Top 10 African Best Footballers of All-Time

Nwankwo Kanu

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Nwankwo Kanu OON is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Nigerian national team, and played for Nigerian team Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Dutch side Ajax, Inter Milan of Italy, and English clubs Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth.

He was one of the best African strikers of all time and he was, above all, a different one. Kanu was tall and was made for scoring impossible goals and giving awesome assists.

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Kanu had 535 club appearances with 123 goals and he had 87 national appearances with 12 goals.