Afro-Europeans (also Euro-Africans or African Europeans) are people with African ancestry, racial, cultural and social heritage born in or citizens of a European country.
Black people make up to 20% of footballers in various European leagues. Up until recently, however, there were literally no black people in coaching, administrative or corporate positions with regard to football. Frank Rijkaard became the first black person to Coach a European country when he was manager of the Netherlands in 2000, and has since had a successful spell coaching in Spain. Recently Senegalese born Pape Diouf became chairman of Olympique de Marseille. Harry Roselmack became the first black prime time news anchor in France.[1][2]. Paul Ince has become the first black British manager of a Premier League football team after being named manager of Blackburn Rovers F.C., having having been the first black player to captain England.
Distribution
The largest populations of people of African ancestry living in Europe are:
Sub Saharan Africans only 3,000,000 as estimated by the Conseil représentatif des associations noires (ethnicity statistics in France are prohibited). One-quarter of the Afro-French people are from the smaller islands of the Caribbean, which are or were French possessions.
Ethnicity statistics are prohibited in Germany but the ISD (Initiative für Schwarze Deutsche) estimates a number of 500.000 Black Germans. It remains unclear if this number includes only black people with a German passport or if it includes every black person residing in Germany.
Black Russians are descended from African slaves brought to Russia during the Ottoman Empire. Czar Peter the Great recommended to bring in African slaves to Russia for hard labor.
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