African Footballer of the Year
From Football Legends
1948 Ad-Diba Egypt 1949 Ad-Diba Egypt 1950 Larbi Benbarek Morocco Spanish Champion 1951 Larbi Benbarek Morocco Spanish Champion 1952 El-Sayed Al Dhizui Egypt 1953 El-Sayed Al Dhizui Egypt 1954 Larbi Benbarek Morocco Finaliste de la Coupe de France 1955 El-Sayed Al Dhizui Egypt Mediterranean Games 1956 Siddiq Manzul Sudan 1957 Ad-Diba Egypt 1958 Rachid Mekloufi Algeria 1959 Mahmoud El-Gohary Egypt 1960 Brahim Kerrit Tunisia 1961 El-Sayed Al Dhizui Egypt 1962 Mengistu Worku Ethiopia 1963 Hassan El-Shazly Egypt 1964 Mustafa Reyadh Egypt 1965 Osei Kofi Ghana 1966 Maurice Déhi Ivory Coast 1967 Kazadi Mwamba D.R. Congo 1968 Wilberforce Mfum Ghana 1969 Ali Abougreisha Egypt ---- France Football 1970 Salif Keïta Mali 1972 Cherif Souleymane Guinea 1973 Tshimen Bwanga D.R. Congo 1974 Paul Moukila Republic of the Congo 1975 Ahmed Faras Morocco 1976 Roger Milla Cameroon 1977 Tarak Dhiab Tunisia 1978 Karim Abdul Razak Ghana 1979 Thomas Nkono Cameroon 1980 Jean Manga Onguene Cameroon 1981 Lakhdar Belloumi Algeria 1982 Thomas Nkono Cameroon 1983 Mahmoud Al-Khatib Egypt 1984 Théophile Abega Cameroon 1985 Mohamed Timoumi Morocco 1986 Badou Zaki Morocco 1987 Rabah Madjer Algeria 1988 Kalusha Bwalya Zambia 1989 George Weah Liberia 1990 Roger Milla Cameroon 1991 Abedi Pelé Ghana 1992 Abedi Pelé Ghana ---- CAF 1993 Rashidi Yekini Nigeria 1994 Emmanuel Amunike Nigeria 1995 George Weah Liberia 1996 Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria 1997 Victor Ikpeba Nigeria 1998 Mustapha Hadji Morocco 1999 Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria 2000 Patrick Mboma Cameroon 2001 El Hadji Diouf Senegal 2002 El Hadji Diouf Senegal 2003 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon 0004 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon 2005 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon 2006 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast 2007 Frédéric Kanouté Mali 2008 Emmanuel Adebayor Togo 2009 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast 2010 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon 2011 Yaya Touré Ivory Coast 2012 Yaya Touré Ivory Coast 2013 Yaya Touré Ivory Coast 2014 Yaya Touré Ivory Coast 2015 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Gabon Borussia Dortmund 2016 Riyad Mahrez Algeria Leicester City 2017 Mohamed Salah Egypt Liverpool 2018 Mohamed Salah Egypt Liverpool 2019 Sadio Mané Senegal Liverpool ---- IFFHS 2020 Sadio Mané Senegal Liverpool 2021 Mohamed Salah Egypt Liverpool ---- CAF 2022 Sadio Mané Senegal Liverpool 2023 Victor Osimhen Nigeria Napoli 2024 Ademola Lookman Nigeria Atalanta ---- CAF
