The Ivorian, Yaya Toure was named Africa’s Best Footballer of the Year by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at the awards ceremony held  8 January, 2015, Thursday, in Lagos.
Toure got the award for the fourth time in his career, beating this time, Nigeria’s Vincent Enyeama and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The Ivory Coast and Manchester City player also achieved the record of four-time winner, Camerounian Samuel Eto’o Fils.
Speaking after receiving the award from CAF President, Alhaji Issa Hayatou, and Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, Toure thanked Allah for making his success possible.
“First, I want to thank Allah for being blessed all these years. I also want to thank football fans and CAF for also making it possible for me to win this trophy again this year,” said the Manchester City player.
Nigerians’ high expectations were also compensated that evening. The Woman Player of the Year award went expectedly to Asisat Oshoala.
Asisat Oshoala was named Africa Youth Player of the Year while Super Falcons were crowned as the Women’s National Team of the Year.
Nigerian footballers Vincent Enyeama and Ahmed Musa made the African team XI.