BBC African Footballer of the Year

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BBC African Footballer of the Year
Presented by BBC World Service
Formerly calledBBC African Sports Star of the Year
BBC African Sports Personality of the Year
First awarded1992
Currently held by Mohamed Salah
Television/radio coverage
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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.

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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 from Ethiopia, 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 Mohamed Salah 2017.jpg
Mohamed Salah is the current winner for the BBC African Footballer of the Year
YearWinnerClub(s)Reference
1992 Flag of Ghana.svg Abedi Pele Flag of France.svg Marseille [1]
1993 Flag of Namibia.svg Frankie Fredericks N/A [1]
1994 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia national football team N/A [1]
1995 Flag of Liberia.svg George Weah Flag of Italy.svg Milan [1]
1996 Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Amuneke Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP
Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 		[1]
1997 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nwankwo Kanu Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale [1]
1998 Flag of Ethiopia.svg Haile Gebrselassie N/A [1]
1999 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nwankwo Kanu (2) Flag of England.svg Arsenal [1]
2000 Flag of Cameroon.svg Patrick M'Boma Flag of Italy.svg Cagliari
Flag of Italy.svg Parma 		[2]
2001 Flag of Ghana.svg Samuel Kuffour Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich [3]
2002 Flag of Senegal.svg El Hadji Diouf Flag of France.svg Lens
Flag of England.svg Liverpool 		[4]
2003 Flag of Nigeria.svg Jay-Jay Okocha Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers [5]
2004 Flag of Nigeria.svg Jay-Jay Okocha (2) Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers [6]
2005 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Barakat Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly [1]
2006 Flag of Ghana.svg Michael Essien Flag of England.svg Chelsea [7]
2007 Flag of Togo.svg Emmanuel Adebayor Flag of England.svg Arsenal [8]
2008 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Aboutrika Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly [9]
2009 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Flag of England.svg Chelsea [10]
2010 Flag of Ghana.svg Asamoah Gyan Flag of England.svg Sunderland [11]
2011 Flag of Ghana.svg André Ayew Flag of France.svg Marseille [12]
2012 Flag of Zambia.svg Christopher Katongo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Henan Construction [13]
2013 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Yaya Touré Flag of England.svg Manchester City [14]
2014 Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Brahimi Flag of Spain.svg Granada
Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 		[15]
2015 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Yaya Touré (2) Flag of England.svg Manchester City [16]
2016 Flag of Algeria.svg Riyad Mahrez Flag of England.svg Leicester City [17]
2017 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Salah Flag of Italy.svg Roma
Flag of England.svg Liverpool 		[18]
2018 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Salah (2) Flag of England.svg Liverpool [19]

Wins By Country

NationWinners
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 5
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 3
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 1
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 2
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 1

Wins By Club

ClubWinners
Flag of England.svg Liverpool 3
Flag of France.svg Marseille 2
Flag of England.svg Chelsea 2
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 2
Flag of England.svg Manchester City 2
Flag of England.svg Arsenal 2
Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers 2
Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 1
Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale 1
Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 1
Flag of Italy.svg Cagliari 1
Flag of England.svg Leicester City 1
Flag of Italy.svg Milan 1
Flag of Spain.svg Granada 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Henan Construction 1
Flag of Portugal.svg Sporting CP 1
Flag of England.svg Sunderland 1
Flag of Portugal.svg Porto 1
Flag of Italy.svg Roma 1
Flag of France.svg Lens 1
Flag of Italy.svg Parma 1

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