BBC African Sports Personality of the Year

BBC African Sports Personality of the Year
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 award	1992
Final award	2021
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 was 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.^[1] However there were no awards in 2019 and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] In 2022, after it was returned back to the sports award, Christine Mboma became the first person to win the award for 2021 season.^[3]

The award was discontinued after 2022.

Winners

Year	Winner	Football club(s)	Ref.
1992	Abedi Pele	Marseille	^[2]
1993	Frankie Fredericks	—	^[2]
1994	Zambia national football team	—	^[2]
1995	George Weah	Milan	^[2]
1996	Emmanuel Amuneke	Sporting CP Barcelona	^[2]
1997	Nwankwo Kanu	Internazionale	^[2]
1998	Haile Gebrselassie	—	^[2]
1999	Nwankwo Kanu (2)	Arsenal	^[2]
2000	Patrick M'Boma	Cagliari Parma	^[4]
2001	Samuel Kuffour	Bayern Munich	^[5]
2002	El Hadji Diouf	Lens Liverpool	^[6]
2003	Jay-Jay Okocha	Bolton Wanderers	^[7]
2004	Jay-Jay Okocha (2)	Bolton Wanderers	^[8]
2005	Mohamed Barakat	Al Ahly	^[2]
2006	Michael Essien	Chelsea	^[9]
2007	Emmanuel Adebayor	Arsenal	^[10]
2008	Mohamed Aboutrika	Al Ahly	^[11]
2009	Didier Drogba	Chelsea	^[12]
2010	Asamoah Gyan	Sunderland	^[13]
2011	André Ayew	Marseille	^[14]
2012	Christopher Katongo	Henan Construction	^[15]
2013	Yaya Touré	Manchester City	^[16]
2014	Yacine Brahimi	Granada Porto	^[17]
2015	Yaya Touré (2)	Manchester City	^[18]
2016	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	^[19]
2017	Mohamed Salah	Roma Liverpool	^[20]
2018	Mohamed Salah (2)	Liverpool	^[21]
2021	Christine Mboma	—	^[3]

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

References

^ "BBC Africa relaunches African Sports Personality Of The Year 2021". BBC. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Edwards, Piers (12 January 2022). "History of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "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.

External links

BBC African Sports Personality of the Year at BBC Online

[1] "BBC Africa relaunches African Sports Personality Of The Year 2021". BBC. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[bbc-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Edwards, Piers (12 January 2022). "History of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[:0-3] "Mboma wins BBC African Sports Personality of the Year". BBC Sport. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[4] "Mboma wins top BBC award". BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[5] "Kuffour named BBC African Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 4 January 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[6] "Diouf scoops award". BBC Sport. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[7] "Okocha wins BBC award". BBC Sport. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[8] "Okocha retains BBC's Africa award". BBC Sport. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[9] "Essien wins BBC African award". BBC Sport. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[10] "Adebayor wins BBC player award". BBC Sport. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[11] "Aboutrika triumphs in BBC poll". BBC Sport. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[12] "Drogba wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award". BBC Sport. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[13] "Ghana's Asamoah Gyan is named as 2010 BBC winner". BBC Sport. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[14] "Andre 'Dede' Ayew named BBC African Footballer of 2011". BBC Sport. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[15] "Christopher Katongo thanks fans after winning BBC award". BBC Sport. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[16] "Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[17] "Brahimi wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2014". BBC Sport. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[18] "Yaya Toure wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2015". BBC Sport. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[19] "Riyad Mahrez wins BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016 award". BBC Sport. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[20] "Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year". BBC Sport. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[21] "Mohamed Salah named BBC African Footballer of the Year 2018". BBC Sport. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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v t e BBC African Sports Personality of the Year
Sports award	1992: Pele 1993: Fredericks 1994: Zambia national football team † 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 2018: Salah
Sports award	2021: Mboma
† In 1994, Zambian footballers were posthumous winners after their plane crash.

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Regional awards	Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
World Service awards	African Sports Personality Indian Sportswoman Women's Footballer
Annual awards	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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