African Footballer of the Year Award
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.
List of African Footballer of the Year Winners - 1970 to 2016
| Year | Player | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mohamed Salah | Egypt | Liverpool |
| 2016 | Riyad Mahrez | Algeria | Leicester City |
| 2015 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2014 | Yaya Touré | Icory Coast | Manchester City |
| 2013 | Yaya Touré | Icory Coast | Manchester City |
| 2012 | Yaya Touré | Icory Coast | Manchester City |
| 2011 | Yaya Touré | Icory Coast | Manchester City |
| 2010 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | Inter Milan |
| 2009 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | Chelsea |
| 2008 | Emmanuel Adebayor | Togo | Arsenal |
| 2007 | Freddie Kanoute | Mali | Sevilla |
| 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 |
