| THE 1997/98 RANKING |
| African Players in the German Bundesliga |
*rating average: how Germanies' most competent
football magazine 'kicker' rated the player each match (appearances under
30 minutes were not rated). The best rating is 1, the worst is 6. Other
examples from Bundesliga: Thomas Hässler Jürgen Kohler
Lothar Matthäus
**index is a value made of the number of mnatches
and the ratings. A suspension has a slight negative effect but did not
change any rank here. 10 is a higher index than 9.
|
player |
position |
country |
club (finished as) |
matches/goals/suspensions |
rating average* |
index** |
comments |
| 1 |
Bachirou Salou |
forward |
Togo |
MSV Duisburg (8) |
32 matches / 10 goals |
3.2 |
10.0 |
98/99 for Borussia Dortmund |
| 2 |
Jonathan Akpoborie |
forward |
Nigeria |
VfB Stuttgart (4) |
30 matches / 11 goals |
3.5 |
8.6 |
plus a few EC2 goals, will stay at Stuttgart |
| 3 |
Abedi Pele |
midfield |
Ghana |
Munich 1860 (13) |
25 matches / 1 goal |
3.4 |
7.4 |
plays at United Arab Emirates now |
| 4 |
Pablo Thiam |
def/mf |
Guinea |
1.FC Köln (Cologne) (17, rel.) |
28 matches / 2 goals |
4.0 |
7.0 |
98/99 for VfB Stuttgart |
| 5 |
Hany Ramzy |
defender |
Egypt |
Werder Bremen (7) |
25 matches / 1 goal |
3.7 |
6.8 |
98/99 for 1.FC Kaiserslautern |
| 6 |
Yasser Radwan |
midfield |
Egypt |
Hansa Rostock (6) |
24 matches / 0 goal / 1 yellow/red card |
3.8 |
6.1 |
stays at Rostock |
| 7 |
Alexander Nyarko |
midfield |
Ghana |
Karlsruher SC (16, rel.) |
22 matches / 1 goal / 1 yellow/red card |
3.7 |
5.7 |
leaves Germany for Lens (France) (?) |
| 8 |
Anthony Yeboah |
forward |
Ghana |
Hamburger SV (9) |
23 matches / 3 goals / 1 yellow/red card |
4.2 |
5.3 |
stays at Hamburg |
| 9 |
Samuel Kuffour |
defender |
Ghana |
Bayern Munich (2) |
17 matches / 2 goals / 1 yellow/red card |
3.2 |
5.0 |
stays at Bayern |
| 10 |
Alphonse Tchami |
forward |
Cameroon |
Hertha BSC Berlin (11) |
18 matches / 1 goal |
3.8 |
4.7 |
stays at Hertha |
| 11 |
Abderrahim Ouakili |
fw/mf |
Morocco |
Munich 1860 (13) |
13 matches / 3 goals |
3.8 |
3.4 |
2nd half newcomer, stays at Munich |
| 12 |
Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien |
midfield |
Congo |
Karlsruher SC (16, rel.) |
10 matches / 1 goal |
3.3 |
3.0 |
2nd half newcomer, stays at KSC (2nd BL now) |
| 13 |
Deiron Buckley |
forward |
South Africa |
VfL Bochum (12) |
6 matches / 0 goal |
4.2 |
1.4 |
stays at Bochum |
| 14 |
Bashiru Gambo |
midfield |
Ghana |
Borussia Dortmund (10) |
6 matches / 0 goal |
4.7 |
1.3 |
stays at Dortmund |
| 15 |
Ibrahim Tanko |
midfield |
Ghana |
Borussia Dortmund (10) |
3 matches / 0 goal |
4.8 |
0.6 |
stays at Dortmund |
| 16 |
Miguel Perreira |
forward |
Angola |
Schalke 04 (5) |
7 matches (only as under 30 min.-substitute) |
- |
- |
stays at Schalke |
| 17 |
Pascal Ojigwe |
midfield |
Nigeria |
1.FC Kaiserslautern (1) |
1 match as under 30 min. substitute |
- |
- |
stays at Kaiserslautern |
special case:
Marc Arnold-midfield-Hertha BSC Berlin-26 matches/2goals-avg.3.3-index:7.9
with this value he was number 3.
The special case. He 'became' South African during the second half
of the season on the wish of South African coach Philipp Troussier. But
whether he will ever play for South Africa or might turn up in a German
team the future must show.
The other way round:
Sean Dundee-forward-Karlsruher SC-24matches/3 goals-avg.4.5-index:5.3
Dundee became 'German' but then was never used for the National team.
He could still play for South Africa but he confirmed he won't. This does
not necessarily mean too much.
Teams with no African fielded: Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Wolfsburg, Borussia
Mönchengladbach, Arminia Bielefeld.
Teams with more than one African fielded: Borussia Dortmund, Munich
1860, Karlsruher SC, 2 each, but none of those 'tandems' reached 34 matches
aggregated. (Apart from the Arnold 'case' - He and Tchami together add
up for 44 matches)
rank 13-18 is the talent section: all of them will be seen again. Only
Tankos career seems a bit doomed because of successive injuries.
rank 11-12 are players who had their debut in the second half and became
team regulars while rank 9-10 are struggeling for a regular spot in the
starting eleven.
rank 1-8 were regulars.
Top rated African Of the 2nd division:
Amadou, def, Benin, Cottbus
also:
Beya (mf), Ben Slimane (fw), Tunisia, Freiburg (promoted)
Akunnor, mf, Ghana, Fortuna Köln (will play Bundesliga for Wolfsburg
98/99)