[ 2011-11-25 ]

Andre Ayew in the hunt to succeed Asamoah Gyan as BBC African Footballer of the Year

Fans urged to vote massively for Ayew to win BBC gong
GHANAsoccernet.com has launched a campaign to have
midfielder Andre Dede Ayew grab this year’s BBC
Africa Footballer of the Year award.

The Ghana international is in contention with
Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o, the Ivorian duo of
Gervinho and Yaya Toure and Mali’s Seydou Keita
to succeed Asamoah Gyan who won it last year.

Ayew, 21, in the year under review helped
Marseille clinch the French League Cup and Super
Cup.

In fact it was his hat-trick that helped Marseille
to rally from two goals down to beat champions
Lille 5-4 in the Super Cup in July.

By the end of the season in May he had scored 11
goals for Marseille and so far this season he has
netted four times for the French giants.

He was also instrumental in the Black Stars
qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
with an unbeaten record.

Dede’s recent success comes off the heels of
impressive performances for Ghana at the 2010
World Cup that went a long way to giving him an
identity of his own.

That tournament came after another great display
for the Black Stars at the 2010 Nations Cup and a
year earlier at the 2009 Under 20 World Cup when
he captained Ghana to Africa’s first title at
that level.

The award will be won by the nominee with maximum
votes which ends on December 9 with the winner
being revealed on 16th December during BBC’s
live broadcast of Sports Today.

Source - Ghanasoccer

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