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Yaya Toure was named African Footballer of the Year for a record fourth straight time at the annual Confederation of African Football awards on Thursday
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Y
aya Toure was named African Footballer of the Year for a record fourth straight time at the annual Confederation of African Football awards on Thursday.
The Ivory Coast midfielder joins Samuel Eto'o as the only players to win the continent's top individual award four times but only Toure has done it in successive years, starting in 2011.
His latest triumph came ahead of two other finalists, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon and Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, in a poll of the coaches and captain's of Africa's national teams.
'I've been very blessed all these years,' Toure said at the ceremony. 'I want to thank all the football fans and say 'Thank you Africa'.'
Toure's award comes on the back of his stellar performances for Manchester City in the Premier League rather than his achievements with the Ivory Coast.
The Ivorians failed to reach the second round at last year's World Cup
in Brazil and struggled through the qualifiers for the 2015 African Nations Cup
