The Lille goalkeeper has joined the impressive line up of winners of the
Radio France International-France 24 best African prize named in honour
of the late Cameroonian midfielder
Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has won the RFI - FRANCE 24 Marc-Vivien Foé Award for the best African player in the French Ligue 1 football championship for the 2013-14 season, it has been announced.
The
Lille goalkeeper won out over Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier
(Toulouse FC) and Cameroon international player Henri Bedimo (Olympique
Lyonnais).
Enyeama, 31, was picked by a jury composed of French
football journalists after each member selected three names from a list
of 10 players previously drawn up by the RFI and France 24 sports
departments.
After putting in some remarkable performances right
throughout the season, Enyeama impressed football enthusiasts by
keeping a clean sheet for 11 consecutive matches (1062 minutes).
With
82 caps to his credit in the national team, he helped the Super Eagles
to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and will be playing with them
in the World Cup in Brazil.
The Trophy for the Best African
Ligue 1 player was renamed the Marc-Vivien Foé Award in 2011 in tribute
to the Cameroonian player who died unexpectedly during a match in Lyon's
Gerland stadium on June 26, 2003.
The Nigerian had lost the
Professional Footballers Union (UNFP) best goalkeeper award on Sunday
evening to Paris Saint Germain's Salvatore Sirigu.
Previous
winners of the RFI-France 24 Marc Vivien Foe trophy are Marouane Chamakh
2009 (Morocco), Gervinho 2010 & 2011 (Ivory Coast), Younès Belhanda
2012 (Morocco) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) in 2013.
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