Glo-Caf Awards: All the winners

Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been

crowned CAF African Player of the Year for the first time.

The 26-year old beat Ivorian Yaya Toure and Ghana's

Andre Ayew to the crown, the most prestigious individual

award in African football. He polled 143 points, seven

more than Toure whilst Ayew finished a distant third with

112 points.



He thus becomes the first from his country, Gabon, to win

the prize and was decorated at the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards

Gala held on Thursday, 7 January 2016 at the International

Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.

The feat by Aubameyang ended the four-year reign of

Toure, which lasted 2011 to 2014.

For the African Player of the Year – Based in Africa,

Tanzanian Mbwana Aly Samatta was decorated, becoming

the first from East Africa to win the coveted prize, reserved

for footballers plying their trade on the continent.



Samatta garnered 127 points, ahead of his TP Mazembe

teammate and DR Congo goalkeeper Robert Muteba

Kidiaba, who amassed 88 points. Algerian Baghdad

Bounedjah trailed in third place with 63 points.

Cameroonian Gaelle Enganamouit was adjudged Women's

Player of the Year becoming the first from her country to

pick up the prize.



It was double delight for hosts Nigeria with two prizes,

Victor Osimhen – Youth Player of the Year and Etebo Peter

Oghenekaro – Most Promising Talent of the Year.



FULL WINNERS

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)