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THE SMART NEWS SOURCE | Jul 30 2010 00:09 | LAST UPDATED Jul 30 2010 00:09 |
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Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was on Thursday named African Footballer of the Year for 2009, the second time the Côte d'Ivoire international his won the award. Drogba pushed Inter Milan and Cameroon skipper Samuel Eto'o into second place in the vote amongst national team coaches from Confederation of African Football (CAF) member nations. Drogba also won in 2006, again ahead of Eto'o, but was denied the continent's top individual prize in 2007 when he failed to attend the awards ceremony in Togo. Ghana and Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien was third. TP Mazembe of DR Congo, who clinched the CAF Champions League for the first time in 49 years, were named the best club ahead of Nigeria's Heartland and CAF Confederation winners Stade Malien of Mali. Mazembe skipper Tresor Mputu Mabi picked up the award for best African player based on the continent. Sellas Tetteh was voted best coach after he led Ghana to the Fifa Under-20 World Cup in September, while Ghana striker Dominic Adiyiah was African Young Footballer of the Year following his goals in the tournament in Egypt. Algeria were adjudged the best national team after they upset African champions and bitter rivals Egypt to qualify for the World Cup. -- AFP  CONTINUES BELOW TOPICS IN THIS ARTICLE
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I thought these are African football awards. If they are, then what about the national team of the year? Referee of the year? coach of the year? CAF fair play award? save of the year? goal of the year? Football association of the year? Moment of brilliance of the year? Players players of the year? Soccer journalist of the year? The most influential soccer administrator? etc etc
Nkanyiso Mathamba on March 12, 2010, 10:52 am
This is daylight robbery, Eto did well than drogba last season, he worn the spanish cup, won the spanish league, won the champions league and was the 2nd highest goal scorer. HOW COME DROGBA WORN??? HE HAD NOTHING LAST SEASON
Ray Romeo on March 13, 2010, 12:45 pm
This is nonsense.
Scoring goals in Europe doesn't make you necessarily the best for African football. These so called great african players in European leagues got trashed in Angola. The African Footballer of the year should have been Geddo top scorer or Ahmed Hassan best player at the African Cup of Nations. I hope the Egyptian players will win the award this year. None of the African teams participating in the 2010 world cup will even past the first round. For the moment to win the African Cup is the greatest achievement any African team can boast. To just figure at the world cup to only exit by the back door is not an achievement.
Musha Liti on March 20, 2010, 9:30 pm
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Star man Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was on Thursday named African Footballer of the Year for 2009, the second time he has won the award. (Gallo)
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