IFFHS HISTORY : AFRICA – PLAYER OF THE CENTURY (1900-1999)

Georges Weah, Joseph-Antoine Bell and Roger Milla : the history of Africa’s football in the Century (1900-1999). The IFFHS has honoured the best Century players in each Continent . A great moment for each confederation in the World.

Africa – Player of the Century

 1.George Weah            (Liberia)         95
2.Roger Milla            (Cameroon)        77
3.Abedi Ayew "Pelé"      (Ghana)           72
4.Lakhdar Belloumi       (Algeria)         56
5.Rabah Madjer           (Algeria)         51
6.Théophile Abega        (Cameroon)        39
7.Laurent Pokou          (Ivory Coast)     38
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8.François Omam-Biyik    (Cameroon)        37
9.Ahmed Faras            (Morocco)         35
10.Finidi George          (Nigeria)         32
11.Kalusha Bwalya         (Zambia)          31
Mahmoud El-Khatib      (Egypt)           31
13.Japhet N'Doram         (Chad)            30
14.Youssouf Fofana        (Ivory Coast)     29
15.Abdel Aziz Bouderbala  (Morocco)         28
Tarek Dhiab            (Tunisia)         28
17.Rachidi Yekini         (Nigeria)         27
18.Daniel Amokachi        (Nigeria)         26
19.Labri Ben Barek        (Morocco)         22
Ali Bencheikh          (Algeria)         22
Segun Odegbami         (Nigeria)         22
Ibrahim Youssef        (Egypt)           22
23.Tahar Abou-Zeid        (Egypt)           21
24.Petit Sorry            (Guinea)          20
Anthony Yeboah         (Ghana)           20
26.Emmanuel Amunike       (Nigeria)         19
Tshimemu Bwanga        (Congo-Kinshasa)  19
28.Ali Abugreisma         (Egypt)           18
Papa Camara            (Guinea)          18
30.Mohamed Timoumi        (Morocco)         17
31.Karim Abdul Razak      (Ghana)           16
Chérif Souleymane      (Guinea)          16
33.Nwankwo Kanu           (Nigeria)         15
34.Victor Ikpeba          (Nigeria)         14
Jean Manga Onguene     (Cameroon)        14
Bengaly Sylla          (Guinea)          14
37.Magdi Abdelghani       (Egypt)           13
Opoku (N'Ti) Afriye    (Ghana)           13
39.Etefe Kakoto           (Congo-Kinshasa)  12
Robert Mensah          (Ghana)           12
Hany Ramzy             (Egypt)           12
42.Cheik Mohamed Keita    (Guinea)          11
Djamel Lalmas          (Algeria)         11
44.Adolf Armah            (Ghana)           10
Salah Assao            (Algeria)         10
Mark Fish              (South Africa)    10
Salif Keita            (Mali)            10
Serge-Alain Magui      (Ivory Coast)     10
Paul Moukila           (Congo-Brazzavl.) 10
Sunday Oliseh          (Nigeria)         10
Ibrahim Sunday         (Ghana)           10

Africa – Keeper of the Century

 1.Joseph-Antoine Bell    (Cameroon)        39
2.Thomas N'Kono          (Cameroon)        30
3.Sadok Attouga          (Tunisia)         26
4.Badou Zaki             (Morocco)         24
5.Mwemba Kazadi          (Congo-Kinshasa)  19
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6.Jacques Songo'o        (Cameroon)        13
7.Bruce Grobbelaar       (Zimbabwe)        11
8.Ahmed Shoubeir         (Egypt)           10
9.Alain Gouaméné         (Ivory Coast)      9
10.Peter Rufai            (Nigeria)          6