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African Footballer Of The Year
The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African association football, footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992. Samuel Eto'o and Yaya Touré have won the award the most times (four wins each). Two-time winner Didier Drogba is the player with the most runner-up appearances (four), most third place finishes (third), and most appearances in the top three (nine). The France-born Frédéric Kanouté, Riyad Mahrez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and England-born Ademola Lookman are the only European-born players to win the award (both Kanouté and Aubameyang initially featured for France's U21 squad before going on to represent Mali national football team, Mali and Gabon national football team, Gabon, respectively). The winner of the 2024 edition was Ademola Lookman. History the Year Golden Ball award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by ''France Football'' magazine. The changes resulted in parallel Gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ademola Lookman (2019) (cropped)
Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman (born 20 October 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Atalanta. Born in England, he plays for the Nigeria national team. Lookman made his senior debut in 2015, playing as a forward for Charlton Athletic of the Championship. He signed for Everton in January 2017, where he played mainly as a winger. After joining Italian club Atalanta in 2022, he won the UEFA Europa League in 2024, scoring a hat-trick in the final against Bayer Leverkusen and subsequently being named the African Footballer of the Year, becoming just the seventh Nigerian international to win the award. Having represented England from under-19 to under-21 levels, Lookman made his senior debut for Nigeria in 2022. He was part of the squad that finished runners-up at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Early life Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman was born on 20 October 1997 in Wandsworth, Greater London, to Nigerian parents. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Amuneke
Emmanuel Amunike (born 25 December 1970) is a Nigerian professional football manager and former association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. Playing career Amunike played for Zamalek SC, Zamalek, Sporting CP, FC Barcelona, Barcelona, and Albacete Balompié, Albacete. He played 28 times for Nigeria national football team, Nigeria, scoring 10 goals. He was part of the team that participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, scoring against Bulgaria national football team, Bulgaria and Italy national football team, Italy; also in that year, he helped the ''Super Eagles'' win the 1994 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, and was voted African Footballer of the Year. Amunike played all of Nigeria's games at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, scoring the winning goal in the final as the national team won the gold medal. Knee problems kept him out of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Managerial career After retiring at the end of 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Sunday
Ibrahim Sunday (born 22 July 1944) is a Ghanaian former professional football player and coach. A midfielder, he played the majority of his career for Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko, and was also a member of the Ghana national team, participating in two Africa Nations Cup tournaments. In 1971, he won the African Footballer of the Year award. He is the first ever African footballer to appear in the Bundesliga. Club career Born in Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana, Sunday started his career playing for local club Kumasi Asante Kotoko, of which he became the captain. In 1970, he and his club won the African Cup of Champions, predecessor of the CAF Champions League, the first international title obtained by the club. In 1975, Sunday moved to Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, where in two seasons he barely had any playing time, appearing in only one league match against Rot-Weiß Essen on 6 June 1976. This, however, made him the first ever African footballer to appear in the Bundesl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismaily SC
Ismaily Sporting Club () is an Egyptian football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club () ( Egyptian pronunciation: Nady El Nahda), based in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The club is best known for its football team. Also it's considered as an Egyptian National Club, where they helped the famous local tour of duty play for the benefit of the homeland against the occupying armies. The club's nickname ''The Brazilians'', is a reference to their uniforms, which echo those of the Brazil national team, and similar style of play. Ismaily won the Egyptian Premier League three times in 1967, 1991 and 2002, as well as the Egyptian Cup in 1997 and 2000. In 1969 the club won the CAF Champions League. That event, the first for an Egyptian team, was so monumental at the time that in many ways it remains a legendary victory in the minds of a whole generation. The club reached the CAF Champions League final match in 2003, but lost to Nigerian club Enyimba FC. History It all st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Abo Greisha
Ali Abo Gresha (born 29 November 1947) is a retired Egyptian football player. Career Club career Abo Gresha was voted by the readers of ''Jeune Afrique'' Africa's outstanding footballer for 1971. He played club football for Ismaily. He won with his club the 1966–67 Egyptian Premier League title, also he won with Ismaily the 1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs to become the first Egyptian club to win a continental title. International career Abo Gresha represented the Egypt national football team on several occasions, including participating in the 1970 and 1974 African Cup of Nations, where he scored a combined 7 goals. Abo Gresha played 33 international matches for Egypt and scored 16 goals. Following his playing career, he became a coach for Ismaily. Honours Ismaily *Egyptian Premier league: 1966-67 *CAF Champions League: 1969 Egypt *Palestine Cup of Nations: 1972 *African Games bronze medal: 1973 *African Cup of Nations third place: 1970, third place: 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASEC Mimosas
ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club competitions. Founded in 1948, they are the most successful side in Ivorian football, having won the Ivorian Premier Division 29 times and the 1998 CAF Champions League. In addition, ASEC's youth academy, known as Académie MimoSifcom, has produced a number of famous players predominantly based in top foreign leagues, including Bonaventure Kalou, Didier Zokora, Emmanuel Eboué, Bakari Koné, Gervinho, Salomon Kalou, Romaric, Boubacar Barry, Didier Ya Konan, Kolo Touré, Yaya Touré and Odilon Kossounou, all of whom have played internationally. History ASEC Mimosas was founded on 29 April 1948 by a group of businessmen from Western Africa, Lebanon and France. The club originates from a place called ''Sol-béni'' (French for Holy Ground) in Abidjan-M'pout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Pokou
Laurent N'Dri Pokou (10 August 1947 – 13 November 2016) was an Ivorian association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He notably played for French club Stade Rennais F.C. International career Pokou was a member of the Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast national team, who was twice the highest goalscorer of the Africa Cup of Nations, scoring six goals in the 1968 African Cup of Nations, 1968 tournament in Ethiopia and eight in the 1970 African Cup of Nations, 1970 edition in Sudan, including five in one match against Ethiopia national football team, Ethiopia, which Ivory Coast won 6–1. This performance gave him his nickname ''L'homme d'Asmara'' (the man of Asmara). With 14 total goals, he is also the tournament's second highest overall goalscorer, behind Cameroon national football team, Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, who eclipsed Pokou's record in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, 2008 ACN tournament. On 23 October 2023, Confede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Saint-Étienne
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), abbreviated as A.S.S.E. () and commonly known as Saint-Étienne, is a French professional football club based in Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in Ligue 2, the second division of French football. Saint-Étienne's home ground is the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. Saint-Étienne have won ten Ligue 1 titles, six Coupe de France titles, a Coupe de la Ligue title and five Trophée des Champions. They have also won the Ligue 2 championship on three occasions. The club achieved most of its honours in the 1960s and 1970s under the leadership of managers Jean Snella, Albert Batteux, and Robert Herbin. In 1976, the club reached the final of the European Cup. Saint-Étienne is known as ''Les Verts'' meaning "the Greens" due to its home colours. They have a longstanding rivalry with nearby team Olympique Lyonnais, against whom they contest the '' Derby rhônalpin''. In 2009, the club added ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salif Keïta (Malian Footballer)
Salif Keïta Traoré (6 December 1946 – 2 September 2023), known as Keita, was a Malian footballer who played as a striker. He was also the first person to receive the African Footballer of the Year award in 1970. He was nicknamed the 'Black Panther'. Which inspired the club Early life Like others in Bamako, he would grow up poor. So, he decided that he would play football in order to escape poverty. During his youth, his incredible talents led him to join Stade Malien and Real Bamako. Club career Salif Keïta Traoré was born in Bamako, playing in his country for Real Bamako and Stade Malien. With the former, which he represented in two different spells, he was always crowned Première Division champion. At the first CAF Champions League in 1965, Stade Malien would lose 2-1 against the Oryx of Douala of Maréchal Mbappe Leppe and the year; after that, he would lose another final against Stade d'Abidjan. In 1967, 20-year-old Keita left for France to join Saint-Étienne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milla2008cropped
''Milla'', the Mexican star, is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. They are native mostly to Mexico, with one species extending into Guatemala, Honduras, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. ''Milla'' contains ten accepted species: # ''Milla biflora'' Cav. - widespread across most of Mexico plus Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Guatemala and Honduras # ''Milla bryanii'' I.M.Johnst. - Coahuila # ''Milla delicata'' H.E.Moore - Guerrero # ''Milla filifolia'' T.M.Howard - Morelos # ''Milla magnifica'' H.E.Moore - Guerrero, Morelos # ''Milla mexicana'' T.M.Howard - Puebla, Oaxaca # ''Milla mortoniana'' H.E.Moore - Guerrero # ''Milla oaxacana'' Ravenna - Oaxaca # ''Milla potosina'' T.M.Howard - San Luis Potosí # ''Milla rosea ''Milla'', the Mexican star, is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae. They are native mostly to Mexico, with one species extending into Guatemala, Honduras, Ariz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
