Top 10 African footballers who played for Chelsea

The two-time UEFA Champions Chelsea is one of the most celebrated and supported clubs in Africa because of its consistent recruitment of African Superstars to play for them over the years

The Club’s success in the history of world Football has been with at least one or two African players before they achieve that feat.

This article aims at highlighting the performance of African players from Derek Smethurst, the first Africa Player for the Blues to the current crop of African heroes in the team.

According to my assessment, these are Chelsea’s All-time top African Footballers

Victor Mosses is one of the best African talents to play for Chelsea, He join Chelsea from Wigan Athletic for a transfer fee of €11.5 million il in 2012, unfortunately, he spent most of his playing time on loan away from the Club nevertheless he had a great season at Chelsea before joining Spartak Moscow in 2021 for €5 million. He played 128 matches scoring 18 goals with 13 assists, He won the English Premier League in 2017, 2 Europa Cup and one FA Cup with the Blues.

Our next player will be, arguably the greatest African footballer of all time President George Oppong Weah, The Striker join Chelsea in a Loan deal from AC Milan in January 2000. He played 18 matches scoring five goals. He won the FA cup that year.  

Chelsea bought one of Africa’s most promising talents in 1997 for a record fee of 3.50 million from Anderlecht, the Left back sensation’s career was marred with personal problems but he was indeed a great player. Celestine Babayaro won the first ever European trophy with Chelsea in 2001, he went ahead to win 2 FA CUP and the English Premiership with Chelsea, his contribution was immersive.

Samuel Etoo joined Chelsea at 33 and still made an impact before he left, He spent just one season under Jose Mourinho. The four-time African footballer of the year played 21 matches scoring 11 goals. He helps Chelsea reach the semi-final of the UEFA Champions league

One of Africa’s underrated players to ever play the game was Geremi Njitap. He joined the Blues from Real Madrid for a fee of 10 million in 2003. He played 72 matches and scored 4 goals. His role was very instrumental in Chelsea winning the league title back to back

He was 2 English premiership,2 FA cup,1 Super cup

Our next top African star to play for Chelsea is Salomon Kalou. The left winger was very impressive in his day with Chelsea, He played over 200 matches for Chelsea and score 60 goals with 46 assists, he is one player who won everything with the Club. Kalou won 4 FA Cups, 1 English Premiership,2 community shield cups 

John Obi Mikel is also one of the most underrated African players of his generation, the highly talented midfielder was restricted in his playing at Chelsea so many could not witness the exceptional skills he had, Mikel join Chelsea from FK Lyn for a fee of 20 million in a transfer saga with Manchester United at that time, He played over 400 matches for Chelsea. John Obi Mikel won the Champion League, 2 Premier League titles,1 Europa League,4 FA cups and many more

Michael Essien’s energy at Chelsea is the reason many Ghanaian are now supporters of the west London clubs, the Defensive Midfielder took the Chelsea midfield by storm after he join the blues from Lyon for a record fee of 38 million, He scored 17 premier league goals in his nine-year stay at Chelsea. Essien won the Champion league,2 English premier league titles,3 FA cups and many more

The Most decorated Africa Player to ever grace the football field is Didier Drogba, He is not only the Greatest African player to play for Chelsea but one of the greatest in the world. He won 4 English Premiership, 4 FA Cup, and 3 league cups, He has certainly the Greatest African to play for the London Club

He played 164 EPL matches and played 104 goals with 64 assists. In the Champions League, he played 92 matches and scored 44 goals 

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