Enyeama Wins Marc-vivien Foé Award In France

Nigeria’s number one goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, has won the Radio France International Marc-Vivien Foé Award for the best African player in the French Ligue 1 football championship for the 2013-14  season.

Enyeama, 31, was selected by a jury composed of French football journalists after each member selected three names from a list of 10 players previously drawn up by the RFI and France 24 sports departments.

The Lille goalkeeper was picked ahead of Ivory Coast defender, Serge Aurier (Toulouse FC) and Cameroun international player, Henri Bedimo (Olympique Lyonnais).After putting in some remarkable performances right throughout the season, Enyeama impressed football enthusiasts by keeping a clean sheet for 11 consecutive matches (1062 minutes).

The trophy for the Best African Ligue 1 player was renamed the Marc-Vivien Foé Award in 2011 in tribute to the Camerounian player who died unexpectedly during a match in Lyon's Gerland Stadium on June 26, 2003.

Enyeama had lost the Professional Footballers Union (UNFP) best goalkeeper award on Sunday evening to Paris Saint Germain's Salvatore Sirigu.
Previous winners of the RFI-France 24 Marc Vivien Foe trophy are Marouane Chamakh 2009 (Morocco), Gervinho 2010 & 2011 (Ivory Coast), Younès Belhanda 2012 (Morocco) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) in 2013.