Enyeama Named Best African Player in Ligue 1

Enyeama Named Best African Player in Ligue 1

The Lille goalkeeper has joined the impressive line
up of winners of the Radio France International-
France 24 prize named in honour of late
Cameroonian midfielder Marc Vivien Foe
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. w