| Michael Essien shortlisted for BBC award |
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| Monday, 30 November 2009 | |
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The 2006 winner was named alongside team-mate Didier Drogba, Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'O Fils(Cameroon), TP Mazembe's Tresor Mputu Mabi and Ivory Coast Barcelona midfielder Yahya Toure on Monday on the Fast Track Programme.
Essien made the shortlist that was veted by leading football experts from each of the 52 countries in Africa who were asked to name three contenders in no order of preference.
They were asked to select their nominations on the following criteria:individual skill; technical ability; teamwork; consistency; impact on results and fair play.
Voting from football fans began on Monday evening for the African Footballer of the Year by SMS text and the winner will be named on 4 January from Angola.
Click the link below and vote for Ghana's Michael Essien to win the 2009 BBC African Player of the Year Award.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/2009/11/091130_afoy_2009_vote_page.shtml
VOTING BY TEXT You can also vote for the African Footballer of the Year by SMS text, here how you do it: Vote 1 for Didier Drogba To + 447786 200 070 Texts may be charged at your standard operator international message rate. Please check with your operator for exact costs. There will be a maximum of 10 entries per person. Any additional entries will not be counted but you will still be charged. |
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