Popular French Football News Outlet,France Football have made public a list of top African players of their own and two Cameroonian greats: Eto’o and Milla Roger are only good enough for the second and third spots respectively while 1995 Ballon D’or winner George Weah tops the chart.
George Weah’s appearance at the top of the chart is deeply disputed for some sole searching reasons: George Weah only comes ahead of these two because he won the Ballon D’or, aside from that, Liberia’s current president had never won a major trophy for country neither did he win the prestigious Champions League or AFCON trophy. Here is the trophy cabinet 3 times African best player of the year;
Liberian premier league 1
Liberian cup 1
Coupe de France Monaco 1
PSG league 1: 1 time
PSG Coupe de France: 2 times
PSG Coupe de LA ligue: 1
AC Milan Serie A: 2 times
Chelsea FA cup: 1
Career goals 207
Compared with the trophies of Eto’o and Milla, Liberia’s current president, George Weah trails by a mile. For instance, head on against Samuel Eto’o, who has a burgeoning trophy cabinet;
Copa Del Rey Mallorca: 1
Barcelona: 3 LA liga
Barcelona: 1 Copa Del Rey
Barcelona: Spanish super cup: 2 times
Barcelona, Inter UEFA champions league: 3 times
Inter Serie A: 1
Inter Copa Italia: 2
Super Copa Italia: 1
Inter FIFA club world cup:1
Cameroon Olympic gold medal:1
Cameroon AFCON: 2
Most decorated African player of all time.
Number of career goals 426
Roger Milla on his part has 8 honours including 2 AFCON titles. Milla was voted CAF best African player of the last 50 years in 2007; the 50 years that included George Weah’s time of playing, and Milla scored 442 career goals.
Looking at it from a holistic point of view it is difficult to see how Weah comes first in the list of France Football. The complete list below according to France Football ;
1. George Weah 🇱🇷
2. Samuel Eto’o 🇨🇲
3. Roger Milla 🇨🇲
4. Abedi Pelé 🇬🇭
5. Didier Drogba 🇨🇮
6. Rabah Madjer 🇩🇿
7. Jay-Jay Okocha 🇳🇬
8. Mustapha Dahleb 🇩🇿
9. Salif Keita 🇲🇱
10. Laurent Pokou 🇨🇮
A strong group of talents of past and present but most would differ with the positioning of the first three in the individual statistics and all-time honours.
GIOVANNI WANNEH.
