Monday, December 2, 2013
Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African player of the year
Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder
Yaya Toure was named BBC's African Footballer of the Year for 2013 on
Monday. Toure who had been nominated for a fifth consecutive year, won the award for the first time ahead of Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang, Victor Moses, John Mikel Obi and Jonathan Pitroipa.
Speaking to BBC Sports Yaya
revealed: "I think I've been nominated for five years in a row and finally
winning the award is amazing.
Giving a very modest acceptance
speech the 30-yearold player said in a BBC statement: "Thank you to all
the fans around the world who continue to support me and who love me a
lot," "I'm very proud, I'm
very happy, this award is amazing."
The other nominees in this year’s
award did pretty well all through the year as well, speaking Yaya said: "It's
a fantastic achievement because I don't think there has ever been as many
quality African players in top-level international football as there are now:
Aubameyang, Pitroipa, Mikel, Moses, Salomon Kalou, Gervinho... we have
fantastic players.”
The shortlist for the award was
drawn up by 44 football experts across Africa, who based their choices on
players' skill, technical ability, teamwork, consistency and fair play.
A record number of fans then voted
for their favourite either online or by text message.
And those fans have considered
Toure to be the standout African player over the past year, in recognition of
the Ivorian's displays of power, pace, creativity and goals.
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