How many Africans have won the UEFA Champions League?

drywall_dan

If we define an African as somebody born in Africa and playing for an African national team, how many such players have won the UEFA Champions League? We can include Madagascar in this.

Originally asked by Neil Meyer on Stack Exchange (sports) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

European Cup winners Bruce Grobbelaar (Zimbabwe 1 , 1984 with Liverpool) Rabah Madjer (Algeria, 1987 with Porto) UEFA Champions League Winners Abedi Pele (Ghana, 1993 with Marseille) Finidi George and Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria, 1995 with Ajax) Ibrahim Tanko (Ghana, 1997 with Borussia Dortmund) Samuel Kuffour (Ghana, 2001 with Bayern Munich) Geremi (Cameroon, 2000 and 2002 with Real Madrid) Djimi Traoré (France/Mali 2 , 2005 with Liverpool) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, 2006 and 2009 with Barcelona, 2010 with Inter Milan) Benni McCarthy (South Africa, 2004 with Porto) Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast, 2009 with Barcelona) Seydou Keita (Mali, 2009 and 2011 with Barcelona) McDonald Mariga (Kenya, 2010 with Inter...

Full answer by Martin: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/20737 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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