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The CAF Team of the Year is an annual football award given by the Confederation of African Football during the CAF Awards.
In 2007, [1] the CAF did not choose the team of the year, but rather the best ten players of the last fifty years. The ten players chosen were Mahmoud El Khatib and Hossam Hassan of Egypt, Roger Milla and Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon, Abedi Pele of Ghana, Kalusha Bwalya of Zambia, George Weah of Liberia, Rabah Madjer of Algeria, Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast, and Nwankwo Kanu of Nigeria.
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| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Player |
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 Djigui Diarra |
 Azubuike Okechukwu |
| Kelechi Nwakali |
 Zinedine Ferhat |
| Adama Traoré |
| Victor Osimhen |
 Kermit Erasmus |
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 Aymen Mathlouthi |
 Kalidou Koulibaly |
| Salif Coulibaly |
| Islam Slimani |
 Mohamed Salah |
| Kelechi Iheanacho |
| Alex Iwobi |
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| Player | No. of appearances | Years |
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 Yaya Touré | 7 | 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
 Samuel Eto'o | 6 | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 | |
| Didier Drogba | 5 | 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 |
| Sadio Mané | 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023 | |
| Mohamed Salah | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 | |
| Taye Taiwo | 4 | 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| Wael Gomaa | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 | |
| Serge Aurier | 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 | |
| Mohamed Aboutrika | 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 | |
 Michael Essien | 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 | |
 Medhi Benatia | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 | |
| Kalidou Koulibaly | 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 | |
| Vincent Enyeama | 3 | 2010, 2013, 2014 |
| Eric Bailly | 2016, 2017, 2018 | |
| Riyad Mahrez | 2016, 2018, 2019 | |
| Achraf Hakimi | 2019, 2023, 2024 | |
| André Onana | 2019, 2023, 2024 |
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