GHANAsoccernet.com brings you picture gallery of previous winners of the BBC African Footballer of the Year ahead of the naming of a new winner on Friday.
Abedi Pele - Marseille & Ghana -1992
Frankie Frederick - Namibia (athletics) - 1993
Zambia National team (1994)
George Oppong Weah - AC Milan & Liberia (1995)
Emmanuel Amunike - Sporting Lisbon, Barcelona & Nigieria - 1996
Nwankwo Kano - Inter Milan & Nigeria - 1997
Haile Gebrselassie (athletics) -1998
Nwankwo Kano - Arsenal & Nigeria - 1999
Patrick Mboma - Cagliari/Parma & Cameroon -2000
Samuel Osei Kuffuor - Bayer Munich & Ghana -2001
El Hadji Diouf - Len, Liverpool & Senegal - 2002
Austin Jay-Jay Okocha - Bolton Wanderes & Nigeria -2003
Austin Jay-Jay Okocha - Bolton Wanderes & Nigeria -2004
Mohammed Barakat - Al Ahly & Egypt - 2005
Michael Essien - Chelsea & Ghana - 2006
Emmanuel Adebayor - Arsenal & Togo - 2007
Mohammed Aboutrika - Al Ahly & Egypt -2008
Didier Drogba - Chelsea & Cote D'voire - 2009
Asamoah Gyan - Sunderland & Ghana - 2010
Andre Ayew - Marseille & Ghana - 2011
Christopher Katongo - Henan Construction & Zambia - 2012
Yaya Toure - Manchester City & Ghana - 2013
Yacine Brahimi - Porto & Algreia - 2014