Yaya Toure has been named
Glo/CAF
African Player of Year 2013, beating Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder
John Mikel Obi & Didier Drogba.Despite
missing out on the Prestigious CAF Player of the Year and Player of the Year(Based in Africa),the host however scooped four Prizes.Teenager
Kelechi Iheanacho went home with the Most Promising
Talent of the Year,
Stephen Keshi was named Coach of the Year,
Golden
Eaglets (Nigeria U17 team) as Youth National Team of the Year whilst
the
Supporters Club won the Fair Play prize.In addition to
that, midfielder
John Obi Mikel, who missed out on the topmost prize and
goalkeeper
Vincent Enyeama were named in the Africa Finest XI with
Keshi as the coach of the side.Nigerian President,
Goodluck Jonathan was presented with the
Platinum Award in recognition of his support for football development in
Africa’s most populous country.The ceremony was spiced by musical performances from Nigerian
talented performer and multiple award winner,
D’ banj; masked one and
Afro-Calypso originator,
Lagbaja; Beninois songstress
Zeynab, Africa’s
sensational pop twins,
P-Square, South African enigmatic singer
Lira,
prolific Nigerian recording artiste, dancer and songwriter,
Flavour as
well as Ghanaian performer
Sherifa Gunu.Ugandan comedian Patrick
‘
Salvador’ Idringi get the audience cracking their ribs with his
hilarious jokes before the swing act from German
Marieke Koch and Pole
Rangers -
Eike von Stuckenbrok and
Remi Martin completed the night of
splendor and entertainment.See Full Winners below:
National Team of the Year : Super Eagles of Nigeria
Youth National Team of the Year : Golden Eaglets of Nigeria
Club of the Year : Al Ahly of Egypt
Fair Play Awards : Nigeria Supporters Club
Coach of the Year : Stephen Keshi
Most Promising Talent : Kelechi Iheanacho
Referee of the Year : Haimoudi Djamel
CAF Legends – Late Bruno Metsu & Jose Mehdi Faria
African Player of the Year (Africa based) : Mohamed Aboutreika
African Player of the Year : Yaya Toure
Platinum Award goes to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Africa XI – Enyeama. Fathi. Benatia. Constant. Mikel. Yaya. Aboutreika. Pitroipa. Emenike. Gyan. Aubameyang. Coach: Keshi
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