Weah
Etoo
Drogba
Milla
Kanu
Rabah Madjer
Tony Yeboah
El Hadj Diouf
Finidi
Essien

Jarus:

I go like this:
1,Weah
2,Eto'o
3,Milla
4,Abedi
5,Drogba
6,Yeboah
7,Kanu
8,Okocha
9,Essien
10,Raber Madja

SPOT ON GREAT LIST I'll add Finidi George and may be El Hadj Diouf. Watch the 2002 world cup footage again to see how good diouf was. He was by a long shot the best player in the 2002 version of the ACN.

dayokanu:

Weah
Etoo
Drogba
Milla
Kanu
Rabah Madjer
Tony Yeboah
El Hadj DioufMohamed Kallon
Finidi
Essien

abegiiii comot Elhadj dia

If the likes of Kallon can make it ,then Africa has not produced many illustrious and infact World Class players to choose from.

Simple, George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah,  WPOTY and BdO 1995, AFOTY 3x (1989, 1994, 1995).

Second would be Roger Milla, with Abedi Ayew 'Pele' third.

eusebio in football circles is portuguese and european.

Jarus you forgot Lakhdar Belloumi

some other african greats not listed in this thread so far are: abubakar titi camara, yousuf fofana, krimou, timoni, el batal, kalusha bwalya, bruce groebellar, kabongo ngoy, theophil abega, doctor kumalo, henry nwosu and opoku nti.

Weah
Etoo
Drogba
Milla
Kanu
Rabah Madjer
Tony Yeboah
El Hadj Diouf
Finidi
Essien

Sorry Abedi should be in that team

Weah
Etoo
Drogba
Abedi
Milla
Kanu
Rabah Madjer
El Hadj Diouf
Finidi
Essien

Okocha shouldnt be in the top 20 African footballer. IMO

Weah
Abedi Pele
Roger Milla
Samuel Eto'o
Kanu
Finidi George
Belloumi
Yossouf Fofana
Rabah Madjer
Nee Odartey Lamptey
Titi Camara
Tony Yeboah
Jay-Jay Okocha

Sauron,
I disagree with your choice of Youssef Fofana and Nii Lamptey.

Fofana wont make the list of top 20 Ivorian players also Lamptey was just an underaged star Just like Opabunmi.

dayokanu:

Sauron,
I disagree with your choice of Youssef Fofana and Nii Lamptey.

Lamptey won under 17 and under 20. . . . .Has Opabunmi done that yet?
Pele rated this guy but Lamptey had the rotten luck to have been born in the wrong decade.
He lit up African football in the early 90s.

I should also add Moustafa Hadji to the list.

Lamptey won under 17 and under 20. . . . .Has Opabunmi done that yet?

Dimeji Lawal, Taiwo Enegwa did the same in canada 1987 and Saudi 1989.

Pele rated this guy but Lamptey had the rotten luck to have been born in the wrong decade.

Pele rates Godwin Okpara to be world footballer of the year.

He lit up African football in the early 90s.

In the early 90's he was a "teenage" star The real players in Ghana then were Tony Bafoe, Abedi, Prince Opoku Polley, Ibrahim Ali and Tony Yeboah.
Lamptey was thought to be the future with Daniel Addo, Augustine Ahinful(Remember his goal in Australia 1993 finals), Isaac and Emmanuel Asare,

How can I forget Osei Kuffuor . he should be the most succesful Ghanaian after Abedi

dayokanu:

Dimeji Lawal, Taiwo Enegwa did the same in canada 1987 and Saudi 1989.

Dimeji Lawal and Taiwo Enegwa did not win in those tournaments.
They were finalists. . . . .Odartey Lamptey won gold medals in 1991 and 1993.
It is hard to ignore a player that was the 5th best player in Africa at the age of 16.

Pele rates Godwin Okpara to be world footballer of the year.

As far as natural talent is concerned, Okpara and Lamptey had the fibre to have become world class players.
What ruined most African stars then was the agents and senseless contracts they dived into in the desperation to leave Africa.
Imagine if Lamptey had been under Wenger or SAF in those years. . . . .He had an amazing talent.

In the early 90's he was a "teenage" star The real players in Ghana then were Tony Bafoe, Abedi, Prince Opoku Polley, Ibrahim Ali and Tony Yeboah.
Lamptey was thought to be the future with Daniel Addo, Augustine Ahinful(Remember his goal in Australia 1993 finals), Isaac and Emmanuel Asare,

In the early 90s, he was starting games for Ghana. . . . . .I remember him playing against Nigeria in Senegal 92.
Lamptey was class in his years. . . . .

How can I forget Osei Kuffuor . he should be the most succesful Ghanaian after Abedi

Tony Yeboah!!!!

Dimeji Lawal and Taiwo Enegwa did not win in those tournaments.
They were finalists. . . . .Odartey Lamptey won gold medals in 1991 and 1993.
It is hard to ignore a player that was the 5th best player in Africa at the age of 16

Lamptey only won Italia 1991 scoring a bicylcle kick against Brazil in the quaters he was losing finalist in Australia too.

Benny Mccarty and Wilson Oruma were highly rated in the early stages of their career.

In the early 90s, he was starting games for Ghana. . . . . .I remember him playing against Nigeria in Senegal 92.
Lamptey was class in his years. . . . .

OK when was Lampteys best year and best tournament at Senior level to make hm more than a teenage star like Wilson Oruma or Nduka Ugbade

Nduka Ugbade achieved the same thing with Lamptey did.

U17 Champion in 1985, U21 runners up in 1989

dayokanu:

OK when was Lampteys best year and best tournament at Senior level to make hm more than a teenage star like Wilson Oruma or Nduka Ugbade

Senegal 92. . . . . .

Nduka Ugbade achieved the same thing with Lamptey did.
U17 Champion in 1985, U21 runners up in 1989

Ugbade n Oruma were peripherals for Nigeria throughout their career.
I can't remember em pinning down a position in any tournament.

Not easy to determine,but Africa has had some really great players;i would personally pick one of:

goalkeeper Zaki - Maroc

George Opong Weah

Roger Milla

Seguy Allen Maguiy - CIV

& of course

Rashidi Yekini

mukina2:

@topic

mohamed Kallon

Ka-wetin?? 

For saying this, dem suppose ban this woman permanently from this site.  Yeye abomination.

I go like this:
1,Weah
2,Eto'o
3,Milla
4,Abedi
5,Drogba
6,Yeboah
7,Okocha
8,Essien
9,Yekini
10,Raber Madja

1.Goerge Opong Weah
2.Roger Milla
3.Samuel Etoo' Fils
4.Kanu Nwakwo
5.Abedi Pele
6.Raba Mahjer
7.Lakda Belloumi
8.Titi Kamara
9.Finidi George
10.Anthony Yeoah
11.Hossam Hassan

And i will give it to Yeo Matial(hope i got the spelling right) at the coaching level. .
Wasn't he the first indigenous coach to win the ACN with Cote'd Voire?

Thank God some people recognise Lakhdar Belloumi.

What a great player he was then. Belloumi refused to go professional when a team like Juventus came calling. Indeed, he is one of Africa's greatest.

Andre Uweh:

What a great player he was then. Belloumi refused to go professional when a team like Juventus came calling. Indeed, he is one of Africa's greatest.

What

HIS FOOTBALL CAREER STARTED AND ENDED IN ALGERIA. APART FROM JUVENTUS, THERE WERE SOME OTHER EUROPEAN CLUBSIDES THAT REQUIRED HIS SERVICES BUT HIS ANSWER WAS NO.
L.BELLOUMI, WITHOUT DISPUTE, IS ONE OF AFRICA'S GREATEST.

@OP
George Weah without a doubt!!

Andre Uweh:

HIS FOOTBALL CAREER STARTED AND ENDED IN ALGERIA. APART FROM JUVENTUS, THERE WERE SOME OTHER EUROPEAN CLUBSIDES THAT REQUIRED HIS SERVICES BUT HIS ANSWER WAS NO.
L.BELLOUMI, WITHOUT DISPUTE, IS ONE OF AFRICA'S GREATEST.

yep he was without doubt one of africa's best.

i ll say samuel eto'o fils.
he did better than weah but weah was lucky to ve it while eto'o wasn't lucky enufto get the crown of the world's best.

weah then, now etoo

These are players i saw play:
Jay Jay
Drogba
Eto'o
Weah
Hossam Hassam
Mustapha Hadji
Patrick Mboma
Taribo West
Benny Mccarthy
Aboutrika

George Weah

Samuel Eto'o

Abedi Ayew

in terms of [b]consistency [/b]and achievement, samuel eto'o is the greatest african footballer of all time. george weah is a close second.

Etoo
weah
abedi pele
Milla
kanu
kalusha
finidi
madjer
Hossam hassan
diouf
drogba

jalether:

in terms of [b]consistency [/b]and achievement, samuel eto'o is the greatest african footballer of all time. george weah is a close second.

Even Samuel Etoo will slap you for this blasphemy.
George Weah is the greatest footballer from Africa.
WPOTY, European Player of The Year in 1995. . . . . . . .There's no African that would beat that record in the next 5 centuries.