Football, has been the major international games played and featured by the whole world, with Africans not left out.
Below are five players that has made a history in Africa in terms of football.
1. Samuel Eto'o
The Cameroonian player Is the first on the list, he played in major foreign leagues and each carried his team up to champions league finals. The ex Barcelona player has won three champions league and he is the richest African player.
2. George Weah
He scored the best goal in Seria A an African player would have ever scored. Although he didn't win the champions league, he still tops second on the list.
He is the current and 25th president of Liberia since 2018. He was the only African player that won the Balon d'or in 1995.
3. Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba is from Ivory coast, he played most of his career in Chelsea, and won the champions league in 2012. Although he never won the African cup of nations, He is still the 3rd on the list.
4. Roger Miller
He is one of the oldest footballer that participated in world cup at the age of 42, he scored 405 goals in 712 matches. He hails from Cameroon.
5. Jay Jay Okocha
Former Super Eagles player Jay Jay Okocha is known to be the mist skillful African player, some mistook him as a Brazilian because of his dribbling capacity. He had a flair if the Nigerians but was also so skillful that earned him a place in the starting 11 in almost every team he played in Europe.
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