In the year1995 the French football magazine discontinued to give the footballer of the year award, as they were now elgible for the Europen footballer of the year as long as they played for a Europen club.It is now given by the Confedration of African Football. The C.A.F. And Fredric Kanoute is the only Europen born footballer to win the African Footballer of theyear as he plays his football for Mali, his fathers country.
1993 Rashid Yekini. Nigeria.
1994 Emmanuel Amumke. Nigeria.
1995 George Weah. Liberia.
1996 Nwankkwo Kanu. Nigeria.
1997 Victor Ikpecha. Nigeria.
1998 Mustapha Hadji. Morocco.
1999 Nwankwo Kanu. Nigeria.
2000 Patrick Mbama. Cameroon.
2001 El Hadji Diouf. Senegal.
2002 El Hadji Diouf. Senegal
2003 Samuel Etoo . Cameroon.
2004 Samuel Etoo. Cameroon.
2005 Samuel Etoo. Cameroon.
2006 Dider Drogba. Ivory Coast.
2007 Fredrick Kanoute. Mali.
Please kindly note that Samuel Etoo of Cameroon is the only African footballer to win the trophy three years in a row. No body has done this or won the old trophythree times in a row.
2001 El Hadji Diouf. Senegal.
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