Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been crowned as African Player of the Year at the 2015 Glo-CAF awards.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang named 2015 African Player of the Year
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leads winners at the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards
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The Gabon international and Borussia Dortmund player saw off competition from Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure and Ghana’s Andre Ayew to lift the award at an event in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday night.
The Gabon forward won with 143 points with 2014 African Player of the Year Yaya Toure of Manchester City being named the runner-up with 136 points. Andre Ayew who plays for English Premier League side Swansea City placed third with 112 points.
Other winners on the night:
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AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR – BASED IN AFRICA - Mbwana Aly SAMATTAWOMEN’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’IvoireREFEREE OF THE YEAR - Bakary Papa GASSAMA (Gambia)NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR - Cote d’IvoireWOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR - CameroonCLUB OF THE YEAR - TP Mazembe (DR Congo)AFRICAN LEGENDCharles Kumi GYAMFI (Ghana)Samuel MBAPPE LEPPE (Cameroon)AFRICA FINEST XIGoalkeeper: 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) SubstitutesDjigui DIARRA (Mali)Azubuike OKECHUKWU (Nigeria)Kelechi NWAKALI (Nigeria)Zinedine FERHAT (Algeria)Adama TRAORE (Mali)Victor OSIMHEN (Nigeria)Kermit ERASMUS (South Africa)
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