)
3) Augustine Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria & Bolton Wanderers)

2005

1) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Barcelona)
2) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)
3) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)


2006

1) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)
2) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Barcelona)
3) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)

2007

1) Frédéric Kanouté (Mali & Sevilla)
2) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)
3) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)

2008

1) Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo & Arsenal)
2) Mohamed Abou Trika (Egypt & Al Ahly)
3) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)

2009

1) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)
2) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Inter Milan)
3) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)


2010

1) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Inter Milan)
2) Asamoah Gyan (Ghana & Sunderland)
3) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)

2011

1) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
2) Seydou Keita (Mali & Barcelona)
3) André Ayew (Ghana & Marseille)

2012

1) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
2) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Shanghai Shenhua)
3) Alex Song (Cameroon & Barcelona)

2013

1) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
2) John Mikel Obi (Nigeria & Chelsea)
3) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Galatasaray)

2014

1) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
2) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
3) Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria & Lille)

2015

1) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
2) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
3) 3) André Ayew (Ghana & Swansea City)

2016

1) Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Leicester City)
2) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
3) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Liverpool)


2017

1) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
2) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Liverpool)
3) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)

2018

1) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
2) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Liverpool)
3) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)

2019

1) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Liverpool)
2) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
3) Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)

2022
1) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Bayern Munich)
2) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
3) Édouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)

2023

1) Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Napoli)
2) Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)
3) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)


2024

1) Ademola Lookman (Nigeria and Atalanta)

2) Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and PSG)

3) Serhou Guirassy (Guinea and Borussia Dortmund)

CAF African Women’s Footballer of the Year

2001: Mercy Akide (Nigeria & San Diego Spirit)

2002: Alberta Sackey (Ghana & Robert Morris College)

2003: Adjoa Bayor (Ghana & Ghatel Ladies)

2004: Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria & Pelican Stars)

2005: Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria & Pelican Stars)

2006: Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria & FC United)

2007: Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria & FC United)

2008: Noko Matlou (South Africa & University of Johannesburg )

2010: Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria & Sunnanå SK)

2011: Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria & Sunnanå SK)

2012: Genoveva Añonman Nze (Equatorial Guinea & Turbine Potsdam)

2014: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Rivers Angels)

2015: Gaëlle Enganamouit (Cameroon & Eskilstuna United DFF)

2016: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Arsenal)

2017: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dalian Quanjian)

2018: Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)

2019: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)

2022: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)

2023: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)

2024: Barbra Banda (Zambia and Orlando Pride)

CAF young player of the year (men).

CAF most promising talent (men).

And CAF young player of the year (Women).

I Love Football, and all matters.
Most of the people that are given the awards are worth it some times but oftentimes not the right person

CAF Coach of the year.

CAF women's goalkeeper of the year

And Caf goalkeeper of the year (men).

Men's national team of the year.

Women's national team of the year.

Champions League best player.

Men's club

Women's club

And women's coach

Kudos to them all. I was surprised Ahmed Mido didn’t win anything, he was a great player back in the days..

Kudos to Chelsea - they’ve produced lots of african giants..

Kudos to Yemi tella. He did a wonderful job in 2007… Abeg brother naptu, where is Yemi tella now?

Kudos to Oshoala, her face really show!

So Dr Congo has it more than us

Achraf Hakimi Lo' kan



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In the earlier years, you can see that a lot were playing home base clubs in Africa.

This is very interesting

Pre43:
So Dr Congo has it more than us

Ghana's Ibrahim Sunday was the first to win it in 1970. Abedi Pele also won it 1991-1993
Nigeria made good progress from 1994 -1997 and also with Osimhen and Lukman in recent years. Nigeria seems to have won it more than Ghana, although Ghana was robbed when CAF gave it to EL Hadki Diouf instead Sammy Kufour in 2001

Nwabali should win that of 2025. I'm rooting for him.

Where is okocha, nigerians acclaimed greatest player in super-eagles! Lol.

Okocha wasn't even greater than mikel!

Nigeria is well represented.
Is not by force we must play the tournament.

Jay Jay Okocha is the 🐐 (Greatest Of All Time)

I have not followed Nigerian football since the 90's (when I was a kid). Can't name one player of the national team today.

Number of win's by Nation until 2024 (MEN)

99thEnemy:
Number of win's by Nation until 2024 (MEN)

That depends on if you include the Ballon d'Or Africain.

Okocha use to make professional world class athletic look like amateurs.

naptu2:
That depends on if you include the Ballon d'Or Africain.

The stats is only for Ballon d'Or Africain.

99thEnemy:
The stats is only for Ballon d'Or Africain.

Ballon d'Or Africain was stopped in 1994.

Rank by win's by nation (MEN)


naptu2

naptu2:
Ballon d'Or Africain was stopped in 1994.

Let me correct it,

Thanks for the correction.

mikeapollo:
Ghana's Ibrahim Sunday was the first to win it in 1970. Abedi Pele also won it 1991-1993
Nigeria made good progress from 1994 -1997 and also with Osimhen and Lukman in recent years. Nigeria seems to have won it more than Ghana, although Ghana was robbed when CAF gave it to EL Hadki Diouf instead Sammy Kufour in 2001

I think Diouf deserved it bro..

It was not a robb..

PulaPower:
Kudos to them all. I was surprised Ahmed Mido didn’t win anything, he was a great player back in the days..

Kudos to Chelsea - they’ve produced lots of african giants..

Kudos to Yemi tella. He did a wonderful job in 2007… Abeg brother naptu, where is Yemi tella now?

Kudos to Oshoala, her face really show!

Coach Olayemi Tella (a legend of youth football in Nigeria who I knew since 1979) passed away from cancer in 2007.

Love800:
Where is okocha, nigerians acclaimed greatest player in super-eagles! Lol.

Okocha wasn't even greater than mikel!

This life sha..

Okocha face no show despite say nah better player. He didn’t win much.

When Mikel said he’s the most decorated Nigeria footballer, many people came for him. But it’s the truth. He don almost everything at Chelsea. Okocha did not win 1% of what mikel won..

Okocha self no make money like mikel..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dRNZEQDunM

naptu2:
The 2025 CAF Awards will be held tonight in Rabat, Morocco so we take a look at previous winners of the awards.

France Football, the organisers of the Ballon d’Or, organised the Ballon d’Or Africain from 1970 till 1994 and the winner of that award was recognised as the African Footballer of the Year. In 1995 the magazine opened its main Ballon d’Or award to non-European players and discontinued the Ballon d’Or Africain.

CAF began awarding the African Footballer of the Year prize in 1992 and it continues to do so till this day.

France Football Ballon d’Or Africain

1970

1) Salif Keïta (Mali & Saint-Étienne)
2) Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast & ASEC Mimosas)
3) Ali Abo Greisha (Egypt & Ismaily)

1971

1) Ibrahim Sunday (Ghana & Asante Kotoko)
2) Robert Mensah (Ghana & Asante Kotoko)
3) François Ndoumbé (Cameroon & Canon Yaoundé)

1972

1) Chérif Souleymane (Guinea & Hafia)
2) Bwanga Tshimen (Democratic Republic of Congo & TP Mazembe)
3) Petit Sory (Guinea & Hafia)

1973

1) Bwanga Tshimen (Democratic Republic of Congo & TP Mazembe)
2) Kazadi Mwamba (Democratic Republic of Congo & TP Mazembe)
3) Laurent Pokou (Ivory Coast & ASEC Mimosas)

1974

1) Paul Moukila (Congo & CARA Brazzaville)
2) Lobilo Boba (Democratic Republic of Congo & Vita Club)
3) Hassan Shehata (Egypt & Zamalek)

1975

1) Ahmed Faras (Morocco & Mohammédia)
2) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Tonnere Kalara)
3) Mamadou Aliou Kéïta (Guinea & Hafia)

1976

1) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Tonnere Kalara)
2) Papa Camara (Guinea & Hafia)
3) Ali Bencheikh (Algeria & Moloudia Club Alger)

1977

1) Tarak Dhiab (Tunisia & Esperance Tunis)
2) Papa Camara (Guinea & Hafia)
3) Segun Odegbami (Nigeria & IICC Shooting Stars)

1978

1) Karim Abdul Razak (Ghana & Asante Kotoko)
2) Ali Bencheikh (Algeria & Moloudia Club Alger)
3) Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)

1979

1) Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)
2) Adolf Armah (Ghana & Accra Hearts of Oak)
3) Kerfalla Bangoura (Guinea & Horoya)

1980

1) Jean Manga-Onguéné (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)
2) Segun Odegbami (Nigeria & IICC Shooting Stars)
3) Théophile Abega (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)

1981

1) Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria & GC Mascara)
2) Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon & Canon Yaounde)
3) Ali Fergani (Algeria & JS Kabylie)

1982

1) Thomas N'Kono (Cameroon & Espanyol)
2) Salah Assad (Algeria & Mulhouse)
3) Lakhdar Belloumi (Algeria & GC Mascara)

1983

1) Mahmoud El Khatib (Egypt & Al Ahly)
2) Opoku Nti (Ghana & Asante Kotoko)
3) Rafiou Moutairou (Togo & OC Agaza)

1984

1) Théophile Abega (Cameroon & Toulouse)
2) Joseph-Antoine Bell (Cameroon & Al Mokawloon Al Arab)
3) Ibrahim Youssef (Egypt & Zamalek)

1985

1) Mohamed Timoumi (Morocco & AS FAR)
2) Rabah Madjer (Algeria & Porto)
3) Ibrahim Youssef (Egypt & Zamalek)

1986

1) Ezzaki Badou (Morocco & Montpellier)
2) Abdelaziz Bouderbala (Morocco & Sion)
3) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Montpellier)

1987

1) Rabah Madjer (Algeria & Porto)
2) Youssouf Fofana (Ivory Coast and Monaco)
3) François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon & Laval)

1988

1) Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia & Cercle Brugge)
2) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Montpellier)
3) 2) Youssouf Fofana (Ivory Coast and Monaco)

1989

1) George Weah (Liberia & Monaco)
2) Joseph-Antoine Bell (Cameroon & Bordeux)
3) Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia & PSV)

1990

1) Roger Milla (Cameroon & Saint-Pierroise)
2) Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani (Algeria & Aydınspor)
3) Rabah Madjer (Algeria & Porto)
3) François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon & Rennes)

1991

1) Abedi Pele (Ghana & Marseille)
2) George Weah (Liberia & Monaco)
3) François Omam-Biyik (Cameroon & Cannes)

1992

1) Abedi Pele (Ghana & Marseille)
2) George Weah (Liberia & Paris Saint-Germain)
3) Tony Yeboah (Ghana & Eintracht Frankfurt)

1993

1) Abedi Pele (Ghana & Marseille)
2) Tony Yeboah (Ghana & Eintracht Frankfurt)
3) Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria & Vitória de Setúbal)


1994

1) George Weah (Liberia & Paris Saint-Germain)
2) Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria & Sporting Lisbon)
3) Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria & Everton)

(Some Nigerians believed that France Football favoured players from francophone countries and players that played in France and they were happy when CAF began its own awards).


CAF African Footballer of the Year

1992

1) Abedi Pele (Ghana & Marseille)

1993

1) Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria & Vitória de Setúbal)

1994

1) Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria & Sporting Lisbon)
2) George Weah (Liberia & Paris Saint-Germain)
3) Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria & Olympiacos)

1995

1) George Weah (Liberia & AC Milan)
2) Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria & Sporting Lisbon)
3) Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria & Everton)

1996

1) Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria & Inter Milan)
2) George Weah (Liberia & AC Milan)
3) Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria & Besiktas)


1997

1) Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria & Monaco)
2) Japhet N'Doram (Chad & Monaco)
3) Taribo West (Nigeria & Inter Milan)

1998

1) Mustapha Hadji (Morocco & Deportivo La Coruna)
2) Augustine Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria & Paris Saint-Germain)
3) Sunday Oliseh (Nigeria & Ajax Amsterdam)

1999

1) Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria & Arsenal)
2) Samuel Osei Kuffour (Ghana & Bayern Munich)
3) Ibrahima Bakayoko (Ivory Coast & Marseille)

2000

1) Patrick M'Boma (Cameroon & Parma)
2) Lauren Etame-Mayer (Cameroon & Mallorca)
3) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Mallorca)

2001

1) El Hadji Diouf (Senegal & Lens)
2) Samuel Kuffour (Ghana & Bayern Munich)
3) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Mallorca)


2002

1) El Hadji Diouf (Senegal & Liverpool)
2) Papa Bouba Diop (Senegal & Lens)
3) Ahmed Hossam Mido (Egypt & Ajax)

2003

1) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Mallorca)
2) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Marseille)
3) Augustine Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria & Bolton Wanderers)

2004

1) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Barcelona)
2) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)
3) Augustine Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria & Bolton Wanderers)

2005

1) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Barcelona)
2) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)
3) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)


2006

1) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)
2) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Barcelona)
3) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)

2007

1) Frédéric Kanouté (Mali & Sevilla)
2) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)
3) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)

2008

1) Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo & Arsenal)
2) Mohamed Abou Trika (Egypt & Al Ahly)
3) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)

2009

1) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)
2) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Inter Milan)
3) Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)


2010

1) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Inter Milan)
2) Asamoah Gyan (Ghana & Sunderland)
3) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Chelsea)

2011

1) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
2) Seydou Keita (Mali & Barcelona)
3) André Ayew (Ghana & Marseille)

2012

1) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
2) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Shanghai Shenhua)
3) Alex Song (Cameroon & Barcelona)

2013

1) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
2) John Mikel Obi (Nigeria & Chelsea)
3) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast & Galatasaray)

2014

1) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
2) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
3) Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria & Lille)

2015

1) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
2) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast & Manchester City)
3) 3) André Ayew (Ghana & Swansea City)

2016

1) Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Leicester City)
2) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
3) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Liverpool)


2017

1) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
2) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Liverpool)
3) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)

2018

1) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
2) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Liverpool)
3) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)

2019

1) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Liverpool)
2) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
3) Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)

2022
1) Sadio Mané (Senegal & Bayern Munich)
2) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
3) Édouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)

2023

1) Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Napoli)
2) Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)
3) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)


2024

1) Ademola Lookman (Nigeria and Atalanta)

2) Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and PSG)

3) Serhou Guirassy (Guinea and Borussia Dortmund)

naptu2:
Coach Olayemi Tella (a legend of youth football in Nigeria who I knew since 1979) passed away from cancer in 2007.

Damnn

So sad 😞 to hear. He scout one of the best Nigeria football team players ever..

Really really sad 😞

yea, nice write-up.

Okocha did himself though.

He was afraid of taking challenges, playing for low clubs!
He was just after money like our regular naija footballers mentality.

PulaPower:
This life sha..

Okocha face no show despite say nah better player. He didn’t win much.

When Mikel said he’s the most decorated Nigeria footballer, many people came for him. But it’s the truth. He don almost everything at Chelsea. Okocha did not win 1% of what mikel won..

Okocha self no make money like mikel..

PulaPower:
I think Diouf deserved it bro..

It was not a robb..

Exactly, even the Senegal team was in hot form then. Beating France in world cup that had henry & Zidane and reaching the QF. Kuffor did well too but football will always favor strikers

2025 is already decided

Hakimi