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Nigerian
goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, and his Super Eagles counterpart, John Obi
Mikel,have both made their way into the list of top African players for
the year 2010.

Enyeama,
who plays for Israeli side, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Chelsea of England’s
Mikel, were named alongside nine other African footballers plying their
trade in Europe by listeners of the radio programme, Peak Soccer
Moments. Freisland Foods, makers of Peak Milk, is one of the sponsors
of Nigeria’s senior national men’s football team, the Super Eagles.

Over
10,000 votes were cast by listeners from across the country, and
Enyeama, who had an outstanding 2010 for both club and country, got the
nod ahead of other African goalkeepers to emerge as the continent’s
best. On the other hand, Mikel, even though he didn’t get to appear at
the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, was picked alongside other top
African midfielders such as Manchester City and Cote d’Ivoire’s Yaya
Toure, Marseille and Ghana’s Andre Ayew, and Everton’s South African
ace Steven Pienaar.

Based
on a 4-4-2 formation, the selection also includes defenders John
Pantsil and John Mensah, both from Ghana, Cameroon’s Bennoit
Assou-Ekotto and Cote d’Ivoire’s Kolo Toure, as well as strikers
Asamoah Gyan of Ghana and Cameroonian legend Samuel Eto’o who, along
with the older of the Toure brothers, Kolo, are the only players to
have appeared in the all-star line-up since it started in 2005.