How many Africans have won the UEFA Champions League?

Question

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.

Answer 1

European Cup winners

• Bruce Grobbelaar (Zimbabwe¹, 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/Mali², 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 Milan)

• Sulley Muntari (Ghana, 2010 with Inter Milan)

• Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast, 2012 with Chelsea)

• Michael Essien (Ghana, 2012 with Chelsea)

• John Obi Mikel (Nigeria, 2012 with Chelsea)

• Achraf Hakimi (Spain/Morocco³, 2018 with Real Madrid)

• Sadio Mane (Senegal, 2019 with Liverpool)

• Mohamed Salah (Egypt, 2019 also with Liverpool)

• Édouard Mendy (Senegal, 2021 with Chelsea)

Sources:

• Wikipedia article List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning players (current revision) - this Wikipedia article was later deleted, a version before deletion can be found in the Wayback Machine
• UEFA website: Africa's European Cup final history-makers (Wayback Machine)
• 6 African players who have won the UEFA Champions League (Wayback machine)

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¹Born in South Africa, represented Zimbabwe.
²Born in France, represented Mali.
³Born in Spain, represents Morocco.