BBC African Footballer of the Year

BBC African Footballer of the Year
Television coverage
Network	BBC

The BBC African Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best African footballer of the year as voted by the BBC radio listeners.

Winners

Year	Winner	Club
1991	Abédi Pelé	Marseille
1994	Zambia
1995	George Weah	Milan
1996	Emmanuel Amuneke	Sporting CP / Barcelona
1997	Nwankwo Kanu	Internazionale
1999	Nwankwo Kanu	Arsenal
2000	Patrick Mboma	Cagliari / Parma
2001	Samuel Kuffour	Bayern Munich
2002	El Hadji Diouf	Lens / Liverpool
2003	Jay-Jay Okocha	Bolton Wanderers
2004	Jay-Jay Okocha	Bolton Wanderers
2005	Mohamed Barakat	Al-Ahly
2006	Michael Essien	Chelsea
2007	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal
2008	Mohamed Aboutrika	Al-Ahly
2009	Didier Drogba	Chelsea
2010	Asamoah Gyan	Sunderland
2011	André Ayew	Marseille

External links

• BBC Afican Footballer of the Year website
• Aboutrika triumphs in BBC poll
• Essien named BBC African Footballer of the Year
• Egyptian Barakat wins BBC award
• Mboma wins the BBC Award
• Okocha retains the award