From the extremely successful and popular Nigerian football team of the early to mid 1990s, the Cameroon team that came into the arena with a great bang and changed the international football playing field and the world of football in the 2000s to the Egyptian part of the footballing legacy that dominated and is still dominating the football matches since the last decade of the championship, football in Africa has come a very very long way. With Egypt on its way to almost bagging that Qatar ticket this season to make their World Cup appearance again, the continent is looking back to their greatest footballers of all time. And with good reason, too! With very few African players getting enough clout in the international football space, we should take this opportunity with the World Cup qualifiers just round the corner to really bring forward hitherto unknown or lost African footballers to the world forum of football fans!
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For the rest of you, just read the following list of the greatest and most popular African football players of all time:
- Samuel Eto’o: This African football player has imprinted himself in the hearts of so many African people that it is not really necessary to give him an introduction even. He is a four time winner of the African Footballer Of The Year and has been in the top three list on the other four occasions. Samuel Eto’o has the consistency in football achievements that very few football players can even think of rivaling. He was also once voted third in the FIFA World Player of the Year Being the major player of the Cameroon side, Samuel Eto’o won two Cup of Nations tournaments, an Olympic Gold (yes!) and has represented the Indomitable Lions in three World Cups. His record is only slightly lower than Samuel Kuffour and we all know who HE is, right?
- George Weah: This African football player has actually been recognized as the greatest African player of the 20th century by the international body IFFHS. A two time African Footballer Of The Year and a winner of the Ballon d’Or in 1995 and the only African Player to win it in the first place, George Weah is a thunderbolt to look out for on the playing field. That same year, George Weah was also named the European Footballer of the Year and FIFA World Player of the Year. Other than that, George Weah also has the BBC Footballer of the Year Award on his resume and his name in the FIFA 100 list for eons to come. However, Weah only had one major problem- not much to say when it came to Club contributions except THAT one goal in Verona.
So, go ahead and maybe check out that goal and some other African footballers of all time. Let us know your favourite,yeah?