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African Footballers of the year - Nigerians
Rashidi Yekini 1993
Emmanuel Amunike 1994
Nwankwo Kanu 1996 ,1999
Victor Ikpeba 1997
African Footballers Of The Year 1980 To Date
Year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Name
Lothar Mathaeus
Van Basten
Robeto Baggio
Faria Romario
George Weah
Delima Ronaldo
Delima Ronaldo
Zinadine Zindane
Rivaldo
Zinadine Zindane
Luis Figo
Delima Ronaldo
Zinadine Zindane
Year
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
World Footballers Of The Year
Country
Germany
Netherland
Italy
Brazil
Liberia
Brazil
Brazil
France
Brazil
France
Portugal
Brazil
France
Name
Gucho Ronaldo
Gucho Ronaldo
Fabio
Ricardo Kaka
Christiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Christiano Ronaldo
Christiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Christiano Ronaldo
Country
Brazil
Brazil
Italy
Brazil
Portugal
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Portugal
Portugal
Argentina
Portugal
YEAR
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
NAME
Jean Manga-Onguene
Lakhdar Belloumi
Thomas N’Kono
Mahmoud Al-Khatib
Theophile Abega
Mohammed Timoumi
Badou Zaki
Rabah Madjer
Kalusha Bwalya
George Weah
Roger Milla
Abedi Pele
Abedi Pele
Rashidi Yekini
Emmanuel Amunike
George Weah
Nwankwo Kanu
Victor Ikpeba
Mustapha Hadji
Nwankwo Kanu
COUNTRY
Cameroon
Algeria
Cameroon
Egypt
Cameroon
Morocco
Morocco
Algeria
Zambia
Liberia
Cameroon
Ghana
Ghana
Nigeria
Nigeria
Liberia
Nigeria
Nigeria
Morocco
Nigeria
YEAR
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
NAME
Patrick Mboma
El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Diouf
Samuel Eto’o
Samuel Eto’o
Samuel Eto’o
Didier Drogba
Frederick Kanoute
Emmanuel Adebayor
Didier Drogba
Samuel Eto’o
Yaya Touré
Yaya Touré
Yaya Touré
Yaya Touré
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Riyad Mahrez
COUNTRY
Cameroon
Senegal
Senegal
Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon
Cote D’ivore
Mali
Togo
Cote D’ivore
Cameroon
Cote D’ivore
Cote D’ivore
Cote D’ivore
Cote D’ivore
Gabon
Algeria
European Footballers Of The Year 1956 To Date
YEAR
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
NAME
Stanley Matthews
Alfredo Di Stefano
Raymond Kopa
Alfredo Di Stefano
Luis Suarez
Omar Sivori
Josef Masopust
Lev Yashin
Denis Law
Eusebio Ferreira
Bobby Chalton
Florian Albert
George Best
Gianni Rivera
Gerd Muller
John Cruijff
Franz Beckenbauer
John Cruijff
John Cruijff
Oleg Blokhin
Franz Beckenbauer
Allan Simonsen
Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Karl Heinz Rummenigge
Karl Heinz Rummenigge
Paolo Rossi
Micheal Platini
Micheal Platini
Micheal Platini
Igor Belanov
COUNTRY
England
Spain
France
Spain
Spain
Italy
Czachoslovakia
USSR
Scotland
Portugal
England
Hungary
Northern Ireland
Italy
Germany
Netherlands
Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
USSR
Germany
Denmark
England
England
Germany
Germany
Italy
France
France
France
USSR
YEAR
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
NAME
Ruud Gullit
Marco Van Basten
Marco Van Basten
Lothar Matthaus
Jean-Pierre Papin
Marco Van Basten
Roberto Baggio
Hristo Stoitchkov
George Weah
Matthias Sam mer
Delima Ronaldo
Zinedine Zidane
Rivaldo
Luis Figo
Micheal Owen
Ronaldo Dellima
Pavel Nedved
Anderi Shevchenko
Ronaldinho Gucho
Fabio Cannavaro
Kaka Ricardo
Christiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Andres Iniesta
Franck Ribery
Christiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Christiano Ronaldo
COUNTRY
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Germany
France
Netherlands
Italy
Bulgaria
Liberia
Germany
Brazil
France
Brazil
Portugal
England
Brazil
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Brazil
Italy
Brazil
Portugal
Argentina
Argentina
Argentina
Spain
France
Portugal
Argentina
Portugal
Football Awards Won - Nigeria
1.1993 -Nigeria qualified for the World Cup for the first time
2.1985- Nigeria won U-17 junior World Cup in China
3.1993- Nigeria won U-17 junior World Cup in Japan
4.2007- Nigeria won U-17 junior World Cup in Korea
5.1980- Nigeria won the African Cup of Nation in Nigeria
6.1994 - Nigeria won the African Cup of Nation in Tunisia
7.1996 - Nigeria won the Olympic Gold Medal in Football in Atlanta USA
8.2013- Nigeria won the Africa Cup of Nation in South Africa
9.2015- Nigeria won the U-20 AYC Cup in Senegal