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My Top 15 African footballers.

As AFCON is happening, I thought I should do a list of my Top 15 best footballers in African football history. Based on performance & accolades: 

1) Samuel Eto'o ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
2) Roger Milla ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
3) Eusรฉbio ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
4) Essam El-Hadry ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
5) Mohammed Salah ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
6) Sadio Manรฉ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ
7) Abednigo Ngcobo ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
8) Michael Essien ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ
9) Didier Drogba ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
10) Rigobert Song ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
11) Emmanuel Adebayor ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ
12) Jay-Jay Okocha ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
13) Vincent Enyeama ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
14) Laurent Pokou ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
15) Kalusha Bwalya ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

The names on this list are probably expected but some odd choices explained; 
• Essam El-Hadry is an AFCON legend & applied his trade in diverse lands, he has the second most appearances for the Egyptian national team. 
• Abednigo Ngcobo played during a time when black players in South Africa couldn't represent South Africa so a Black XI was chosen once for a one off occasion where they beat Argentina. He's probably the best footballer to come out of South Africa. 
• Drogba at number 9: Drogba was good but I think he wasn't as good as he was hyped up to be. I feel everything was aligned for him to be as good as he was. He was good but not as good as many people make him out to be.
• Vincent Enyeama is on this list because I feel he's been one of the best African goalkeepers in recent history & remember him as the goalkeeper who stopped Lionel Messi during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 

The rest of the list is pretty self-explanatory for most African football fans.

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