George Weah
George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (born October 1, 1966) Weah is the first African former professional footballer to become a head of state, and he is the only African Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year winner in history, having won both in 1995. He earned three African Footballer of the Year awards and is regarded as one of the best attackers ever.
George Weah started his career in Liberia and spent 14 years playing for clubs in France, Italy, and England. Arsène Wenger took him to Europe for the first time in 1988, when he signed with Monaco. Weah joined Paris Saint-Germain in 1992, winning Division 1 in 1994 and being the top scorer in the 1994-95 UEFA Champions League. He signed with AC Milan in 1995, where he played four brilliant seasons, winning the Serie A twice. He moved to the Premier League near the conclusion of his career and played for Chelsea and Manchester City, winning the FA Cup with the former, before returning to France to play for Marseille in 2001. He finished his career with Al Jazira in 2003. FourFourTwo ranked Weah as one of the best players never to win the UEFA Champions League.
Roger Miller
Albert Roger Miller (born May 20, 1952), sometimes known as Roger Milla, is a former Cameroonian professional footballer who played forward. He was one among the first African players to achieve worldwide stardom. He participated in three World Cups with the Cameroon national team.
He attained international prominence at the age of 38, when most forwards had retired, by scoring four goals in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, making him the oldest goal-scorer in World Cup history. He helped Cameroon become the first African team to reach the World Cup’s quarterfinals. Four years later, at the age of 42, Milla scored against Russia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, breaking his record as the oldest goalscorer in the tournament.
Milla would frequently celebrate goals by sprinting to the corner flag and executing a lambada-style dance. Pelé included him to his FIFA 100 list of the world’s finest living players in 2004.
Milla was crowned Africa’s best player in the preceding 50 years by the Confederation of African Football in 2007. At the time of his retirement, he was recognized as the all-time leading African goal scorer in FIFA World Cup finals, with five goals, a record that was ultimately eclipsed by Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Milla
Didier Drogba
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian former professional football striker. He is the all-time leading scorer and former Ivory Coast national team captain. He is best remembered for his time at Chelsea, where he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is presently the club’s fourth-highest goal scorer. In a survey of 20,000 supporters conducted by Chelsea Magazine in 2012, Drogba was crowned Chelsea’s greatest-ever player, and in 2020, Chelsea fans voted him to the Chelsea team of the 2010-2020 decade.
He was regarded as one of the finest African players of all time. His physical strength, speed, and air ability were exceptional. He had strong, accurate strikes, and ball retention. Drogba was named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning in 2006 and 2009.
After playing in youth teams, Drogba made his professional debut for Ligue 2 club Le Mans at 18 years old and signed his first professional deal when he was 21. After concluding the 2002-03 season with 17 goals in 34 appearances for Ligue 1 side Guingamp, he transferred to Olympique de Marseille, where he scored 19 goals and helped the club reach the 2004 UEFA Cup Final.
Samuel Eto
Samuel Eto’o Fils (born March 10, 1981) is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who currently serves as president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He earned the African Player of the Year award a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.
Eto’o, a gifted young player, joined Real Madrid when he was just 16. Due to competition in his position from more experienced players, he had multiple loan periods before joining Mallorca in 2000, when he set a club record with 70 goals. His outstanding form led him to Barcelona in 2004, where he scored 130 goals in five seasons and set the record for most appearances by an African player in La Liga.
He won La Liga three times and was a key member of the Barcelona attack that won the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final, with Eto’o scoring in the final, as well as a front three of Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry that won the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, with Eto’o scoring again in the final.
He is the second player in history to score in both UEFA Champions League finals. At Barcelona, Eto’o came in third place for the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2005 and was twice named to the FIFA FIFPro World XI, in 2005 and 2006.
Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu (born August 1, 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played forward. He represented the Nigeria national team and played for Iwuanyanwu Nationale in Nigeria, Ajax in the Netherlands, Inter Milan in Italy, and Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion, and Portsmouth in England. He is regarded as one of the best African players ever. He was a member of Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ and was rated one of the club’s greatest players ever.
He is one of the few Africans to have won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, and the Olympic gold medal.Kanu has won a FIFA U-17 World Cup medal, a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, a UEFA Super Cup, an Intercontinental Cup, three Eredivisie crowns, three FA Cup medals, and two African Player of the Year honors, among other accolades. He is one of the few players who has won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup, and an Olympic gold medal. He made the third-most Premier League substitute appearances, with 118, and is recognized as one of the best African football players in history.
Jay Jay Okocha
Augustine Azuka “Jay-Jay” Okocha (born 14 August 1973) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He won 73 caps for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scoring 14 goals, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads. He is regarded as one of the greatest football players from Africa.
Okocha was also a significant player for Nigeria. He played for the Super Eagles in three World Cups (1994, 1998 & 2002) and helped them win the African Cup 1994.
He played across multiple leagues, starting his career at Enugu Rangers in the Nigerian Professional Football League before moving to Borussia Neunkirchen in the Oberliga Südwest, Germany’s third division, in July 1990. He would play in the Bundesliga, Süper Lig, Ligue 1, Premier League, EFL Championship, and Qatar Stars League before his retirement in 2008.
He is regarded as one of the finest African football players and one of the greatest footballers of all time, as well as the best Nigerian player ever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Jay_Okocha
Yaya Toure
Gnégnéri Yaya Touré (born May 13, 1983) is an Ivorian and British professional football coach and former midfielder. He is presently an assistant coach for Saudi Arabia’s national team. Touré desired to be a striker as a child and has played center back, including for Barcelona in the 2009 UEFA Champions League final.
However, he spent the majority of his career as a box-to-box midfielder for both club and country, and he is recognized as one of the world’s best players in his position. Touré, one of the greatest African footballers of all time, won African Footballer of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Touré began his playing career with Ivorian club ASEC Mimosas, where he made his debut at the age of 18. His performances drew recognition across Europe. Prior to joining Barcelona in 2007, he played for Beveren, Metalurh Donetsk, Olympiacos, and Monaco. He played over 100 matches for the club and was a member of the historic Barcelona team that won six championships in a single calendar year in 2009. Touré joined Premier League team Manchester City in 2010, where he scored several vital goals, including the lone goals in the 2011 FA Cup semi-finals and final. He also helped City win its first league title in 44 years.
Abedi Pele
Abedi Ayew, sometimes known as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an offensive midfielder and captained the Ghana national side. He is widely recognized as one of the best African players of all time.
Abedi Pele. Abedi Pele, a three-time African Footballer of the Year, led Ghana to the finals in 1992, scoring in three consecutive matches, including the quarter and semi-finals. Abedi Pele is a player who has made AFCON (Africa Cup of Nations) history. It’s very often that a player’s nickname becomes their real name, but Abedi Pele, who won the 1992/93 Champions League with Marseille…
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly (born June 15, 1992), also known as Mohamed Salah or Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for Premier League side Liverpool and captains Egypt’s national team. He is recognized as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest African players of all time, with a reputation for precision finishing, dribbling, pace, and playmaking.
Salah began his senior career in 2010 with Al Mokawloon, leaving in 2012 to join Basel, where he won two Swiss Super League titles. Salah joined Chelsea for a reported £11 million in 2014. Lack of playing time initiated his loan to Fiorentina and Roma, before being bought permanently for €15 million by the latter.
Salah played an important role in Roma’s disappointing title attempt in 2016-17, scoring and assisting in double figures. Salah joined Liverpool in 2017 for £36.9 million, setting a club record at the time. In his debut season, he scored the most Premier League goals (32) in a 38-game season and helped Liverpool reach the 2018 UEFA Champions League final.
Having formed a formidable attacking trio with Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané after the departure of Philippe Coutinho, Salah went on to be an integral player in the club’s Champions League and Premier League title successes in the following two seasons, and has since also won the FA Cup, EFL Cup and FA Community Shield. Salah has achieved numerous individual accolades, including two PFA Players’ Player of the Year awards, three Premier League Golden Boots, the Premier League Player of the Season, the Premier League Playmaker of the Season, finished third for the Best FIFA Men’s Player in 2018 and 2021, and finished fifth in the 2019 and 2022 Ballon d’Or. He received the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award for his winning strike in the first Merseyside derby of the 2017–18 season. In 2023, Salah became Liverpool’s all-time Premier League top goal scorer and also became the fifth player to score 200 goals for the club.