Samuel Eto'o broke the record by becoming the African player who most often get the best player award CAF.Eto'o has been named as the best in the year 2010, ahead of Asamoah Gyan and Didier Drogba. Degree has become the fourth title that gets.
There are also three other awards he got in a row, between 2003 and 2005 when the Inter Milan striker was still defending Mallorca and Barcelona.
This is a list of African Footballer:
1970: Salif Keita (St Etienne, Mali)
1971: Ibrahim Sunday (Asante Kotoko, Ghana)
1972: Cherif Souleymane (Hafia, Guinea)
1973: Tshimen Bwanga (TP Mazembe Englebert, Zaire)
1974: Paul Moukila (HOW Brazzaville, Congo)
1975: Ahmed Faras (Mohammedia, Morocco)
1976: Roger Milla (Canon Yaounde, Cameroon)
1977: continence Dhiab (Esperance, Tunisia)
1978: Karim Abdoul Razak (Asante Kotoko, Ghana)
1979: Thomas Nkono (Canon Yaounde, Cameroon)
1980: Jean Manga Onguene (Canon Yaounde, Cameroon)
1981: Lakhdar Belloumi (GCR Mascara, Algeria)
1982: Thomas Nkono (Espanyol, Cameroon)
1983: Mahmoud Al Khatib (Al Expert, Egypt)
1984: Théophile Abega (Toulouse, Cameroon)
1985: Mohamed Timoumi (Royal Armed Forces, Morocco)
1986: Badou Ezaki (Real Mallorca, Morocco)
1987: Rabah Madjer (FC Porto, Algeria)
1988: Kalusha Bwalya (Cercle Bruges, Zambia)
1989: George Weah (Monaco, Liberia)
1990: Roger Milla (St Denis, Cameroon)
1991: Abedi Pele Ayew (Olympique Marseille, Ghana)
1992: Abedi Pele Ayew (Olympique Marseille, Ghana)
1993: Abedi Pele Ayew (Olympique Lyonnaise, Ghana)
1994: George Weah (Paris St Germain, Liberia) and Emmanuel Amunike (Sporting Lisbon, Nigeria)
1995: George Weah (AC Milan, Liberia)
1996: Nwankwo Kanu (Inter Milan, Nigeria)
1997: Victor Ikpeba (Monaco, Nigeria)
1998: Mustapha Hadji (Deportivo Coruna, Morocco)
1999: Nwankwo Kanu (Arsenal, Nigeria)
2000: Patrick Mboma (Parma, Cameroon)
2001: El Hadji Diouf (Rennes, Senegal)
2002: El Hadji Diouf (Liverpool, Senegal)
2003: Samuel Eto'o (Real Mallorca, Cameroon)
2004: Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon)
2005: Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon)
2006: Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast)
2007: Frederic Kanoute (Sevilla, Mali)
2008: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal, Togo)
2009: Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast)
2010: Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan, Cameroon)
