Yaya Toure Wins African Player Of The Year Second Time In A Row

by Alan Duffy | 21st, December 2012

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By Alan Duffy

In a decision that you can really argue with, Manchester City’s all-action powerhouse Yaya Touré has bagged the African Player of the Year award, thus holding on to the prize he won in 2011.

Touré has been an absolute giant in the centre of City’s midfield since joining from Barcelona and it’s probably fair to say that there is no better box to box midfielder in the world today.

Champions League winner and fellow Ivorian Didier Drogba came second while former Arsenal man Alex Song came third.

One wonders how much the upcoming African Cup of Nations will affect the race for the Premier League title.

Here’s a list of all the winners…

Year	Player	Nationality	Club
2012	Yaya Touré	Côte d’Ivoire	Manchester City
2011	Yaya Touré	Côte d’Ivoire	Manchester City
2010	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	Inter Milan
2009	Didier Drogba	Côte d’Ivoire	Chelsea
2008	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	Arsenal
2007	Frédéric Kanouté	Mali	Sevilla
2006	Didier Drogba	Côte d’Ivoire	Chelsea
2005	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	Barcelona
2004	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	Barcelona /  Mallorca
2003	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	Mallorca
2002	El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	Liverpool /  Lens
2001	El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	Lens
2000	Patrick Mboma	Cameroon	Parma /  Cagliari
1999	Nwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	Arsenal
1998	Mustapha Hadji	Morocco	Deportivo La Coruña
1997	Victor Ikpeba	Nigeria	Monaco
1996	Nwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	Ajax /  Inter Milan
1995	George Weah	Liberia	Milan /  Paris Saint-Germain
1994	Emmanuel Amunike	Nigeria	Sporting CP /  El Zamalek
1993	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	Vitória de Setúbal

 

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4 Responses to “Yaya Toure Wins African Player Of The Year Second Time In A Row”

1. :) says:

   December 21, 2012 at 8:04 am

   What a joke that Eto’o has won that 4 times – certainly never the player Drogba was

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2. Dave says:

   December 21, 2012 at 3:06 pm

   Eto’o was a far more prolific goalscorer than Drogba, he also won a lot more.

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3. Taz says:

   December 21, 2012 at 3:38 pm

   Eto’o has won 3 champions league titles and was amazing for Mallorca, Barcelona and inter. Drogba only showed his ability when he arrived at Chelsea

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4. Anon says:

   December 22, 2012 at 6:51 pm

   Eto’o is certainly a better player than Drogba. Far more prolific and he’s won more league titles and more champion’s leagues than Drogba to boot.

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