Ghana and Marseille legend Abedi Pele ranked 4th Greatest African Player of all time

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Ex-Ghana international Abedi Ayew ‘Pele’ has been ranked as the 4th greatest African player of all-time by France Football magazine.

Liberia’s George Weah was named as the best to have played, and Cameroon duo Samuel Eto’o and Roger Milla were the only footballers who came ahead of Abedi Pele.

While Didier Drogba, Rabah Madjer, Jay Jay Okocha, Mustapha Dahleb, Salif Keita, and Laurent Pokou are the rest of the players who completed the Top 10.

Ayew made his name in France after guiding Olympique Marseille to UEFA Champions League glory in 1993, and went on to win that year’s African Footballer of the year award.

He also played for French sides Lille and Lyon, Italian fold Torino, 1860 Munich in Germany and finally Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates where he retired.

Abedi, 55, was named three times African Footballer of the Year and also won the 1982 Nations Cup with the Black Stars.

Abedi was also rated fifth in the Top 30 African Footballers in the last 50 years released by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) in 2007.

Source: Footballmadeinghana