Yaya Toure wins BBC African footballer of the year

Manchester city player, Yaya Toure has been named as the BBC African Footballer of the Year on the back of a glorious year for his country, Ivory Coast.

BBC Africa confirmed the 32-year-old had triumphed for the second successive year, becoming only the third player in history to win the award twice after Nigeria’s Jay-Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu.


Speaking with BBC Sport after being handed the trophy, Toure expressed his pride at getting the better of some other stellar nominees:

''I am very proud. To receive this dedication from the fans is unbelievable.
Also I want to pay tribute to the other nominees. African football is growing up, becoming much better and we have fantastic young players coming through now.
We are all champions. We all want to win. For me to be the winner I am delighted and very happy. And as an African player, I want to lead all my younger brothers to be successful in the future.'' He said