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Yaya voted African Footballer of the year

Postby Dronny » Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:02 am

Yay, way to go Yaya....

Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure was named African Footballer of the Year on Thursday.

The 28-year-old finished ahead of Mali's Seydou Keita and Ghanaian Andre 'Dede' Ayew in polling by national coaches of the 53-member associations of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The full tally of votes was not immediately released by CAF, African soccer's governing body.

Toure thanked his family, including brother and City team mate Kolo, in a brief acceptance speech at the CAF awards in Ghana.

"This award is not important for me alone. It's for my country and for my club," he said.

"This is a big step in my career, I'm very thrilled. To be the winner is fantastic."

Toure, the second Ivorian to land the award after twice-winner Didier Drogba of Chelsea, enjoyed a fine year for club and country.

He scored the winning goal in Manchester City's 1-0 victory over Stoke City in the FA Cup final and this season has impressed in his club's rise to the top of the Premier League.

Toure also helped Ivory Coast finish their African Nations Cup qualifying campaign with a 100 percent record.

WORLD CUP

The midfielder joined City from Barcelona for a fee of around 24 million pounds ($37.64 million) after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Toure, who had a nomadic early career in Europe, was ever present for his country in 2011.

The Ivorians were the only side to win every game in the preliminaries for the 2012 finals and are among the favourites for next month's competition in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Midfielder Keita, who won the Champions League and La Liga with Barcelona, was runner-up to Toure.

Ayew, whose father Abedi Pele won three African Footballer of the Year awards from 1991-93, finished third.
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Re: Yaya voted African Footballer of the year

Postby Patrick » Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:04 pm

But what does he do?
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Re: Yaya voted African Footballer of the year

Postby CityGer » Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:09 pm

Patrick wrote:But what does he do?


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Re: Yaya voted African Footballer of the year

Postby halnone » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:43 pm

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Re: Yaya voted African Footballer of the year

Postby Mingchester Mingy » Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:16 pm

Yaya is pure class and a gift to have on our team. Congrats to him !
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Re: Yaya voted African Footballer of the year

Postby bigblue » Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:30 pm

Congrads to the big man!

Don't really know if anyone can match his combo of power, skill, composure, and awareness. One of the top 10 players in the world






(but the question remains - what does he really do?)
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Re: Yaya voted African Footballer of the year

Postby twosips » Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:08 pm

I genuinely believe he was given a free role to attack whenever he wanted he'd score twenty goals a season with ease. He's almost unstoppable. There certainly isn't another footballer in the world of his immense size with the technique, footwork and pace he has. He's a bit of a freak.
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