• The BBC African Sports Personality of the Year (previously known as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year and the BBC African Footballer of the Year)...
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    The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football...
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  • Morocco for the second year in a row. In order to show solidarity, a friendly match between African Legends took place. African Footballer of the Year FIFA World...
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    African Women Footballer of the Year, an annual award for Africa's best female football player. It is awarded by the Confederation of African Football...
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    BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013. "Yaya Toure: Man City star is African Player of the Year"...
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    Yaya Touré (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    won the BBC African Footballer of the Year on a public vote for the second time, after leading the Ivory Coast to victory in the 2015 African Cup of Nations...
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    André Ayew (category 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players)
    also are professional footballers. In 2011, Ayew was named the BBC African Footballer of the Year and Ghanaian Footballer of the Year. Ayew began his career...
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    George Weah (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    18-year professional football career which ended in 2003. Weah is the first African former professional footballer to become a head of state, and the only...
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    Riyad Mahrez (category 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players)
    Africa Cup of Nations: 2019 Individual CAF African Footballer of the Year: 2016 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2016 Algerian Footballer of the Year:...
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    The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception...
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    Mohamed Aboutrika (category 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players)
    professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a forward. He was voted second place in the African Footballer of the Year award in 2008...
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  • The 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year was a sporting awards show and took place on 19 December 2023. Broadcast from Media City in Salford and presented...
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    Michael Essien (redirect from The Bison)
    third Best African Footballer of the Year in 2006, a feat he also achieved in 2005. He won the 2006 BBC African footballer of the year award. The following...
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  • Christopher Katongo (category 2016 African Nations Championship players)
    team. He is an Africa Cup of Nations winner and won the BBC's African Footballer of the Year award in 2012, winning just over 40% of the public vote. His...
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    Nwankwo Kanu (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    Basten Award): 1994–95 African Footballer of the Year: 1996, 1999 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 1997, 1999 FA Cup Final Man of the Match: 2008 IFFHS...
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    Yacine Brahimi (category 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players)
    Algeria Africa Cup of Nations: 2019 FIFA Arab Cup: 2021 Individual LFP Awards Best African Player: 2013–14 El Heddaf Arab Footballer of the Year: 2014 BBC African...
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    Emmanuel Adebayor (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    Individual BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2007 African Player of the Year: 2008 BBC Goal of the Season: 2007–08 Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08...
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    African Footballer of the Year (2017 and 2018), BBC African Footballer of the Year (2017 and 2018), and was selected in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations...
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  • Sport—athlete of the year  Slovakia Sportsperson of the Year  Slovenia Slovenian Sportsman of the year  South Africa South African Sportsperson of the Year  Spain...
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    The West African Footballer of the Year, or The Best of the Best was an association football award. It was presented to the west African player considered...
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    Emmanuel Amunike (category 1994 African Cup of Nations players)
    Africa Cup of Nations: 1994; runner-up: 2000 Olympic Games: 1996 Individual African Footballer of the Year: 1994 BBC African Footballer of the Year:...
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    Asamoah Gyan (category 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players)
    Ghana Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2010, 2015; third place: 2008 Individual BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2010 African Footballer of the Year runner-up:...
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    parentheses) included in total. African Footballer of the Year: Mahmoud El Khatib (1): 1983 African Inter-Club Player of the Year: Mohamed Aboutrika (4): 2006...
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  • The BBC World Sport Star of the Year (formerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year) is an award presented at the annual BBC Sports...
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  • The 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, held on 13 December, was the 56th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. It...
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    (national). The ceremony was held at the Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The event had in attendance, BBC African Footballer of the Year winner...
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    Didier Drogba (redirect from The drog)
    2012 African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009 Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2007 Barclays Spirit of the Game Award: 2015 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009...
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    Jay-Jay Okocha (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    the best African ever?". BBC Sport. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2015. Piers Edwards (13 October 2015). "History of the BBC African Footballer...
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  • African Football BBC Women's Footballer of the Year, awarded by the BBC World Service FWA Women's Footballer of the Year, awarded by the Football Writers'...
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    Abedi Pele (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    winner of the BBC African Sports Star of the Year in 1992, and the corresponding Confederation of African Football award twice. Abedi holds the record...
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