For over three decades, Africa’s highest individual football honour has recognised the continent’s most outstanding male players in a formal, year-by-year tradition.
The CAF African Player of the Year award, first handed out in 1992, has since symbolised the pinnacle of individual football achievement for African players around the world.
Below is the list of African players of the year from 1992 through 2024, each year followed by the winner, the club he represented at the time, and the country.
Abedi Pelé — Olympique Marseille, France.
Country of the player — Ghana.
Rashidi Yekini — Vitória Setúbal, Portugal.
Country of the player — Nigeria.
Emmanuel Amunike — Sporting CP, Portugal.
Country of the player — Nigeria.
George Weah —AC Milan, Italy.
Country of the player — Liberia.
Nwankwo Kanu —Inter Milan, Italy.
Country of the player —Nigeria.
Victor Ikpeba— AS Monaco, France.
Country of the player — Nigeria.
Mustapha Hadji —Deportivo La Coruña, Spain.
Country of the player — Morocco.
Nwankwo Kanu — Arsenal, England.
Country of the player — Nigeria.
Patrick Mboma —Parma, Italy.
Country of the player — Cameroon.
El-Hadji Diouf —RC Lens, France.
Country of the player — Senegal.
El-Hadji Diouf — Liverpool, England.
Country of the player —Senegal.
Samuel Eto’o — Mallorca, Spain.
Country of the player — Cameroon.
2004
Samuel Eto’o — FC Barcelona, Spain.
Country of the player — Cameroon.
Samuel Eto’o — FC Barcelona, Spain.
Country of the player — Cameroon.
Didier Drogba — Chelsea, England.
Country of the player — Cote d’Ivoire
Frédéric Kanouté— Sevilla FC, Spain.
Country of the player — Mali.
Emmanuel Adebayor — Arsenal, England.
Country of the player — Togo.
Didier Drogba —Chelsea, England.
Country of the player — Cote d’Ivoire
Samuel Eto’o — Inter Milan, Italy.
Country of the player — Cameroon.
Yaya Touré — Manchester City, England.
Country of the player — Cote d’Ivoire
Yaya Touré — Manchester City, England.
Country of the player — Cote d’Ivoire
Yaya Touré — Manchester City, England.
Country of the player — Cote d’Ivoire
Yaya Touré —Manchester City, England.
Country of the player — Cote d’Ivoire.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — Borussia Dortmund, Germany.
Country of the player — Gabon.
Riyad Mahrez — Leicester City, England.
Country of the player — Algeria.
Mohamed Salah —Liverpool, England.
Country of the player — Egypt.
Mohamed Salah — Liverpool, England.
Country of the player — Egypt.
Sadio Mané — Liverpool, England.
Country of the player— Senegal.
No award — COVID-19
2021
No award — COVID-19
Sadio Mané — Liverpool, England.
Country of the player— Senegal.
Victor Osimhen — Napoli, Italy.
Country of the player — Nigeria.
Ademola Lookman — Atalanta, Italy.
Country of the player — Nigeria.
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