The confederation of African Football announces the top three candidates for this year‘s African player of the year.
Reigning footballer of the year, Ivory
coast and Manchester city Midfielder Yaya Toure is joined by fellow
Ivorian and national team Captain, Didier Drogba and The Cameroonian
midfielder Alexander song.
The winner will be announced later this month on 20th December at the Awards Gala in Accra, Ghana.
Cameroon born international was voted in
second place as Arsenal player of the season by the fans. The defensive
midfielder had a hand in vital goals scored by Arsenal in 2011-2012
season. He left for Barcelona in August 2012 after 204 appearances and
10 goals for Arsenal. He is a member of the Cameroon national team.
Didier Drogba had an eventful 2011-2012
season with both club and country. He scored the equaliser and winning
penalty to give Chelsea the European Champions League title and missed a
penalty in 2012 AFCON final during regulation time. His goals took
Ivory Coast into 2012 AFCON finals were they finished up second to
Zambia. He scored the winning goal in FA cup final for Chelsea in what
became his last season with the English club before he signed for
Shanghai Shenhua in China.
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