Yaya Toure Wins 2014 CAF African Player Of The Year, 4th Time In A Role: The Ivoirian has been named the best player from the continent for a fourth straight time after beating local favourite Enyeama and Aubameyang at a ceremony in Lagos At the award ceremony in Lagdocument.write(LG Satellite Television Sets); LG Satellite Television Sets os, Toure saw off the challenge from Gabon and Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nigeria and Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to win a fourth title and in the process equaling the record of Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o. Toure led Manchester City to win the Barclays Premier League title in 2014 and also helped his country qualify for the World Cup in Brazil. Asisat Oshoala beat compatriot Desire Oparanozie and Cameroon goalkeeper Annette Ngom Ndom to win Africa’s best female player of 2014. She also won the Youth Player of the Year Award. The 20-year-old Oshoala has now joined former Nigeria players like Mercy Akide and Perpetua Nkwocha to win the award. Falconets star Azeezat Oshoala won two awards last night, ‘Youth Player of the Year and Women African Footballer of the Year. Big congrats to her. see full list below… The Full Awards African Player of the Year Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire and Manchester City) African Player of the Year – Based in Africa Firmin Mubele Ndombe (DR Congo and AS Vita) Women’s Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and River Angels) Youth Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and River Angels) Most Promising Talent Yacine Brahimi (Algeria and Porto) Coach of the Year Kheireddine Madoui (ES Setif) National Team of the Year Algeria Women’s National Team of the Year Nigeria Club of the Year ES Setif (Algeria) Referee of the Year Papa Bakary Gassama (Gambia) Football Leader of the Year Moise Katumbi Chapwe – President of TP Mazembe (DR Congo) African Legend award Oryx Club (Cameroon) – winners of the maiden edition of CAF Champions League 1964 Stade Malien (Mali) – runner up of the maiden edition of CAF Champion’s League 1964 Platinum Award Dr Kwame Nkrumah (First President of Ghana) His Excellency Goodluck Jonthan (President of Nigeria) CAF Finest XI Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria) Defenders: Jean Kasulula (DR Congo), Mehdi Benatia (Morocco), Stephane Mbia (Cameroon), Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana) Midfielders: Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire), Yacine Brahimi (Algeria), Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia), Ahmed Musa (Nigeria) Forwards: Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) Substitutes Raïs M’Bolhi (Algeria), Firmin Mubele Ndombe (DR Congo), Ferdjani Sassi (Tunisia), Yao Kouasi Gervais ‘Gervinho (Cote d’Ivoire), Abdelrahman Fetori (Libya), Akram Djahnit (Algeria), Roger Assalé (Cote d’Ivoire)
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