The African footballer of the year was first given in the year 1970 by the French Football Magazine. It was given from the year 1970 to the year 1994.It was the form of the golden ball and was discontinued in1995. The footballer named Abedi Pele from Ghana has won it on three sucessive years the years were 1991, 1992, and 1993. The Cameroon goalkeeperThomas Nkono is the only goalkeeper to win the trophy twice.And GeorgeWeah from war torn Liberia has won it twice. This makes him the only player in football history to win the African Player of the year, The Europen footballer of the year and also the F.I.F.A player of the year. We must note that Liberia has not yet qualified for a world cup to this very day. So the feet is all the more admirable.
1970 Salif Keita. Mali.
1971 Ibrahim Sunday. Ghana.
1972 Cherif Souleymane. Guiena.
1973 Tsimen Bwanga. Zaire.
1974 Paul Moukila. People . Rep of Congo.
1975 Ahmed Faras. Morocco.
1976 Roger Milla. Cameroon.
1977 Tarak Dhiah. Tunisia.
1978 Abdul Razak. Ghana.
1979 Thomas N Kono. Cameroon.
1980 Jean Mangaonguene.Cameroon.
1981 Lakhder Belloumi. Algeira.
1982 Thomas N Kono. Cameroon.
1983 Mohmed Al Khitab. Egypt.
1984 Theophile Abega. Cameroon.
1985 Mohmed Timoumi. Morocco.-1992 Abedi Pele. Ghana.
1993 Abedi Pele. Ghana.
1994 George Weah. Liberia.
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