Yaya Toure has been named the 2013 African Footballer of the Year at the Glo CAF Awards in Lagos, Nigeria.
This is the third time in succession that the Ivory Coast midfielder has been installed the best player on the continent.
The 30-year-old has equaled the record set by Abedi Pele and Samuel Eto'o with a hat-trick of wins.
Ghanaian Abedi Pele won three in a row between 1991-93 while Cameroonian Eto'o took the award from 2003-05. Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel was the runner-up, with Ivory Coast and Galatasaray striker Didier Drogba third.
“I am very proud and very happy to receive this award, but would also like to congratulate my brothers, John Obi Mikel and Didier Drogba,” the Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder said upon receiving the award for the third time.
Recent Caf Player of the Year winners
2013 Yaya Toure
2012 Yaya Toure
2011 Yaya Toure
2010 Samuel Eto'o
2009 Didier Drogba
2008 Emmanuel Adebayor
2007 Frederic Kanoute
2006 Didier Drogba
2013 Yaya Toure
2012 Yaya Toure
2011 Yaya Toure
2010 Samuel Eto'o
2009 Didier Drogba
2008 Emmanuel Adebayor
2007 Frederic Kanoute
2006 Didier Drogba
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