African Footballer of the Year Award Winners List  ... 

The African Footballer of the Year award, given to the best African footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992.
Before this African Footballer of the Year, Golden Ball award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by France Football magazine.
France Football discontinued the Award from 1995 after the  Ballon d'Or Award Started – also awarded by the magazine .. 
Cameroon has won the most titles of Best African Footballer of the Year Award with 11th times. 
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast) has won the title 4 times consecutively 2011-14.

2017 African Footballer of the Year Award winner is Egyptian Muhammad Salah (Liverpool).

African Footballer of the Year
The full list of past winners:

France Football award Winners List from 1970–1994.

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, Cameroon;

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; 

CAF Award Winners-Nominees List Since 1992 - Present ..

1993 -  Abedi Pele, Ghana;

1993 -   Rashidi yakini,  Nigeria  (CAF Award);

1994 -  George Weah, Liberia (FF);

1994 -  Emmanuel Amunike, Nigeria (CAF);

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;

2002 -  El-Hadji Diouf, Senegal;

2003 -  Samuel Eto'o, Cameroon;

 2004 -  Samuel Eto'o, Cameroon;

 2005 -  Samuel Eto'o, Cameroon;

2006 -  Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast;

2007-  Frederic Kanoute, Mali

2008 - Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo

2009 - Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast

2010 - Samuel Eto'o - Cameroon

2011 - Yaya Touré - Ivory Coast

2012 - Yaya Touré - Ivory Coast

2013 - Yaya Touré - Ivory Coast

2014 - Yaya Touré - Ivory Coast

2015 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Gabon

2016 - Riyad Mahrez - Algeria

2017 -  Muhammad Salah   -  Egypt. 

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