CAF AWARDS

African Footballer of the Year

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The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African football player each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992. An earlier African Footballer of the Year Golden Ball award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by France Football magazine.

2012
1. Gnégnéri Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
2. Didier Tébily Drogba (Chelsea / Shanghai Shenhua)
3. Alexander Billong Song (Arsenal / Barcelona)

2011
1. Gnégnéri Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
2. Seydou Keita (Barcelona)
3. André Pelè Ayew (Marseille)

2010
1. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Inter)
2. Asamoah Gyan (Stade Rennais / Sunderland)
3. Didier Tébily Drogba (Chelsea)

2009
1. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
2. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Barcelona / Inter)
3. Michael Kojo Essien (Chelsea)

2008
1. Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
2. Mohamed Aboutrika (Al-Ahly)
3. Michael Kojo Essien (Chelsea)

2007
1. Frédéric Oumar Kanouté (Sevilla)
2. Michael Kojo Essien (Chelsea)
3. Didier Tébily Drogba (Chelsea)

2006
1. Didier Tébily Drogba (Chelsea)
2. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Barcelona)
3. Michael Kojo Essien (Chelsea)

2005
1. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Barcelona)
2. Didier Tébily Drogba (Chelsea)
3. Michael Kojo Essien (Lyon / Chelsea)

2004
1. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Mallorca / Barcelona)
2. Didier Tébily Drogba (Marseille / Chelsea)
3. Augustine "Jay-Jay" Okocha (Bolton Wanderers)

2003
1. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Mallorca)
2. Augustine "Jay-Jay" Okocha (Bolton Wanderers)
3. Didier Tébily Drogba (Guingamp / Marseille)

2002
1. El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (Lens / Liverpool)
2. Papa Bouba Diop (Lens)
3. Ahmed Hossam Hussein "Mido" (Ajax)

2001
1. El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (Lens)
2. Samuel Osei Kuffour (Bayern Munich)
3. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Mallorca)

2000
1. Patrick Dem Mboma (Cagliari / Parma)
2. Laureano Etame Mayer "Lauren" (Mallorca)
3. Samuel Fils Eto'o (Mallorca)

1999
1. Nwakwo Christian Kanu (Arsenal)
2. Samuel Osei Kuffour (Bayern Munich)
3. Ibrahima Bakayoko (Marseille)

1998
1. Mustapha Hadji (Deportivo La Coruña)
2. Augustine "Jay-Jay" Okocha (Fenerbahçe / PSG)
3. Sunday Ogorchukwu Oliseh (Ajax)

1997
1. Victor Nosa Ikpeba (Monaco)
2. Japhet N'Doram (Nantes / Monaco)
3. Taribo West (Auxerre / Inter)

1996
1. Nwakwo Christian Kanu (Inter / Ajax)
2. George Manneh Weah (Milan)
3. Daniel Owefin Amokachi (Everton / Beşiktaş)

1995
1. George Manneh Weah (PSG / Milan)

1994
1. Emmanuel Amuneke (Zamalek / Sporting Lisbon)
2. George Manneh Weah (PSG)
3. Rashidi Yekini (Vitória de Setúbal / Olympiacos)

1993
1. Rashidi Yekini (Vitória de Setúbal)