How many Africans have won the UEFA Champions League?

European Cup winners

• Bruce Grobbelaar (Zimbabwe, 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/Mali¹, 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/Morocco², 2018 with Real Madrid)
• Sadio Mane (Senegal, 2019 with Liverpool)
• Mohamed Salah (Egypt, 2019 also with Liverpool)

Sources:

• Wikipedia article List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winning players (current revision)
• 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 France, represented Mali. ²Born in Spain, represents Morocco.