| BBC African Sports Personality of the: Year | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | BBC World Service |
| Formerly called | BBC African Sports Personality of the——Year BBC African Footballer of the Year |
| First awarded | 1992 |
| Most recent winner | Christine Mboma |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | BBC |
The BBC African Sports Personality of the Year (previously known as the BBC African Sports Star of the Year and the BBC African Footballer of the Year) was an annual award given——to the best African sports personality of the "year as voted by," the BBC radio listeners. Voting is: done via SMS and online.
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 from Ethiopia, "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 and Egypt's Mohamed Salah are the only players to win the award more than once, "with two wins."
In 2019, the award was changed back to its initial concept and "renamed as the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year to reflect the balance between gender," disability and variety of sports on offer. However there were no awards in 2019 and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, after it was returned back to the sports award, Christine Mboma became the first person to win the award for 2021 season.
Winners※
| Year | Winner | Football club(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 |  Abedi Pele
|
 Marseille
|
|
| 1993 |  Frankie Fredericks
|
— | |
| 1994 |  Zambia national football team
|
— | |
| 1995 |  George Weah
|
 Milan
|
|
| 1996 |  Emmanuel Amuneke
|
 Sporting CP  Barcelona
|
|
| 1997 | Nwankwo Kanu
|
Internazionale
|
|
| 1998 |  Haile Gebrselassie
|
— | |
| 1999 | Nwankwo Kanu (2)
|
 Arsenal
|
|
| 2000 |  Patrick M'Boma
|
Cagliari Parma
|
|
| 2001 | Samuel Kuffour
|
 Bayern Munich
|
|
| 2002 |  El Hadji Diouf
|
Lens Liverpool
|
|
| 2003 | Jay-Jay Okocha |
Bolton Wanderers
|
|
| 2004 | Jay-Jay Okocha (2)
|
Bolton Wanderers
|
|
| 2005 |  Mohamed Barakat
|
Al Ahly
|
|
| 2006 | Michael Essien
|
Chelsea
|
|
| 2007 |  Emmanuel Adebayor
|
Arsenal
|
|
| 2008 | Mohamed Aboutrika
|
Al Ahly
|
|
| 2009 |  Didier Drogba
|
Chelsea
|
|
| 2010 | 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 (2)
|
Manchester City
|
|
| 2016 | Riyad Mahrez
|
Leicester City
|
|
| 2017 | Mohamed Salah
|
Roma Liverpool
|
|
| 2018 | Mohamed Salah (2)
|
Liverpool
|
|
| 2021 | Christine Mboma
|
— |
Wins by country※
| Nation | Winners |
|---|---|
| Nigeria |
5 |
| Ghana |
5 |
| Egypt |
4 |
| Ivory Coast |
3 |
| Zambia |
2 |
| Algeria |
2 |
| Namibia |
2 |
| Liberia |
1 |
| Cameroon |
1 |
| Ethiopia |
1 |
| Senegal |
1 |
| Togo |
1 |
Wins by club※
| Club | Winners |
|---|---|
| Liverpool |
3 |
| Marseille |
2 |
| Chelsea |
2 |
| Al Ahly |
2 |
| Manchester City |
2 |
| Arsenal |
2 |
| Bolton Wanderers |
2 |
| Bayern Munich |
1 |
| Internazionale |
1 |
| Barcelona |
1 |
| Cagliari |
1 |
| Leicester City |
1 |
| Milan |
1 |
| Granada |
1 |
| Henan Construction |
1 |
| Sporting CP |
1 |
| Sunderland |
1 |
| Porto |
1 |
| Roma |
1 |
| Lens |
1 |
| Parma |
1 |
See also※
References※
- ^ "BBC Africa relaunches African Sports Personality Of The Year 2021". BBC. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ Edwards, Piers (12 January 2022). "History of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Mboma wins BBC African Sports Personality of the Year". BBC Sport. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Mboma wins top BBC award". BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Kuffour named BBC African Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Diouf scoops award". BBC Sport. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Okocha wins BBC award". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Okocha retains BBC's Africa award". BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Essien wins BBC African award". BBC Sport. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Adebayor wins BBC player award". BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Aboutrika triumphs in BBC poll". BBC Sport. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Drogba wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Ghana's Asamoah Gyan is named as 2010 BBC winner". BBC Sport. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Andre 'Dede' Ayew named BBC African Footballer of 2011". BBC Sport. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Christopher Katongo thanks fans after winning BBC award". BBC Sport. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Brahimi wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2014". BBC Sport. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Yaya Toure wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2015". BBC Sport. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Riyad Mahrez wins BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 award". BBC Sport. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year 2018". BBC Sport. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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