{"id":20102,"date":"2011-12-22T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/cote-divoires-yaya-toure-is-the-2011-african-player-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T22:20:00","slug":"cote-divoires-yaya-toure-is-the-2011-african-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/cote-divoires-yaya-toure-is-the-2011-african-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Cote D&#8217;Ivoire\u2019s Yaya Toure is the 2011 African Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/770\/cote-divoire\">Ivory Coast<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/10877\/yaya-tour%C3%A9\/national\">Yaya Toure<\/a> has been named the 2011 African Player of the Year at a ceremony in Ghana\u2019s capital, Accra on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"18\">The Manchester City player, who has had an impressive season, edged out Mali\u2019s Seydou Keita and Andre Ayew of Ghana to clinch the continent&#8217;s coveted football award.<\/p>\n<p>Keita, who plays for Spanish giants Barcelona, came second leaving the youngest contender Ayew of Olympique Marseille to finish third.<\/p>\n<p>Toure, during the year under review, helped the Citizens to win the English FA Cup by scoring in the final against Stoke City.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Barcelona, Toure became one of the most valuable players at Manchester City with his impeccable ball control, powerful play and his intelligent reading of the game.<\/p>\n<p>He was also one of the key players in Ivory Coast\u2019s successful campaign in the qualifying rounds for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has been named the 2011 African Player of the Year at a ceremony in Ghana\u2019s capital, Accra on Thursday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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