….as Drogba, Toure, others make
list
African football fans have been
given the power to decide who
becomes the 2012 BBC African
Footballer of the Year.
Meanwhile, five candidates have
been shortlisted.They are: Yaya
Toure of Ivory Coast, his Ivorian
team-mate Didier Drogba,
Senegal’s Demba Ba, Morocco’s
Younes Belhanda and Zambia
skipper Christopher Katongo.
African football fans, will have
until Thursday, December 13, to
vote for their choice, while the
winner will be announced on
Monday, December 17.
No doubt, it has been an
outstanding year for all the
nominees, with four of the players
winning silverware. Drogba could
not have bid a better farewell to
Chelsea at the end of the season
after scoring the winning penalty
to clinch the Champions League
trophy for the first time in the
club’s history, and also scoring
what proved to be the winning
goal in the FA Cup final.
His Ivorian compatriot, Toure, was
a key player for Manchester City
as the Sky Blues were crowned
Premier League champions for the
first time – and their first top-flight
title for 44 years.
A domestic title was also earned
by Belhanda, whose 12 goals and
all-round performances were a
huge
factor as Montpellier pulled off a
major surprise to win the French
Ligue 1 championship.
On the international scene, there
was yet another first as Katongo
led from the front for Zambia,
skippering them to a shock victory
in the Africa Cup of Nations,
where Chipolopolo beat Ivory
Coast on penalties in the final.
Ba fared less well at the Nations
Cup, with Senegal going out of
the competition at the group
stage, but he enjoyed personal
success with Newcastle where he
ended last season as the club’s top
scorer with 17 goals, helping them
to finish fifth in the table.
Among the five contenders, who
will you vote for?
Previous winners of the award:
2011 – Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew
(Marseille & Ghana)
2010 – Asamoah Gyan
(Sunderland & Ghana)
2009 – Didier Drogba (Chelsea &
Ivory Coast)
2008 – Mohamed Aboutrika (Al
Ahly & Egypt)
2007 – Emmanuel Adebayor
(Arsenal & Togo)
2006 – Michael Essien (Chelsea &
Ghana)
2005 – Mohamed Barakat (Al Ahly
& Egypt)
2004 – Jay Jay Okocha (Bolton &
Nigeria)
2003 – Jay Jay Okocha (Bolton &
Nigeria)
2002 – El Hadji Diouf (Liverpool &
Senegal)
2001 – Sammy Kuffour (Bayern
Munich & Ghana)
2000 – Patrick Mboma (Parma &
Cameroon)
Source:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/who-wins-bbc-african-footballer-award/

Its not FIFA/CAF recognised award voted by fans