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On 8 March 2011, Ahmed Musa won the AIT footballer of the year award (national). The ceremony was held at the Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The event had in attendance, BBC African Footballer of the Year winner, Ghanaian Asamoah Gyan and the top officials from the Nigerian football federation including the president Aminu ...
Sam McDonald (1762 – 6 May 1802), called "Big Sam", was a Scotsman of unusual height for his day who had a distinguished military career and was a noted "strongman". Most sources state his height as 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m), [ 201 ] with a burly build, although one 1822 source claims 10 feet 4 inches (3.15 m).
Mamadou Tall; Personal information; Date of birth 4 December 1982 (age 42) Place of birth: Attecoube, Republic of Upper Volta: Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Position(s) Centre-back: Youth career; Etoile Filante: Senior career* Years: Team: Apps (Gls) 1999–2001: Etoile Filante: 2001–2002: Bursaspor: 2 (0) 2002–2003: CS Sfaxien: 2003: CS ...
Abedi Ayew (/ ə ˈ b eɪ d i ə ˈ j uː / ə-BAY-dee ə-YOO; born 5 November 1964), known professionally as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and who served as captain of the Ghana national team.
Wanyama became the first ever Kenyan player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he scored the first goal in Celtic's 2–1 win over Barcelona on 7 November 2012. [6] On 11 July 2013, Wanyama moved to Premier League club Southampton for £12.5 million, making him the most expensive player sold by a Scottish club at the time, surpassing ...
Football was first introduced to Africa in the early 1860s by Europeans, [4] due to the colonisation of Africa.The first recorded games were played in South Africa in 1862 between soldiers and civil servants and there were no established rules for the game at this time; [5]" Initially, there were various forms of playing the game, which included elements of both rugby and soccer.
[150] Diego Maradona, joint FIFA Player of the Century, and the player Pelé is historically compared with, stated, "It's too bad we never got along, but he was an awesome player". [83] Prolific Brazilian striker Romário , winner of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and player of the tournament, remarked: "It's only inevitable I look up to Pelé.
On 19 July 2015, Bensebaïni made his debut for Algeria national under-23 football team in a 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifying match against Sierra Leone. In November 2015, Bensebaïni was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a pair of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Tanzania.