What is the name of the last African best footballer of the year?
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If you mean FIFA's World Footballer of the Year, the answer is George Weah, Liberia, Ac Milan (1995). You could also mention Zinedine Zidane,France, Real Madrid (2000), because he was actually born in Algeria.\n \nThe African Footballer of the Year 2005 was Samuel Eto'o, of Cameroon and FC Barcelona
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the last (2004) FIFA best player of the world is Ronaldinho (playing at barcelona, don't confuse with Ronaldo, playing at Real Madrid). Read the official FIFA interview with him at http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/awards/gala.html\n\nAlso, TODAY (november 28, 2005), Ronaldinho is going to receive the "Ballon D'Or" (golden ball), prize created by the french magazine French Football --http://www.francefootball.fr/ -- in 1956 to distinguish the best player of the european leagues. The complete list of winners of this prize is at: http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/index_bo.html\n\nNow, the general audience... this is tough, since there are many players that could be the best at any time (henry, lampard, ronaldo, ronaldinho, zidane -getting older, though-, kaká, eto'o, ...). But truth is that, at this moment of the season, Ronaldinho is one step above the rest, and playing in the current best team (barcelona) helps him a lot.
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They are NOT the best soccer players in the world.  I'd take Ronalinho, Robinho, Adriano, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nedved, Owen, Rooney over any African on any day.  This is for current players.  George Weah is the best African player of all time in my opinion.  I would take him over most that I mentioned, but not Ronaldinho.  Give Robinho sometime, he'll be there too.
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RONALDHINO\n\nwell many people won't agree to me - especially after World Cup. But Ronaldhino is still THE BEST. \n\nOK, Ronaldhino had bad world cup, but remember he won UEFA Champions League and Spanish League this year only.\n\nRONALDINOOOOOOOOOOOOO is still the best player of the year.
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Esam al Hadary,He is the Ahly goal keeper from 1994.\n:)
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Undoubtedly Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho has been awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year award twice as well as both the European Footballer of the Year award and the FIFPro World Player of the Year award once.
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Ronaldinho is the best...he has the FIFA player of the year status right now,  Ronaldo is out of shape and uninterested in playing soccer right now.  Ronaldo had his time, back when he won back-to-back FIFA player of the year awards, and now is the time for Ronaldinho to shine.
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Hip Hip Hurray !\nHip Hip Hurray !\nHip Hip Hurray !\n\n\nCannavaro really deserved the award , it is great news ...\n\nAfrican Footballer of the Year - Eto'O\nPlayer of the Year of Argentina - Messi\nAsian Cup Most Valuable Player - Ali Karimi\nAsian Footballer of the Year - Nakata\nAsian Young Footballer of the Year  - Baek Ji-Hoon\nEuropean Golden Boot - Fabio Cannavaro \nFIFA Clubs of the 20th Century - Chelsea/Manchester United/Real Madrid / Barcelona / Juventus/Bayeirn Munich\nItalian footballer of the year - Cannavaro / Buffon\nGerman footballer of the year - Ballack\nPFA Players' Player of the Year - Steven Gerrard\nsouth American footballer of the year  - Kaka
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Reference to last fifa record it's ronaldinio\nbut we can say one of the best not the best
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The Golden Ball isn't it the prize for the one outstanding player in the tournament? \nNot the Golden Shoe which will be given to the leading goalscorer.\n\nIf this is what you mean (and I think it was clear) then my vote goes to Kaka (If Brazil goes to the final match)\n\nWhy?\nBecause in my opinion he is the most effective player in the Brazilian team (so far)
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adebayor \nstriker who playing in arsenal
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If you are talking about the tournament's all-time top scorer, it's Ronaldo. If u r talking about the current leading scorer for 2006 WC, it's Miroslav Klose.
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Roger Milla (42yo) from Cameroon in 1994.\nGame: Russia X Cameroon.\n\nBut the best African ever was  Eusebio, Goalkeeper from Portugal. \nOriginally from Mozambique, the great man grabbed nine goals at the 1966 FIFA World Cup England to win the Golden Shoe and was the first world-class striker to emerge from the African continent.\n\nSorry...doesn't have anything to do with your question but it was worth it  to mention.
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Kaka is the best footballer,I love him so much...he is not just great,he is wonderful!
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its suppose to be Ronaldinho.. In my opinion it could be Frank Lampard (England) or Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic)
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According to FIFA World Player of the Year voting for 2005:\n1. Ronaldinho\n2. Lampard\n3. Eto'o
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Egypt won the cup and Ahmed Hassan was the best player in the cup an Eto'o was the <alhdaf> and EL Haddary was the best goal keeper