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George Weah, Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah – the list goes on in terms of African footballers who have dominated the footballing world landscape in the 21st century.
In what was originally a largely untapped area of the world footballing scene, there are an increasing amount of elite players coming from the continent now.
Opportunities had always been scarce for budding African footballers. After Egypt’s appearance at the 1934 World Cup, Morocco were the next African side to reach the globe’s biggest sporting event – in 1970.
Since then, countries have grown strong and superstars have begun to emerge; with Liberia-born Weah’s Ballon d’Or win in 1995 signalling a real breakthrough in terms of opportunities, image and leadership for many African footballers across the world.
Yet despite the stardom that comes from world-class players in the north and west, there remains a largely untapped area where little footballing success tends to come.
East Africa has undoubtedly produced some stars;…
