Full list of past African Footballer of the Year award winners:

1970 Salif Keita (St Etienne and Mali)

1971 Ibrahim Sunday (Asante Kotoko and Ghana)

1972 Cherif Souleymane (Hafia and Guinea)

1973 Tshimen Bwanga (TP Mazembe Englebert and Zaire)

1974 Paul Moukila (CARA Brazzaville and Congo)

1975 Ahmed Faras (Mohammedia and Morocco)

1976 Roger Milla (Canon Yaounde and Cameroon)

1977 Tarak Dhiab (Esperance and Tunisia)

1978 Karim Abdoul Razak (Asante Kotoko and Ghana)

1979 Thomas Nkono (Canon Yaounde and Cameroon)

1980 Jean Manga Onguene (Canon Yaounde and Cameroon)

1981 Lakhdar Belloumi (GCR Mascara and Algeria)

1982 Thomas Nkono (Espanyol and Cameroon)

1983 Mahmoud Al Khatib (Al Ahli and Egypt)

1984 Theophile Abega (Toulouse and Cameroon)

1985 Mohamed Timoumi (Royal Armed Forces and Morocco)

1986 Badou Ezaki (Real Mallorca and Morocco)

1987 Rabah Madjer (FC Porto and Algeria)

1988 Kalusha Bwalya (Cercle Bruges and Zambia)

1989 George Weah (Monaco and Liberia)

1990 Roger Milla (St Denis and Cameroon)

1991 Abedi Pele Ayew (Marseille and Ghana)

1992 Abedi Pele Ayew (Marseille and Ghana)

1993 Abedi Pele Ayew (Lyon France and Ghana)

1994 George Weah (Paris St Germain and Liberia) and Emmanuel Amunike (Sporting Lisbon and Nigeria)

1995 George Weah (AC Milan and Liberia)

1996 Nwankwo Kanu (Inter Milan and Nigeria)

1997 Victor Ikpeba (Monaco and Nigeria)

1998 Mustapha Hadji (Deportivo Coruna and Morocco)

1999 Nwankwo Kanu (Arsenal and Nigeria)

2000 Patrick Mboma (Parma and Cameroon)

2001 El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (Rennes and Senegal)

2002 El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (Liverpool and Senegal)

2003 Samuel Eto'o (Real Mallorca and Cameroon)

Note: the award was organised by the French soccer magazine 'France Football' until 1994, after which the Confederation of African Football (CAF) instituted a new award.