Who was the first runner up to Samuel Eto'o in the African Footballer of the year 2003?
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Drogba was second. It was a very close call. 106 to 108 points. They both deserve it but the BETTER man won! I'm glad Eto'o won despite his injury. He's like only the 2nd African player ever to win it three times consecutively.\n\nP.S.\nDidn't Essien win 3rd place?
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according to fifa, the top three of last year were\n1.  ronaldnho(brazil and barcelona)\n2.  lampard(england and chelsea)\n3.  eto'o(cameroon and bracelona)\n\nthe next 2 are my oppinion\n4.  henry(france and arsenal)\n5.  messi(argentina and barcelona)
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1. Henry\n2. Eto'o\n3. VanNisteroy
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Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal!
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Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980) is a footballer more commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho, due to his being from the Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil, or more simply known as Ronaldinho.
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i think lampard is a better player than eto'o & he deserved to get 2nd cuz he's a hardworking player...
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Right now it's Eto'o.
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Behind Ronaldinho and Henry, is Gerrard. Eto'o 4th or 5th maybe
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Samuel E'to!!!...This year Spanish League Top Scorer!!
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i think it is Roger Milla, and George Weah.  Both of them were excellent athletes and Weah played for Milan before all the African players started going to Europe
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I say  Ronaldinho 2 and Eto'o 1
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Rashidi Yekini against Bulgaria when Nigeria emphatically defeated Hristo Stoichkov's BUlgaria by 3-0. He was the African Footballer of 1993.
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Ronaldihno of Brazil.
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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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Kaká. He's pretty fast, and a great midfielder. Brazil.
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Yup. Eto'o is one of the best players out there now. He's got great strength and the man rarely misses the back of the net. He's the top scorer in Spain this season so far with 24 goals! He was second last season with 24 behind Diego Forlan of Villareal who had 25.\n\nI think he's great.
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(FIFA.com) 19 Dec 2005\n\nBest soccer player in the world is Ronaldinho!\n\nBrazil's Ronaldinho dedicated his second consecutive FIFA Player of the Year to, "his team mates, his family and God" at tonight's prize ceremony at Zurich Opera House while the two players who had been shortlisted for the first time, Frank Lampard and Samuel Eto'o, were both gracious in defeat - considering it almost a victory to lose to the Barcelona-based magician. \nRonaldinho:\nI would like to dedicate this award to all my team mates at my club, my family - who have always stuck by me during the difficult times and to God for given me the health to do what I enjoy doing which is playing football. Any one of us could have won the award, it's a dream come true for all of us.\n\nAfter winning this award I want to help my team by producing my best form. I want to go on helping my team mates and be worthy of representing the team. I'm getting ready for the World Cup - I want to go back to Brazil with another title.\n\nI'm the happiest man on earth - I play for a great team, I have lots of friends, people appreciate the way I play, they appreciate my club and I want to continue to give happiness.