Before the 2019 African Nations Cup, France Football published a special edition
"Légendes Africaines Top 30". Similar to the Ballon d'Or poll 43 juries (from 42
African countries and France) sent their votes. Eligible players came from a
pre-determined list of 30 players.
Each jury chose their top 5 players, and points were awarded as follows: 6-4-3-2-1
The 43 voters were from: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon,
Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Săo Tomé and
Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania,
Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and France.
The columns are:
Position
Name of Player
Nationality
Total Number of Points
1P = First Places
2P = Second Places
3P = Third Places
4P = Fourth Places
5P = Fifth Places
Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player
Pos Player Country Total 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
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1. George Weah Liberia 185 23 6 4 5 1 39
2. Samuel Eto'o Cameroon 119 6 10 8 9 1 34
3. Roger Milla Cameroon 108 4 13 8 3 2 30
4. Dider Drogba Ivory Coast 60 3 4 4 3 8 22
5. Abedi Ayew "Pelé" Ghana 51 1 5 4 4 5 19
6. Rabah Madjer Algeria 26 - 2 3 4 1 10
7. Augustine "Jay-Jay" Okocha Nigeria 22 2 - - 3 4 9
8. Mustapha Dahleb Algeria 12 2 - - - - 2
Salif Keita Mali 12 1 1 - - 2 4
10. Laurent Pokou Ivory Coast 11 1 - 1 - 2 4
11. Essam El-Hadary Egypt 9 - 1 - 1 3 5
Yaya Touré Ivory Coast 9 - - 1 2 2 5
13. Mahmoud Al-Khatib Egypt 8 - - 2 1 - 3
Kalusha Bwalya Zambia 8 - - 2 - 2 4
15. Rachid Mekhloufi Algeria 6 - 1 - 1 - 2
Bruce Grobbelaar Zimbabwe 6 - - 1 1 1 3
17. Mohamed Salah Egypt 5 - - - 2 1 3
18. Pierre Ndaye Mulamba D.R. Congo 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Thomas N'Kono Cameroon 4 - - 1 - 1 2
Mohamed Aboutrika Egypt 4 - - - 1 2 3
Nwankwo Kanu Nigeria 4 - - - 1 2 3
22. El-Hadji Diouf Senegal 3 - - 1 - - 1
Stephen Keshi Nigeria 3 - - 1 - - 1
Noureddine Naybet Morocco 3 - - 1 - - 1
Lakhdar Belloumi Algeria 3 - - - 1 1 2
26. Michael Essien Ghana 2 - - - 1 - 1
27. Tarak Dhiab Tunisia 1 - - - - 1 1
28. Emmanuel Adebayor Togo 0 - - - - - 0
Seydou Keita Mali 0 - - - - - 0
Rashidi Yekini Nigeria 0 - - - - - 0
Note: The magazine also list, as "hors-concours", the Moroccan player Larbi Ben-Barek. He is not eligible as he played
his international football for the French National Team.
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Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 22 Jan 2020
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