African Player of the Year 1979

By the French magazine France-Football. Any African player is eligible and 
receives the "Ballon DŽOr".

Top 10

 1. Thomas NŽKONO          55 pts     Cameroon         Canon Yaoundé (Cmr)
 2. Adolf ARMAH            23  "      Ghana            Hearts of Oak (Gha)
 3. Kerfalla BANGOURA      15  "      Guinea           Horoya Conakry (Gui)
 4. Abdoulaye CAMPAORÉ     13  "      Upper Volta [*]  AS Bobo-Dioulasso (Vol)
 5. Nahashion OLUOCH        9  "      Kenya            Gor Mahia (Ken)
 6. KIYIKA                  8  "      Zaire            ?
 7. Felix AGBONIFO          7  "      Nigeria          ?
 8. Pascal MIEZAN           6  "      Ivory Coast      ASEC Abidjan (CIv)
 9. Muda LAWAL              5  "      Nigeria          IICC Shooting Stars (Nga)
10. [4 players tied on 4 points]

[*] Upper Volta was the former name of Burkina Faso


About this document

Source: [Oli 95].

Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 14 Feb 2000

(C) Copyright José Luis Pierrend and RSSSF 1998/2000
You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the author. All rights reserved.