360 Official: Aubameyang named African Footballer of the Year

Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has won Africa’s top
football honour beating Ivorian Yaya Toure and Ghanaian
Dede Ayew to the 2015 Caf African Footballer of the Year
award.

The 26-year-old polled 143 points, seven more than Toure
whilst Ayew finished a distant third with 112 points to
claim the prize for the first time, capping a season where he
has put up stellar performances for his Bundesliga outfit,
Borussia Dortmund.


He becomes the first player from the German league to win
the award having finished as runner-up in the 2014 edition
staged in Lagos.

The recipient of the award is decided by national team
coaches and technical directors in Africa – with Yaya and
Samuel Eto'o the most-honoured individual with four.

Aubameyang was also included on the African finest XI
shortlist that had the trio Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen, Kelechi
Nwakali and Etebo Oghenekaro on the reserve.

WINNERS IN FULL

AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Pierre-Emerick
AUBAMEYANG (Gabon)

AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR – BASED IN AFRICA -
Mbwana Aly SAMATTA

WOMEN’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’Ivoire

REFEREE OF THE YEAR - Bakary Papa GASSAMA (Gambia)

NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR - Cote d’Ivoire

WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR - Cameroon

CLUB OF THE YEAR - TP Mazembe (DR Congo)

AFRICAN LEGEND
Charles Kumi GYAMFI (Ghana)
Samuel MBAPPE LEPPE (Cameroon)

AFRICA FINEST XI

Goalkeeper: 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)

Substitutes

Djigui DIARRA (Mali)
Azubuike OKECHUKWU (Nigeria)
Kelechi NWAKALI (Nigeria)
Zinedine FERHAT (Algeria)
Adama TRAORE (Mali)
Victor OSIMHEN (Nigeria)
Kermit ERASMUS (South Africa)