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Yaya Toure Wins 2015 BBC African Footballer of the Year Award

Manchester City’s Yaya Toure has been named as the BBC African Footballer of the Year on the back of a glorious year for his country, Ivory Coast.

BBC Africa confirmed the 32-year-old had triumphed for the second successive year, becoming only the third player in history to win the award twice after Nigeria’s Jay-Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu.

Here’s a look at Toure with the award, courtesy of the Manchester City Twitter feed:

.@YayaToure has been named 2015 BBC African Footballer of the Year. Full story: https://t.