Marc-Vivien Foe award: Podium finish for Moffi as ex-Newcastle man named best African in Ligue 1

Former Newcastle defender, Chancel Mbemba has beaten Nigerian striker Terem Moffi and Ivorian midfielder Seko Fofana to the African Player of the Year award in Ligue 1 which is otherwise known as the Marc-Vivien Foé prize.
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Mbemba has been fantastic for Olympique de Marseille at the centre of defence this season and has helped them qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League.
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In what was a keenly contested vote, the Congolese defender amassed 207 points, Fofana scored 196 points while Moffi finished third with 125 points.
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​Moffi was nominated for his goalscoring exploits for Lorient and Nice this season.

He netted 12 goals in 18 games for Lorient before moving to Nice on a loan deal in the January transfer window and has gone on to score 5 goals in 15 games for them.
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Fofana who won it last year has also been brilliant in the middle of the park for RC Lens this season, scoring 7 goals and registering five assists.
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The winner is determined by votes of nearly 100 former players and journalists who specialize in French and African football.
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The award is named after a former Cameroonian International, Marc-Vivien Foé who died during the Indomitable Lions Confederations Cup semifinal with Colombia in 2003.
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The award was first given out in the 2008/2009 season and was won by Marouane Chamakh of Morocco and only two Nigerians have won it since then - Vincent Enyeama and Victor Osimhen.

Abdulkareem Abdulhamid

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