It was all about the dance, the smile and the goals as the then 37-year-old lit up the World Cup in 1990 as the Indomitable Lions almost went all the way to the final during a memorable tournament run - courtesy of Milla’s goals.
Even his name is entertaining - Albert Roger Mooh Milla was voted one of the 125 greatest living football players in 2004 by the Pele but many young football fans around the world showed their own appreciation of Milla when, after scoring a goal, they'd run up to the corner flag and do that dance.
He had retired from international football three years before Italia 90, but we're glad he had a change of heart and brought a smile to all those who watched him score four goals at the World Cup 20 years ago.
2.Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria)
‘So good, they named him twice’ is the famous quote about the talismanic Nigerian who arrived at the Reebok seemingly in his twilight. But he was a revelation in four years with Bolton.
The Africa Cup of Nations (1994) and Olympics gold medallist (1996) with Nigeria helped the Potters avoid relegation, took them to their final in nine years - the League Cup Final in 2004 which they lost to Middlesbrough - and into Europe for the first time in their history.
3.George Weah (Liberia)
A remarkable man who has enjoyed just as exciting a career on the pitch as he has experienced off it. Weah is a character who rates as our top African player of all time, not just by virtue of the strength of his personality, but because he had real talent on it.
By his own admission, he was a criminal and gang member in his youth but football got him out of his country - in 1995 he was voted world footballer of the year while with Paris Saint-Germain, he also ended up living in New York and commuting to training sessions in Monaco by Concorde. Such was the life of Weah.
World, European and African Player of the Year in his time, Weah scored goals at every club he went to and won league titles in France and Italy with PSG and AC Milan respectively.
And when his career ended, such was his popularity in his native Liberia that he ran (unsuccessfully) for President. Quite a character, certainly a fine player and easily our No 1.
4.Kanu (Nigeria)
Kanu's time in European football has lasted 17 years, a successful time which has seen him become the most decorated African footballer in history.
A Champions League and UEFA Cup winner, he has two Premier League titles and three FA Cup winners' medals. He really has done the lot.
Testament to his time at Arsenal, he was voted 13th in the Gunners' Greatest 50 Players pols, ahead of such luminaries as David O'Leary, Sol Campbell and Pat Rice.
5.Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
The former Real Madrid and Barcelona star has been a cut above the rest for many years. His tenacity and skill have made him one of this generation’s finest strikers.
Eto'o scored more than 100 goals in five seasons with Barcelona, and his early goal in last season's Champions League final win over Manchester United made him only the second player to have ever scored in two separate Champions League finals.
He was a member of the Cameroon national team that memorably won gold at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and also featured in two World Cups and five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
6.Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
As strong as any forward to have played the game, Drogba is a mountain of a man to match his his personality and appetite for goals.
However, the former Le Mans, Guingamp and Marseille striker isn't all about power and hustle, he has the technique and finishing ability to match any other goalscorer the game has ever seen.
Two Premier League titles and a brace of FA Cups have come in his six years at Stamford Bridge and the way he's knocking them in this season, who's to say he wont have added to that tally come May?
7.Carlos Kameni (Cameroon)
Espanyol’s No 1 has been the Indomitable Lions’ keeper since he was 17 and has been part of every African Cup of Nations squad since 2002.
Kameni was just 18 when he was picked for Cameroon's 2002 World Cup squad and will return to the world stage when he features in this summer’s tournament.
