Top 10 Greatest African Football Players of All Time
4. Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
Kanu is a retired Nigerian footballer who played for Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth. He captained the Nigerian football team for 16 years from the year 1994 til 2010. Kanu is also one of the few Africans to have won the Champions League with the Dutch club Ajax. To his name are FA Cup medal,Premier League winner and an Olympic Gold Medal. He was named African Footballer of the Year twice in 1996 and 1999 and BBC African Footballer of the Year twice as well in 1997 and 1999. He spent most of his club career in Europe and was a success.