Following African footballers are "FIFA for SOS Children's Villages" ambassadors:
Rigobert Song Bahanack (Cameroon), Romulad Boco (Benin), Bonaventure Coffi Codja (Benin), Cyril Domoraud (Cote D’Ivoire), Didier Drogba (Cote D’Ivoire), Mahmoud El-Khatib (Egypt), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Kolo Touré Habib (Cote D’Ivoire), Hytham Mostafa Karar (Sudan), Motlatsi Maseela (Lesotho), Roger Milla (Cameroon), Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Abédi Ayew Pelé (Ghana), Laurent Pokou (Cote D’Ivoire), Lucas Radebe (South Africa), George Weah (Liberia), Taher Abou Zeid (Egypt)