Is Yaya Toure the only Footballer in Africa?

Some things do not usually happen often and so history was made in Africa as Manchester City's Yaya Toure was named the African Player of the Year 2014 by the Confederation of African Football at an awards ceremony held in Lagos Nigeria on Thursday evening.

The Ivoirian won the title for a fourth straight time beating off competition from local favourite Vincent Enyeama and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the title.

Toure, 31, was nominated after playing a pivotal role in winning the Premier League and League Cup.
He also helped Ivory Coast qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Toure beat off the challenge of Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama.

Midfielder Toure scored 20 goals in City's title-winning campaign and also netted the equaliser in the 3-1 Capital One Cup final victory over Sunderland at Wembley last March.
He has nine goals in 26 appearances for City in all competitions so far this season, including six goals in his last nine outings.

Toure also made the Fifa shortlist for the 2014 Ballon D'Or prize in October.
However, he has also had to contend with the disappointment of being part of an Ivory Coast side that lost two out of their three World Cup games.
Everton striker Samuel Eto'o is the only other player to win the African Footballer of the Year award four times but his achievement was not in successive years.

The result of the Poll for the award was met with mixed reaction from fans in the continent. Though many acknowledged that Toure deserves the award, some others believe that Nigerian Vincent Enyeama did enough to lay claim to the title of "King of Africa". The historical 4th straight victory for Yaya Toure as the Best player in Africa has put this question on the lips of many "Is Yaya Toure the only Footballer excelling in Africa and if so why?"