Back جائزة أفضل لاعب إفريقي Arabic Африкански футболист на годината Bulgarian Futbolista africà de l'any Catalan Africký fotbalista roku Czech Årets fodboldspiller i Afrika Danish Afrikas Fußballer des Jahres German Anexo:Futbolista del año en África Spanish Aafrika aasta jalgpallur Estonian بازیکن فوتبال سال آفریقا Persian Afrikan vuoden jalkapalloilija Finnish
The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992.
Samuel Eto'o and Yaya Touré have won the award the most times (4 wins each), Two-time winner Didier Drogba is the player with the most runner-up appearances (4), most third place finishes (3), and most times in the top three (9). The France-born Frédéric Kanouté, Riyad Mahrez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are the only European-born players to win the award (both Kanouté and Aubameyang initially featured for France's U21 squad before going on to represent Mali and Gabon, respectively).[1][2] The winner of the 2023 edition is Victor Osimhen.
- ^ Kanoute named Africa's best
- ^ "Furious Drogba Slams CAF Over Kanoute Award And Pulls Out". Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2008.