Yacine Brahimi, the 24 year old Algerian and Porto forward has been named 2014 BBC African Footballer of the Year.
Brahimi beats Vincent Enyeama, Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ivorian duo Gervinho and Yaya Toure to win the award.
Brahimi is the first Algerian to win the award. The happy player told BBC Sport that;
“It’s a big honour for me to receive this wonderful trophy. I owe it to my country, Algeria, and to all the people who voted for me.
It’s also a trophy for the whole of Africa, because it rewards an African player. So I am really very happy.This trophy is going to give me more strength, more desire to work, to get better, to learn so that I can keep having great performances,”
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