The Gabonese international and Borussia Dortmund has been announced as the best African footballer in 2015 by the Confederation of African Football.
Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has won Africa’s top football honour beating Ivorian Yaya Toure and Ghanaian Dede Ayew to the 2015 Caf African Footballer of the Year award.
The 26-year-old polled 143 points, seven more than Toure whilst Ayew finished a distant third with 112 points to claim the prize for the first time, capping a season where he has put up stellar performances for his Bundesliga outfit, Borussia Dortmund.
He becomes the first player from the German league to win the award having finished as runner-up in the 2014 edition staged in Lagos.
The recipient of the award is decided by national team coaches and technical directors in Africa – with Yaya and Samuel Eto'o the most-honoured individual with four.
Aubameyang was also included on the African finest XI shortlist that had the trio Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen, Kelechi Nwakali and Etebo Oghenekaro on the reserve.
WINNERS IN FULL
AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG (Gabon) AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR – BASED IN AFRICA - Mbwana Aly SAMATTA WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Gaelle ENGANAMOUIT (Cameroon) YOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Victor OSIMHEN (Nigeria) MOST PROMISING TALENT OF THE YEAR - Etebo Peter OGHENEKARO (Nigeria) COACH OF THE YEAR - Herve RENARD (France) – Former Coach of Cote d’Ivoire REFEREE OF THE YEAR - Bakary Papa GASSAMA (Gambia) NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR - Cote d’Ivoire WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR - Cameroon CLUB OF THE YEAR - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) AFRICAN LEGEND Charles Kumi GYAMFI (Ghana) Samuel MBAPPE LEPPE (Cameroon)
AFRICA FINEST XI Goalkeeper: Robert Muteba KIDIABA (DR Congo) Defenders: Serge AURIER (Cote d’Ivoire), Aymen ABDENNOUR (Tunisia), Mohamed MEFTAH (Algeria) Midfielders: Andre AYEW (Ghana), Yaya TOURE (Cote d’Ivoire), Sadio MANE (Senegal), Yacine BRAHIMI (Algeria), Forwards: Mbwana Aly SAMATTA (Tanzania), Pierre-Emerrick AUBAMEYANG (Gabon), Baghdad BOUNEDJAH (Algeria)
Substitutes Djigui DIARRA (Mali) Azubuike OKECHUKWU (Nigeria) Kelechi NWAKALI (Nigeria) Zinedine FERHAT (Algeria) Adama TRAORE (Mali) Victor OSIMHEN (Nigeria) Kermit ERASMUS (South Africa)
<<Print>>