Yaya Toure beats Mikel Obi and Victor Moses to win African Footballer of the Yearaward

Manchester City's Yaya Toure has been named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year.
Toure who had been nominated in each of the past five years but had never won, beat off competition from several players incuding Nigerians, Chelsea anchor man John Obi Mikel and on-loan Liverpool forward Victor Moses to win the award.

PAST WINNERS

2012 - Christopher Katongo (Zambia and Henan Construction)
2011 - Andre 'Dede' Ayew (Marseille & Ghana)
2010 - Asamoah Gyan (Sunderland & Ghana)
2009 - Didier Drogba (Chelsea & Ivory Coast)
2008 - Mohamed Aboutrika (Al Ahly & Egypt)
2007 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal & Togo)
2006 - Michael Essien (Chelsea & Ghana)
2005 - Mohamed Barakat (Al Ahly & Egypt)
2004 - Jay Jay Okocha (Bolton & Nigeria)
2003 - Jay Jay Okocha (Bolton & Nigeria)
2002 - El Hadji Diouf (Liverpool & Senegal)
2001 - Sammy Kuffour (Bayern Munich & Ghana)
2000 - Patrick Mboma (Parma & Cameroon)