Yaya Toure won 2014 Glo-CAF African Footballer of the Year.

Ivory Coast and Manchester City of
England play maker, Yaya Toure
has claimed the 2014 Glo-CAF
African Footballer of the Year
award, thus winning it for the
fourth straight time, since 2011.
The Ivorian midfielder who is 1.88
meters tall was born in Bouake in
May, 1983.
He has over 85 caps for Ivory
Coast with 16 goals while his
appearance for Manchester City is
above
140 with over 39 goals.
The Ivorian captain defeated his
nearest rival, Nigeria captain and
first choice goalkeeper, Vincent
Enyeama and Gabon international,
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Toure was voted African Footballer
of The Year for 2011, 2012 and
2013 respectively.
While in Bacelona, his club side
won six trophies in 2009 alone. He
was nominated for The Personality
of The Year Award at the MTV
Africa Music Awards in July 2014.
He was also nominated for the
Prize in Entertainment category at
the 2014 edition of The Future
Africa Awards.
With this towering profile, the
Ivorian captain was clearly, the
pundits’ favourite to cart home the
prestigious award.
OTHER WINNERS
•National Team of the Year –
Algeria
Women National Team of the Year
– Nigeria
Club of the Year – ES Setif
(Algeria)
Most Promising Talent – Yacine
Braimih – Algeria
Best Youth Player of the Year –
Asisat Oshoala – Nigeria
Woman Footballer of the Year –
Asisat Oshoala
Coach of the Year – Kheeireddine
Madoui (ES Setif) of Algeria.