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One of the greatest African players of all time, Touré was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [7] [8] Touré began his playing career at Ivorian club ASEC Mimosas, where he made his debut at age 18. His performances attracted attention from Europe.
Aliou Cissé (lost 2002 final as a player, lost 2019 final and won 2021 final as a manager, all with Senegal) Mahmoud El-Gohary (won 1959 final as a player and won 1998 final as a manager, both with Egypt) Stephen Keshi (lost both 1984 final and 1988 final and won 1994 final as a player; and won 2013 final as a manager, all with Nigeria)
An earlier African Footballer of the Year Golden Ball award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by France Football magazine. The changes resulted in parallel Golden Ball awards given out to Abedi Pele and George Weah in 1993 [3] and 1994 [4] by the magazine, although the CAF sponsored awards for those years were won respectively by Rashidi Yekini and Emmanuel Amuneke, as well as two awards ...
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Yaya Touré: Manchester City 20 4 Sergio Agüero: Manchester City 17 Wayne Rooney: Manchester United 6 Wilfried Bony: Swansea City 16 Edin Džeko: Manchester City Olivier Giroud: Arsenal 9 Romelu Lukaku: Everton 15 Jay Rodriguez: Southampton
The final tally of 102 league goals was at the time the second-highest Premier League season total and one goal short of Chelsea's 2009–10 record. [6] This was also the first Premier League season where a team had three individual players each score more than 15 goals, with City accomplishing the feat courtesy of Yaya Touré , Sergio Agüero ...
Statistics sourcing. David Silva won four Premier Leagues titles, two FA Cups and five League Cups with Manchester City between 2010 and 2020. All of the Player of the Year data in the table is sourced from the history pages of the Happy to be Blue! web site, which lists all award winners up to, and including, season 2011–12.
In association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official appearance for their national team. This article lists all men's football players who have played in 100 or more official international matches for a national football team according to association football's world governing body FIFA.