AWARD FOR DROGBA

• zocoss

  2 Mar 07, 10:30

  
  
  Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been named African Player of the Year for 2006, beating Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o by just five votes.
  
  The Ivory Coast forward ended the Cameroonian's three-year grip on the title after polling 79 votes from coaches of the member states of the Confederation of African Football.
  
  Drogba's Stamford Bridge team-mate and Ghana midfielder Michael Essien was third with 36 votes.
  
  Arsenal defenders Emmanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure and Tottenham midfielder Didier Zokora, all Ivory Coast internationals, were named in the team of the year with Chelsea rivals Drogba and Essien the other Premiership stars to feature.
  
• zocoss

  2 Mar 07, 10:37

  Awards:
  
  African Footballer of the Year: Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Ivory Coast)
  
  Team of the Year: Ghana
  
  Club of the Year: Al Ahli (Egypt)
  
  Coach of the Year: Manuel Jose (Al Ahli, Egypt)
  
  Young African Player of the Year: Taye Taiwo (Olympique Marseille and Nigeria)
  
  African club competition Player of the Year: Mohamed Aboutrika (Al Ahli, Egypt)
  
  Women's Footballer of the Year: Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria).
• Patrik

  2 Mar 07, 10:39

  I thought what award.
  
• zocoss

  2 Mar 07, 11:59

  Originally posted by Patrik:

  I thought what award.
  

  You are trying to be mischievous is it...
  
  Or what other award can he win besides this...
  
• CKeer

  2 Mar 07, 12:02

  I see i see... Eto'o isn't performing well this season and closing stages of last season so i wasn't surprised at all when Dogba gets the award.
  
  Cheers.
  C.K
• zocoss

  2 Mar 07, 12:37

  Eto wasn't even playing... his country didn't make it to the WC, and he was injured for quite sometime already... recently just came back and seem to be on form again... He just lost by five votes when he didn't even play in the WC and the 2nd half of last year... cos of injury.
• lalaTearz

  2 Mar 07, 16:05

  drogba perform was gd tis season...he scored some nice goals...his goal tally going 30 soon...any more strikers in europe goal tally hitting 30? i think essien performance was gd too..especially in the world cup...when ghana go against czech...
• used

  2 Mar 07, 16:08

  he deserves it
• Patrik

  3 Mar 07, 02:14

  Originally posted by zocoss:

  You are trying to be mischievous is it...
  
  Or what other award can he win besides this...
  

  U know.
  I know.
  Only real fans understand.
  
• allentyb

  3 Mar 07, 02:16

  chey~
  
  i thought he got the best diver award
• zocoss

  3 Mar 07, 02:19

  Originally posted by Patrik:

  U know.
  I know.
  Only real fans understand.
  

  Haha... i like the way you put it... so funny.
  
  "Only real fans understand."
• SumOne

  3 Mar 07, 03:07

  I expected it. With the way he's been putting away goals for Chelsea, it's hard not to see him getting it.
• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  3 Mar 07, 11:44

  i wan eto'o