BBC African Sports Personality of the Year

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BBC African Sports Personality of the Year
Presented by BBC World Service
Formerly calledBBC African Sports Personality of the Year
BBC African Footballer of the Year
First award1992
Final award2021
Most recent winner Christine Mboma
Television/radio coverage
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The BBC African Sports Personality of the Year (previously known as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year and the BBC African Footballer of the Year) was an annual award given to the best African sports personality of the year as voted by the BBC radio listeners. Voting was 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.

In 2019, the award was changed back to its initial concept and renamed as the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year to reflect the balance between gender, disability and variety of sports on offer. [1] However there were no awards in 2019 and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] In 2022, after it was returned back to the sports award, Christine Mboma became the first person to win the award for 2021 season. [3]

The award was discontinued after 2022.

Winners

Mohamed Salah was named BBC African Sports Personality of the Year in 2017 and 2018 Mohamed Salah 2017.jpg
Mohamed Salah was named BBC African Sports Personality of the Year in 2017 and 2018
YearWinnerFootball club(s)Ref.
1992 Flag of Ghana.svg Abedi Pele Flag of France.svg Marseille [2]
1993 Flag of Namibia.svg Frankie Fredericks [2]
1994 Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia national football team [2]
1995 Flag of Liberia.svg George Weah Flag of Italy.svg Milan [2]
1996 Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Amuneke Flag of Portugal (official).svg Sporting CP
Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
[2]
1997 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nwankwo Kanu Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale [2]
1998 Flag of Ethiopia.svg Haile Gebrselassie [2]
1999 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nwankwo Kanu (2) Flag of England.svg Arsenal [2]
2000 Flag of Cameroon.svg Patrick M'Boma Flag of Italy.svg Cagliari
Flag of Italy.svg Parma
[4]
2001 Flag of Ghana.svg Samuel Kuffour Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich [5]
2002 Flag of Senegal.svg El Hadji Diouf Flag of France.svg Lens
Flag of England.svg Liverpool
[6]
2003 Flag of Nigeria.svg Jay-Jay Okocha Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers [7]
2004 Flag of Nigeria.svg Jay-Jay Okocha (2) Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers [8]
2005 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Barakat Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly [2]
2006 Flag of Ghana.svg Michael Essien Flag of England.svg Chelsea [9]
2007 Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Emmanuel Adebayor Flag of England.svg Arsenal [10]
2008 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Aboutrika Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly [11]
2009 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba Flag of England.svg Chelsea [12]
2010 Flag of Ghana.svg Asamoah Gyan Flag of England.svg Sunderland [13]
2011 Flag of Ghana.svg André Ayew Flag of France.svg Marseille [14]
2012 Flag of Zambia.svg Christopher Katongo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Henan Construction [15]
2013 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Yaya Touré Flag of England.svg Manchester City [16]
2014 Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Brahimi Flag of Spain.svg Granada
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Porto
[17]
2015 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Yaya Touré (2) Flag of England.svg Manchester City [18]
2016 Flag of Algeria.svg Riyad Mahrez Flag of England.svg Leicester City [19]
2017 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Salah Flag of Italy.svg Roma
Flag of England.svg Liverpool
[20]
2018 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Salah (2) Flag of England.svg Liverpool [21]
2021 Flag of Namibia.svg Christine Mboma [3]

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 Namibia.svg  Namibia 2
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 1
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1
Flag of Togo (3-2).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 (official).svg Sporting CP 1
Flag of England.svg Sunderland 1
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Porto 1
Flag of Italy.svg Roma 1
Flag of France.svg Lens 1
Flag of Italy.svg Parma 1

See also

References

  1. "BBC Africa relaunches African Sports Personality Of The Year 2021". BBC. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Edwards, Piers (12 January 2022). "History of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Mboma wins BBC African Sports Personality of the Year". BBC Sport. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. "Mboma wins top BBC award". BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. "Kuffour named BBC African Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. "Diouf scoops award". BBC Sport. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. "Okocha wins BBC award". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  8. "Okocha retains BBC's Africa award". BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  9. "Essien wins BBC African award". BBC Sport. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  10. "Adebayor wins BBC player award". BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  11. "Aboutrika triumphs in BBC poll". BBC Sport. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. "Drogba wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  13. "Ghana's Asamoah Gyan is named as 2010 BBC winner". BBC Sport. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  14. "Andre 'Dede' Ayew named BBC African Footballer of 2011". BBC Sport. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  15. "Christopher Katongo thanks fans after winning BBC award". BBC Sport. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  16. "Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  17. "Brahimi wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2014". BBC Sport. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  18. "Yaya Toure wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2015". BBC Sport. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  19. "Riyad Mahrez wins BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 award". BBC Sport. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  20. "Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  21. "Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year 2018". BBC Sport. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.