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) was an annual award given to the best African footballer of the year as voted by the BBC radio listeners. Voting is done via SMS and online.

BBC African Footballer of the Year
Presented byBBC World Service
Formerly calledBBC African Sports Star of the Year
BBC African Sports Personality of the Year
First awarded1992
Currently held byMohamed Salah
Television/radio coverage
NetworkBBC

History

Initially a sports award, the inaugural winner was Ghana's Abedi Pele in 1992. The only non-footballers to win the award was track and field athlete Frankie Fredericks in 1993, and long-distance track and road running athlete Haile Gebrselassie in 1998. The Zambia national football team were posthumous winners of the award in 1994, following the plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean a year previous. The award became centred around football from 2001 onwards, Cameroon's Patrick M'Boma was the last person to win it as a sports award.

Nigeria's Nwankwo Kanu and Jay-Jay Okocha, as well as the Ivory Coast's Yaya Touré and Egypt's Mohamed Salah are the only players to win the award more than once, with two wins.

Winners
Mohamed Salah is the current winner for the BBC African Footballer of the Year
YearWinnerClub(s)Reference
1992 Abedi Pele Marseille[1]
1993 Frankie FredericksN/A[1]
1994 Zambia national football teamN/A[1]
1995 George Weah Milan[1]
1996 Emmanuel Amuneke Sporting CP
Barcelona		[1]
1997 Nwankwo Kanu Internazionale[1]
1998 Haile GebrselassieN/A[1]
1999 Nwankwo Kanu (2) Arsenal[1]
2000 Patrick M'Boma Cagliari
Parma		[2]
2001 Samuel Kuffour Bayern Munich[3]
2002 El Hadji Diouf Lens
Liverpool		[4]
2003 Jay-Jay Okocha Bolton Wanderers[5]
2004 Jay-Jay Okocha (2) Bolton Wanderers[6]
2005 Mohamed Barakat Al Ahly[1]
2006 Michael Essien Chelsea[7]
2007 Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal[8]
2008 Mohamed Aboutrika Al Ahly[9]
2009 Didier Drogba Chelsea[10]
2010 Asamoah Gyan Sunderland[11]
2011 André Ayew Marseille[12]
2012 Christopher Katongo Henan Construction[13]
2013 Yaya Touré Manchester City[14]
2014 Yacine Brahimi Granada
Porto		[15]
2015 Yaya Touré (2) Manchester City[16]
2016 Riyad Mahrez Leicester City[17]
2017 Mohamed Salah Roma
Liverpool		[18]
2018 Mohamed Salah (2) Liverpool[19]

Wins By Country
Nation Winners
 Nigeria5
 Ghana5
 Egypt4
 Ivory Coast3
 Zambia2
 Algeria2
 Liberia1
 Cameroon2
 Ethiopia1
 Senegal1
 Namibia1
 Togo1

Wins By Club
Club Winners
Liverpool3
Marseille2
Chelsea2
Al Ahly2
Manchester City2
Arsenal2
Bolton Wanderers2
Bayern Munich1
Internazionale1
Barcelona1
Cagliari1
Leicester City1
Milan1
Granada1
Henan Construction1
Sporting CP1
Sunderland1
Porto1
Roma1
Lens1
Parma1

See also

References
  1. Edwards, Piers (12 November 2016). "History of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. "Mboma wins top BBC award". BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. "Kuffour named BBC African Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. "Diouf scoops award". BBC Sport. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. "Okocha wins BBC award". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. "Okocha retains BBC's Africa award". BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. "Essien wins BBC African award". BBC Sport. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  8. "Adebayor wins BBC player award". BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. "Aboutrika triumphs in BBC poll". BBC Sport. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  10. "Drogba wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  11. "Ghana's Asamoah Gyan is named as 2010 BBC winner". BBC Sport. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. "Andre 'Dede' Ayew named BBC African Footballer of 2011". BBC Sport. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  13. "Christopher Katongo thanks fans after winning BBC award". BBC Sport. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  14. "Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  15. "Brahimi wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2014". BBC Sport. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  16. "Yaya Toure wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2015". BBC Sport. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  17. "Riyad Mahrez wins BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 award". BBC Sport. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  18. "Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  19. "Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year 2018". BBC Sport. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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