Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Samuel Eto'o wins CAF African Player of the Year award fourth time!

 Samuel Eto'o (R) holds his 2010 African Footballer of the Year award while standing with Asamoah Gyan of Ghana 
When You win once, Its incredible, twice Overwhelming...four times!...You are Flaming and Really good at acceptance speeches. Cameroon Samuel Eto'o InterMilan Striker won African player of the year award yet again at the annual Confederation of African Football awards ceremony in Cairo, mainly due to his stunning club form for Inter Milan . He helped the side to the Treble last season, and has scored a staggering 16 goals and set up five so far this term.
He has broken the record over the three-time winners Abedi Pele and George Weah...This made me think a little..what have you won this year?
Egyptian national team captain Ahmed Hassan (R) greets Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o during the annual Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards ceremony in Cairo

"It is a pleasure to be a winner again, to take it for the fourth time against such top opposition," he said after the ceremony in Cairo."Africa now has so many good players and there is lots of talent coming up, so this might be a last chance for me."

The winner of Monday's (20th December) award was decided by votes from national coaches of the continent's 53 countries affiliated to the Confederation of African Football (Caf).
Former Ghana boss Milovan Rajevac was named Coach of the Year,..African Coach of the year to be specific The only down side is that he is Serbian ...
seeing off competition from TP Mazembe's Lamine N'Diaye and Egypt's Hassan Shehata.
Ghana were also voted National Team of the Year ahead of Algeria and Egypt, while Udinese midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah was named Young Player of the Year ahead of Algeria's Ryad Boudebouz and Niger striker Moussa Maazou.
Veteran Egypt midfielder and captain Ahmed Hassan, 35, won the award for the best Africa-based player.And of course, Its not an African Ceremony if there are no African Dances now is it...


Egyptian singer Tamer Hosni performs at the annual Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards ceremony

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