who was the African best player in 1986?
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Badou Zaki (Morocco) played for RCD Mallorca \n\nThe African Footballer of the Year, presented to the best African football player, was awarded by France Football magazine between 1970 and 1994. The award was discontinued in 1995 after the European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'or) was opened to players of non-European nationality. It had already been replaced by an official award, African Footballer of the Year, given out by the Confederation of African Football since 1992.
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Rivaldo!\n\nAlthough I don't think Ronaldo deserved it in 2002.\n\nRonaldinho and Zidane.... are my favourites - by the way ;-)
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The 1986 Football World Cup was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29.\n\nIt was won by Argentina, who beat West Germany 3-2 in the final at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.
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Muhammed Ali\n  \nPelé\n\n(I have met somebody who played against Pelé, and against Garrincha, and all the famous footballers of that era, Stanley Matthews etc. I don't think he would have voted for a footballer as the best sportsman!)\n\nJesse Owens (well before my time)
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Gary Lineker, golden boot with six goals in Mexico 1986
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i agree. pele was absolutely incredible. he didnt just have the skill but he had the brains and vision of a world class footballer. but for me at the moment it has to be thierry henry closely followed by ronaldinho, then kaka, then steven gerrard
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It should be Abedi Pele of Ghana.Or George Weah of Liberia.Sadly enough,both players didnt manage to play in a World Cup,which makes them both two of the greatest players to never play in a World Cup.
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It occurred during the football World Cup held in Mexico in 1986.
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pele....\nmaradona (argentina)\n\n\nvan Basten (holland)\n\nronaldinho (brazil)\n\nthey played all in different years...
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Roger Milla from Cameroon. He played in world cup 1994 and he was 42 years old
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Pele!! He was amazing!
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for second year straight the african  player of the year was Samuel E'to
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Pele is by far the best player of all time he changed the game when he was very young and people told him that he was too little but he showed them by scoring the most goals in his first world cup
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i'd say mohammmed polo 1982 seems too early for abedi pele or tony yeboah to be playing at that level
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Pele actually retired in 1977. That was a little longer than 25 years ago. Best player since then A) Maradona or B) Zidane...followed up by C)Romario
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I have to say Diego Armando Maradona. Just check the World Cup of 1986 and 1990. But mostly 1986. You can tell he was different to all the players there. Pele was part of a great team. Maradona had no team.\nThat's why I said Maradona is the best.
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Socrates, who played in 1982 and 1986 world cup finals. Unfortunately, he was part of a generation of great brazilian players who did not manage to lift the Cup, such as Zico, Junior, Falcao, etc...\nSocrates was a local hero for Corinthians fans, but also played in Fiorentina, Botafogo, Flamengo, and Santos.