Nigeria’s number one goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, has won the Radio France International Marc-Vivien Foé Award for the best African player in the French Ligue 1 football championship for the 2013-14 season.
The Lille goalkeeper was picked ahead of Ivory Coast defender, Serge Aurier (Toulouse FC) and Cameroun international player, Henri Bedimo (Olympique Lyonnais).
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 Camerounian player who died unexpectedly during a match in Lyon's Gerland Stadium on June 26, 2003.
Enyeama 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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