Who is the African Footballer of the Year 2020?
Who is the African Footballer of the Year 2020?
A great way to end the season. Edouard Mendy has won the ‘Best African International’ award at the Ghana Football Awards, it has been confirmed. The 29-year-old had quite the season during the 2020/21 campaign.
Who is the current African Footballer of the Year 2018?
Mohamed Salah
Winners
| Year | Winner | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Yaya Touré (2) | Manchester City |
| 2016 | Riyad Mahrez | Leicester City |
| 2017 | Mohamed Salah | Roma Liverpool |
| 2018 | Mohamed Salah (2) | Liverpool |
Who is the African player that won Ballon d Or?
George Weah
George Weah To date, the only African player to ever win the Ballon d’Or, Weah clinched the award in 1995—the first year that the prize was opened to non-European players.
Who is the first Nigeria player to win African Footballer of the Year?
Nwankwo Kanu
1997 Nwankwo Kanu – Nigeria and Inter Milan (Italy) Kanu signed for Inter Milan from Dutch side Ajax in 1996 and went on to win a historic Olympic football gold medal with Nigeria weeks later, the first time an African nation had ever won the prize.
Who won the 1995 Ballon d Or?
List of Men’s Ballon d’Or award winners
| year | player | club |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | George Weah | Milan |
| 1994 | Hristo Stoichkov | Barcelona |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Juventus |
| 1992 | Marco van Basten | Milan |
Which Ghanaian player has won African best player?
5, 1964, Ghana), Ghanaian football (soccer) player who was the only man to have won the African Player of the Year award three consecutive times (1991–93). As an attacking midfielder with Olympique de Marseille in France, Abedi Pelé was one of the first African players to have an impact on club football in Europe.
What is the BBC African Footballer of the Year?
The BBC African Footballer of the Year (previously known as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year and the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year) is an annual award given to the best African footballer of the year as voted by the BBC radio listeners.
Who is the best African footballer in the World 2018?
Salah is ranked as the best African footballer in the world 2018 and beat the likes of Arsenal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with fellow team mate and Senegalese player, Sadio Mane to the award.
Who won the CAF Footballer of the Year 2018 and 2019?
Mohamed Salah the latest winner in 2018 and 2019. The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992.
Who won the 2007 African Footballer of the Year?
On 2 February 2008, Sevilla’s Frédéric Kanouté was named the 2007 African Footballer of the Year. Kanouté, who was born in France, is the first European-born player to win the award (he plays for his father’s native country of Mali).
