African Footballer of the Year

‘African Player of the Year’ – Nigerians celebrate Lookman after Europa League final heroics

Football enthusiasts are tipping Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman to be the 2024 African Footballer of the Year after scoring a hat-trick in the UEFA Europa League final on Thursday. Lookman single-handedly powered Atalanta to a 3-0 victory against Bayer Leverkusen at the Aviva Stadium. His heroics in the second-tier European competition puts him in the running to succeed compatriot Victor Osimhen who is the reigning African football...

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Africa’s best Osimhen & Oshoala make final shortlist for Globe Soccer Awards

by Taiye Taiwo

12 December 2023

Newly-crowned African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen has been named in the final shortlist for the 2023 Globe Soccer Award. Osimhen is joined in the final cut by his compatriot and sixth-time African Women Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala who is in the running for the Best Women's Player in the Globe Soccer Award. The Nigerian duo were honoured as the best players on...

Liberia President Weah sets new expectations for Osimhen

by Ayomide Sotubo

10 May 2023

Liberia President George Weah has congratulated Nigerian Forward and man of the moment Victor Osimhen on surpassing his goal scoring record for an African in Serie A history. Weah extended his regards through an open letter on Facebook in which he also charged the Super Eagles striker to stay committed towards breaking more records and performing more exploits. Osimhen surpassed Weah’s record when he scored his...

Adebayor: A football enigma from Togo to the world

by Kunle Fayiga

23 March 2023

Togo is a small West African country home to approximately 8.5 million people that doesn't make much headlines compared to bigger West African countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Senegal. However, one person that put the country in the global spotlight is Emmanuel Adebayor, who has called time on an illustrious football career that spanned 23 years. The 39-year-old was born in the Togolese capital...

Togo all-time scorer Adebayor announces retirement

by Kunle Fayiga

22 March 2023

Former Arsenal and Togo forward Emmanuel Adebayor has announced his retirement from football. The 39-year-old had an illustrious career that began at French Ligue 1 club Metz in 2001 and went on to play for 10 further clubs that included Monaco, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace. Adebayor's most prolific spells came at Arsenal and Spurs were he scored a combined 104 goals...

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African Footballer of the Year

‘African Player of the Year’ – Nigerians celebrate Lookman after Europa League final heroics

Africa’s best Osimhen & Oshoala make final shortlist for Globe Soccer Awards

Liberia President Weah sets new expectations for Osimhen

Adebayor: A football enigma from Togo to the world

Togo all-time scorer Adebayor announces retirement

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