Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama is in line for a second straight Marc Vivien Foe Award for the best African player in the French Ligue 1.
Enyeama won a century of caps for Nigeria last month to match the record set by Joseph Yobo. He has also kept Lille in the hunt for international football next season. Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Lille of
France goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama is among 11 players in line for the prestigious Marc-Vivien Foe annual awards in France.
Last year, Enyeama won the award named after Cameroon star Foe, who died while in action in a FIFA Confederations Cup semifinals against Colombia in June 2003.
The other African players listed alongside Enyeama for the award include Ghana’s Andrew Ayew who plays for Olympique Marseille, his brother Jordan Ayew who is on the payroll of Lorient and Aymen Abdennour of Tunisia who plays his club football with AS Monaco.
Other nominees are Nabil Dirar of Morocco who plays for Monaco, Max-Alain Gradel of Ivory Coast who plays for Saint Etienne, Senegal’s Idrissa Gueye who plays for Lille, Algeria’s Aissa Mandi of Reims, Benjamin Moukandjo of Cameroun who stars for Reims and Clinton N’Jile of Cameroun and Lyon.
On January 8, Enyeama lost the African Player of the Year award to yaya Toure of Ivory Coast during the Glo/CAF Awards in Lagos.
Previous award winners include Gervinho of Cote d’Ivoire and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Gabon. 
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