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Originally Posted by kolinzo
And Okocha was two times African player of the year by the same source that gave it to Abedi plus ANC medals: Gold, Silver, and Bronzes. Plus three world cup consecutively: two second round participant, with an honourable first round exit. Was highest paid African player. Plus one of the players of the world cup players of the tournament 1998. Plus one of FIFA top 100 greatest players of the century. Plus, he scored more goals in the ANC than Abedi. Should I continue??  |
The only African player of the year awards that Okocha won were the awards handed out by the BBC. The African player of the year awards were initially being handed out by France football and it was the most reputable African football award. In fact, those awards were being handed out even before CAF starting handing out such awards and Okocha never won that award. He also failed to win CAF's African footbalelr of the year award. So he didn't win it.
African Footballer of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia