{"id":20347,"date":"2011-12-23T12:37:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T12:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/ghana-toure-claims-african-player-of-the-year-award\/"},"modified":"2011-12-23T12:37:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T12:37:04","slug":"ghana-toure-claims-african-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/23\/ghana-toure-claims-african-player-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana: Toure Claims African Player of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanafa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana Football Association<\/a> (Accra)<\/p>\n<p>22 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Ivory Coast&#8217;s Yaya Toure wins African Player of the Year for the first time Thursday, pipping Seydou Keita and Andre Ayew to the 2011 award.<\/p>\n<p>Toure,28, came out top in the annual award for the year under review sponsored by telecommunication company, Glo Mobile.<\/p>\n<p>He was followed by Keita and Ayew. The three players received the Golden, Silver and Bronze trophies respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Toure starred as Manchester City helping them to win the English FA Cup by scoring the final goal against Stoke City and has continued his heroics as they lead the standings this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>African Player of the Year 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Yaya Toure (Manchester City and Cote d&#8217;Ivoire) &#8211; Gold<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Seydou Keita (Barcelona and Mali) &#8211; Silver<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille and Ghana) &#8211; Bronze<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>African Player of the Year 2011 (Based in Africa)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Oussama Darragi (Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Tunisia)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>National Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Botswana<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s National Team of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Cameroon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Club of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Promising Talent of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Souleymane Coulibaly (Tottenham Hotspurs and Cote d&#8217;Ivoire)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coach of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Harouna Doula (Niger)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s Footballer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)<\/em><\/p>\n<div readability=\"32.9375\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/csi\/00190100_72c4fdf70a6c963a9abec9ba19fde1b4\/w260x.png\" width=\"260\" height=\"173\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafonline.com\/\">CAF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CAF Awards Gala held on Thursday, December 22 at the Banquet Hall, State House in Accra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Referee of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Noumandiez Doue (Cote d&#8217;Ivoire)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Legend Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Austin &#8216;Jay-Jay&#8217; Okocha (Nigeria)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Platinum Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>H.E. John Evans Atta-Mills (President, the Republic of Ghana)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>African XI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Samir Aboud (Libya), Harrison Afful (Ghana), Banana Yaya (Cameroon), Ayoub Eikhiqi (Morocco), Taye Taiwo (Nigeria), Seydou Keita (Mali), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana) Yaya Toure (Cote d&#8217;Ivoire), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Moussa Sow (Senegal) and Samuel Eto&#8217;o<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ghana Football Association (Accra) 22 December 2011 Ivory Coast&#8217;s Yaya Toure wins African Player of the Year for the first time Thursday, pipping Seydou Keita and Andre Ayew to the 2011 award. Toure,28, came out top in the annual award for the year under review sponsored by telecommunication company, Glo Mobile. 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