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    currently active Football in Africa portal African Women's Footballer of the Year BBC African Footballer of the Year CAF Awards List of sport awards Kanoute...
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  • African Football and awarded to the best African player in each category. The African Footballer of the Year award is the oldest CAF award, being awarded...
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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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  • (since 2016) African Footballer of the Year Asian Footballer of the Year Ballon d'Or, or European Footballer of the Year Best Footballer in Asia CONCACAF...
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  • 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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    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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    Victor Osimhen (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    Nigerian to make the top ten of the French award. He was also named the African Footballer of the Year at the 2023 CAF Awards, the first Nigerian to...
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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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    Malian footballer who played as a striker. He was also the first person to receive the African Footballer of the Year award in 1970. He was nicknamed the 'Black...
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    qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Salah was named CAF African Footballer of the Year (2017 and 2018), BBC African Footballer of the Year (2017 and 2018)...
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    Nwankwo Kanu (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    explained was based on the team's nickname, The Gunners. Kanu was named African Footballer of the Year for the second time in 1999. In the 1999–2000 season...
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    Yaya Touré (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    one of the world's best players in his position. One of the greatest African players of all time, Touré was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2011...
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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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    The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It...
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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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    Sadio Mané (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    runners-up finish, and a year later, was named African Footballer of the Year. In the 2021 final, Mané scored the winning kick in the penalty shoot-out to...
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    Didier Drogba (redirect from The drog)
    African players of all time, he was known for his pace, aerial abilities, and powerful and accurate strikes. Drogba was named African Footballer of the...
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  • Rashidi Yekini (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    to help the Sadinos promote from the second division, and those performances earned him the title of African Footballer of the Year once, the first ever...
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    Abedi Pele (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and who served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest African footballers...
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    Patrick Mboma (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    Olympics: 2000 African Nations Cup: 2000, 2002 Individual African Footballer of the Year: 2000 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2000 African Nations Cup...
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  • Mário Jardel (42 goals) – 2002 African Footballer of the Year Emmanuel Amuneke – 1994 Bulgarian Footballer of the Year Krasimir Balakov – 1995 Ivaylo...
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    Achraf Hakimi (category 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players)
    thus earning a spot on the UEFA's Team of Week. On 1 November 2023, Hakimi was nominated for the 2023 African Footballer of the Year by CAF. On 24 October...
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    Jay-Jay Okocha (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    as a football pundit for African sports broadcaster, Supersports since 2019, providing analysis for major tournaments, including the African Cup of Nations...
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    migrated into West Africa as an increase in humid conditions resulted in the subsequent expansion of the West African forest. West African hunter-gatherers...
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  • Women's Footballer of the Year may refer to the following annual awards: African Women's Footballer of the Year, awarded by the Confederation of African Football...
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    Emmanuel Adebayor (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    Paraguay's Club Olimpia and Togolese club Semassi. He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008 while playing at Arsenal, and during his latter career...
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    Mustapha Hadji (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    Norway in the 1998 FIFA World Cup but Morocco again failed to qualify for the knock-out stages. He was named African Footballer of the Year after the World...
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    Mahmoud El Khatib (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is considered as one of the best forwards in the history of African football. El Khatib was...
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    Samuel Eto'o (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He won the African Player of the Year a...
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  • Victor Ikpeba (category African Footballer of the Year winners)
    goalscorer in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup. His performances earned him the African Footballer of the Year award in 1997. Two successful seasons followed. While at Monaco...
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