BBC African Footballer of the Year - wikipedia BBC African Footballer of the Year BBC African Footballer of the Year Presented by BBC World Service First awarded 1992 Currently held by Mohamed Salah Television / radio coverage Network BBC The BBC African Footballer of the Year ( previously known as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year and the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year ) is an annual award given to the best African footballer of the year as voted by the BBC radio listeners. Voting is done via SMS and online. Contents 1 History 2 Winners 3 See also 4 References History Initially a sports award, the inaugural winner was Ghana 's Abedi Pele in 1992. The only non-footballers to win the award was track and field athlete Frankie Fredericks in 1993, and long - distance track and road running athlete Haile Gebrselassie in 1998. The Zambia national football team were posthumous winners of the award in 1994, following the plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean a year previous. The award became centred around football from 2001 onwards, Cameroon 's Patrick M'Boma was the last person to win it as a sports award. Nigeria 's Nwankwo Kanu and Jay - Jay Okocha, as well as the Ivory Coast 's Yaya Touré, are the only players to win the award more than once, with two wins. Winners Mohamed Salah is the current winner for the BBC African Footballer of the Year Year Winner Club ( s ) Reference 1992 Abedi Pele Marseille Frankie Fredericks N / A Zambia national football team N / A 1995 George Weah Milan Emmanuel Amuneke Sporting CP Barcelona Nwankwo Kanu Internazionale 1998 Haile Gebrselassie N / A 1999 Nwankwo Kanu Arsenal 2000 Patrick M'Boma Cagliari Parma Samuel Kuffour Bayern Munich 2002 El Hadji Diouf Lens Liverpool 2003 Jay - Jay Okocha Bolton Wanderers Jay - Jay Okocha Bolton Wanderers 2005 Mohamed Barakat Al Ahly 2006 Michael Essien Chelsea 2007 Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal 2008 Mohamed Aboutrika Al Ahly 2009 Didier Drogba Chelsea Asamoah Gyan Sunderland 2011 André Ayew Marseille 2012 Christopher Katongo Henan Construction 2013 Yaya Touré Manchester City 2014 Yacine Brahimi Granada Porto 2015 Yaya Touré Manchester City 2016 Riyad Mahrez Leicester City 2017 Mohamed Salah Roma Liverpool See also African Footballer of the Year References ^ Jump up to : Edwards, Piers ( 12 November 2016 ). `` History of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award ''. BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Mboma wins top BBC award ''. BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Kuffour named BBC African Player of the Year ''. BBC Sport. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Diouf scoops award ''. BBC Sport. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Okocha wins BBC award ''. BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Okocha retains BBC 's Africa award ''. BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Essien wins BBC African award ''. BBC Sport. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Adebayor wins BBC player award ''. BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Aboutrika triumphs in BBC poll ''. BBC Sport. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Drogba wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award ''. BBC Sport. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ghana 's Asamoah Gyan is named as 2010 BBC winner ''. BBC Sport. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Andre ' Dede ' Ayew named BBC African Footballer of 2011 ''. BBC Sport. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Christopher Katongo thanks fans after winning BBC award ''. BBC Sport. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year ''. BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Brahimi wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2014 ''. BBC Sport. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Yaya Toure wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2015 ''. BBC Sport. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Riyad Mahrez wins BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 award ''. BBC Sport. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year ''. BBC Sport. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017. BBC African Footballer of the Year Sports award 1992 : Abedi Pele 1993 : Fredericks 1994 : Zambia † 1995 : Weah 1996 : Amuneke 1997 : Kanu 1998 : Gebrselassie 1999 : Kanu 2000 : M'Boma Football award 2001 : Kuffour 2002 : Diouf 2003 : Okocha 2004 : Okocha 2005 : Barakat 2006 : Essien 2007 : Adebayor 2008 : Aboutrika 2009 : Drogba 2010 : Gyan 2011 : Ayew 2012 : Katongo 2013 : Touré 2014 : Brahimi 2015 : Touré 2016 : Mahrez 2017 : Salah † In 1994, Zambian footballers were posthumous winners after their plane crash. 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Question: who is the bbc footballer of the year
Answer: Mohamed Salah