2015-01-09 14:29
Lagos - The voting pattern for the 2014 African Footballer of the
Year has revealed that Vincent Enyeama finished third behind Yaya Toure
and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Ivory Coast and Gabon respectively, SuperSport reports.
The
32-year-old LOSC Lille goalkeeper had been tipped as the main
challenger to Toure in the Caf award prior to its announcement of
winners in Lagos on Thursday night.
But instead it was the
Nigerian captain and goalkeeper, who finished in third place and 70
points behind Yaya Toure, who has now won the African Footballer of the
Year award for a record fourth successive time.
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The
voting pattern released by Caf shows that Toure got 175 points while
120 went to Aubameyang and Enyeama got 105. Ghana captain, Asamoah Gyan
and Nigerian winger, Ahmed Musa, who made the top-five got 94 and 78
points respectively from the coaches and technical directors who voted.
Interestingly, many pundits and football enthusiasts might find it
shocking that only two coaches or technical directors from Guinea and
Swaziland deemed Enyeama fit to be the 2014 African Footballer of the
Year. However, 13 of those who voted including the Nigerian coach or
technical director believes Enyeama was second best last year.
Read more at SuperSport.
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