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African Footballer of the Year

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African Footballer of the Year

Summary

African Footballer of the Year is a sports award[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • African Footballer of the Year's instance of is recorded as sports award[3].
  • 1970 marks the founding of African Footballer of the Year[4].
  • African Footballer of the Year's sport is recorded as association football[5].
  • African Footballer of the Year's organizer is recorded as Confederation of African Football[6].
  • African Footballer of the Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:African Footballer of the Year[7].
  • African Footballer of the Year's conferred by is recorded as Confederation of African Football[8].
  • African Footballer of the Year's topic has template is recorded as Template:African Footballer of the Year[9].
  • African Footballer of the Year's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:African Footballer of the Year winners[10].

Why It Matters

African Footballer of the Year has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_african-footballer-of-the-year_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{African Footballer of the Year}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/african-footballer-of-the-year}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 14d ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Conferred by → Confederation of African Football
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → sports award
    Inception → +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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