1.George Weah

- The only African Player to Win The Balon D'or

2. Egypt :

- Most Successful African National Team in AFCON

3. Samuel Eto's and Yaya Toure :

- Record African Player of the Year Award Winners (4 each)

4. Godfrey Chitalu

- International Top Goal scorer of all time (76 National Team Goals)

5. Asamoah Gyan

- African All time Top Goal Scorer at the FIFA World Cup

6. Samuel Eto'o :

- Most Decorated African Player

7. Roger Milla

- Oldest African Player to feature and score at the FIFA World Cup

8. Roger Milla :

- All time African Top Goal Scorer in all Competitions

9. Thomas Nkono

- The only Goalkeeper to win African Player of the year Award twice

10. Morocco :

- Only African Team to reach The Semi Finals of the FIFA World Cup

11. Mohamed Aboutrikar :

- Most Decorated African player based in Africa

12. Nigeria and Cameroon :flag-

- The Only African Nations to Win The Olympics

13. Ghana U20 :

- The only African Nation to win the U20 World Cup

14. Nigeria U17

- Most successful U17 team in the World

With 5 world cup titles .

15 Peter Ndlovu: the first African to play in the modern English premier league.

16- South Africa:

The first African country to host a FIFA world cup.

17 Victor osimhen : The first African  to win the Golden boot in Seria A

 18 Tabitha Chawinga:..the first African female footballer to win the golden boot in serie A

19 Successful African Coaches: Hervé Renard (France/Morocco), Stephen Keshi (Nigeria), and Aliou Cissé (Senegal)

20. Global Superstars: George Weah (Liberia), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), and Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast)

21.Kalusha Bwalya, a Zambian striker, was named African Footballer of the Year in 1988 and is considered one of Zambia's greatest footballers of all time.

22. Yacine Brahimi, an Algerian midfielder, won the BBC African Footballer of the Year award in 2014 for his impressive performances with FC Porto.

23. Abedi Pele, a Ghanaian midfielder, is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time and played a pivotal role in Marseille's UEFA Champions League victory in 1993.

24. Jay-Jay Okocha, a Nigerian midfielder, is renowned for his incredible dribbling skills and was named the BBC African Footballer of the Year twice

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