AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
Between 1970 and 1994 this award was determined by the France Football magazine. Since then, from 1995, it has been determined by CAF. The results in 2002 are:
|
RANK |
NAME | NATIONALITY |
VOTES |
| 1 | El Hadji Diouf | Senegal | 93 |
| 2 | Papa Bouba Diop | Senegal | 46 |
| 3 | Ahmed Hossam | Egypt | 42 |
| 4 | Khalilou Fadiga | Senegal | 41 |
| 5 | Lauren Etame Mayer | Cameroon | 35 |
| 6 | Henri Camara | Senegal | 20 |
| 7 | Julius Aghahowa | Nigeria | 19 |
| Hatem Trabelsi | Tunisia | 19 | |
| 9 | Salif Diao | Senegal | 17 |
| 10 | Seydou Keita | Mali | 16 |
El Hadji Diouf won his second straight African Footballer of the Year award. The voting was dominated by Senegal who were the only African side to progress past the group stage at the World Cup, reaching the quarter-finals. Diop was their top goalscorer with three goals. Previous winners of the award are:
| YEAR | NAME | NATIONALITY |
| 1970 | Salif Keita | Mali |
| 1971 | Ibrahim Sunday | Ghana |
| 1972 | Cherif Souleymane | Guinea |
| 1973 | Tshimen Bwanga | Zaire |
| 1974 | Paul Moukila | Congo |
| 1975 | Ahmed Faras | Morocco |
| 1976 | Roger Milla | Cameroon |
| 1977 | Tarak Dhiab | Tunisia |
| 1978 | Karim Abdoul Razak | Ghana |
| 1979 | Thomas N'Kono | Cameroon |
| 1980 | Jean Manga Onguene | Cameroon |
| 1981 | Lakhdar Belloumi | Algeria |
| 1982 | Thomas N'Kono | Camerron |
| 1983 | Mahmoud Al Khatib | Egypt |
| 1984 | Theophile Abega | Cameroon |
| 1985 | Mohamed Timoumi | Morocco |
| 1986 | Badou Zaki | Morocco |
| 1987 | Rabah Madjer | Algeria |
| 1988 | Kalusha Bwalya | Zambia |
| 1989 | George Weah | Liberia |
| 1990 | Roger Milla | Cameroon |
| 1991 | Abedi Pele | Ghana |
| 1992 | Abedi Pele | Ghana |
| 1993 | Abedi Pele | Ghana |
| 1994 (FF) | George Weah | Liberia |
| 1994 (CAF) | Emmanuel Amunike | Nigeria |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia |
| 1996 | Nwankwo Kanu | Nigeria |
| 1997 | Victor Ikpeba | Nigeria |
| 1998 | Mustapha Hadji | Morocco |
| 1999 | Nwankwo Kanu | Nigeria |
| 2000 | Patrick Mboma | Cameroon |
| 2001 | El Hadji Diouf | Senegal |
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