Top 10 African footballers of the past decade

6. Didier Drogba

Greece v Cote D'Ivoire: Group C - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

Power. Passion. Prolific. Didier Drogba was a genuine top striker in his prime. One of those players you immediately knew a club couldn’t make an approach for. He was that immense at Chelsea. After his stints at Guingamp and Marseille, it was in London he announced himself. By the end of his Blues career, he was and still is the highest-scoring foreigner of all time and number 4 on the goal-scoring records. He became the first African player to score 100 goals in the Premier League.

Jose Mourinho brought him to Chelsea in 2004 and despite his slow start, he won the Premier League title in his debut season as well as the next and in 2012, becoming the only player to score in 4 different FA Cup finals. He has scored 10 goals in 10 finals he has played!

He is the record goalscorer for the national team with 65 goals from 105 appearances and was the captain of the team for 8 years. He led them to their debut World Cup appearance scoring his nation’s first-ever goal at the tournament and won 2 runners up medals at the African Nations Cup. He also won the African Footballer of the year twice.