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Yaya Toure wins fourth straight African Player of Year award

By AFP
Africa Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Fulham in Manchester, England on March 22, 2014.  By Andrew Yates AFPFile
JAN 8, 2015 LISTEN
Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Fulham in Manchester, England on March 22, 2014. By Andrew Yates (AFP/File)

Lagos (AFP) - Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfield star Yaya Toure on Thursday became the first player to win four successive African Footballer of the Year awards.

The 31-year-old beat off the challenge of Gabon and Borussia Dortmund star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, who plays for Lille in France.

Toure equalled Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o as a four-time winner, but he is the first to claim four awards in a row.

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