Nigeria goalkeeper and acting Captain, Vincent Enyeama has been crowned Africa's best player in the French Ligue 1 football championship for the 2013-14 season.
The Lille goalkeeper emerged winner of the 'RFI - FRANCE 24 Marc-Vivien Foé Award' ahead of Toulouse and Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier and Cameroon international, 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 win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and has been listed on Coach steven Keshi's 30 man list ahead of 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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