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This award was created in 1970 by France Football magazine and it ran up
until 1995. However, in 1992 an official award was started by the
African Football Confederation and this has been awarded every year since.
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| Year | Player | Country | Team |
| 2006 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | Chelsea |
| 2005 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Barcelona |
| 2004 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Barcelona |
| 2003 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Real Mallorca |
| 2002 | El Hadji Diouf | Senegal | Liverpool |
| 2001 | El Hadji Diouf | Senegal | Rennes |
| 2000 | Patrick Mboma | Cameroon | Parma |
| 1999 | Nwankwo Kanu | Nigeria | Arsenal |
| 1998 | Mustapha Hadji | Morocco | Deportivo La Coruna |
| 1997 | Victor Ikpeba | Nigeria | Monaco |
| 1996 | Nwankwo Kanu | Nigeria | Inter Milan |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia | AC Milan |
| 1994 | George Weah | Liberia | Paris St Germain |
| 1994 | Emmanuel Amunike | Nigeria | Sporting Lisbon |
| 1993 | Abedi Pele | Ghana | Lyon |
| 1992 | Abedi Pele | Ghana | Marseille |
| 1991 | Abedi Pele | Ghana | Marseille |
| 1990 | Roger Milla | Cameroon | St Denis |
| 1989 | George Weah | Liberia | Monaco |
| 1988 | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia | Cercle Bruges |
| 1987 | Rabah Madjer | Algeria | FC Porto |
| 1986 | Badou Ezaki | Morocco | Real Mallorca |
| 1985 | Mohamed Timoumi | Morocco | Royal Armed Forces |
| 1984 | Theophile Abega | Cameroon | Toulouse |
| 1983 | Mahmoud Al-Khatib | Egypt | Al Ahli |
| 1982 | Thomas Nkono | Cameroon | Espanyol |
| 1981 | Lakhdar Belloumi | Algeria | GCR Mascara |
| 1980 | Jean Manga Onguene | Cameroon | Canon Yaounde |
| 1979 | Thomas Nkono | Cameroon | Canon Yaounde |
| 1978 | Karim Abdoul Razak | Ghana | Asante Kotoko |
| 1977 | Tarak Dhiab | Tunisia | Esperance |
| 1976 | Roger Milla | Cameroon | Canon Yaounde |
| 1975 | Ahmed Faras | Morocco | Mohammedia |
| 1974 | Paul Moukila | Congo | CARA Brazzaville |
| 1973 | Tshimen Bwanga | Zaire | TP Mazembe Englebert |
| 1972 | Cherif Souleymane | Guinea | Hafia |
| 1971 | Ibrahim Sunday | Ghana | Asante Kotoko |
| 1970 | Salif Keita | Mali | St Etienne |
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