Toure Is Glo-CAF Footballer Of The Year
— January 9, 2014
Though Nigeria swept most of the awards at stake at the 2013 Glo CAF awards held in Lagos last night, where Yaya Toure was voted winner of the CAF 2013 Player of the year award, beating Nigeria’s Mikel Obi and fellow Cote d’ Ivoirean, Didier Drogba to it.
Nigeria beat Burkina Faso to the National Team of the year award and the Golden Eaglets emerged the Youth National Team of the year.
Fair Play Award went to the Nigeria Supporters, who were the only nominees, Coach of the Year was won by Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi, beating Garba Manu and Paul Put of Burkina Faso.
Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho also picked the Most Promising Athlete award, beating Ghana’s Ebenezer Assifuah and Egypt’s Saleh Gomaa.
Referee of the year went to Haimoudi Djamel, while CAF Legend award was presented to the duo of Bruno Metsu and Jose Mehdi Faria.
Regular winners, Ah Ahly of Egpyt won the Club of the Year award, with other finalists South Africa’s Orlando Pirates and CS Sfaxien losing out.
Toure has won the award back-to-back three times from 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Nigeria beat Burkina Faso to the National Team of the year award and the Golden Eaglets emerged the Youth National Team of the year.
Fair Play Award went to the Nigeria Supporters, who were the only nominees, Coach of the Year was won by Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi, beating Garba Manu and Paul Put of Burkina Faso.
Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho also picked the Most Promising Athlete award, beating Ghana’s Ebenezer Assifuah and Egypt’s Saleh Gomaa.
Referee of the year went to Haimoudi Djamel, while CAF Legend award was presented to the duo of Bruno Metsu and Jose Mehdi Faria.
Regular winners, Ah Ahly of Egpyt won the Club of the Year award, with other finalists South Africa’s Orlando Pirates and CS Sfaxien losing out.
Toure has won the award back-to-back three times from 2011, 2012 and 2013.
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