Douala, Cameroon Africa. Janaury 2011. (Cameroon News) – Benoit Assou-Ekotto has been given the title of the MoneyGram (International Money Transfer Company) African Player of the Month award for November.
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In contrast to his very vocal team mate and co player Gareth bale who goes quite out of the way with his words and earns rave comments from the press and the media in the deal, the Cameroon national Assou-Ekotto finishes off his work with efficiency without so much so as even uttering a single sound.
He has always been a consistent performer at left back and has played a major role in getting the Spurs to the position that they presently hold in the Premier and Champions League competitions. Assou-Ekotto is now getting to be quite irreplaceable in his team Spurs’ race to the top.
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The Spurs left back was selected as the MoneyGram African Player of the Month for November, after he has been able to successfully overtake two of his arch rivals; Sunderland s Ghanian striker Asamoah Gyan and Manchester City’s Yaya Toure.
The Voice of Sport has been partnering with money transfer biggies MoneyGram International to put in place the African Footballer of the Month awards.
With African football being in the limelight and in the forefront of all major soccer news in 2010 – with South Africa playing host to the biggest football extravaganza of the globe- the World Cup in the summer and Ghana almost reaching the tournaments semi final matches – football on the continent is in a never before state of frenzy and excitement.
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The MoneyGram African Player of the Month awards are selected on the basis of the votes cast by soccer fans and the public in favor of their favorite player starting from the month of May throughout the rest of the year.
Once the end of the season is reached, voice readers are given the opportunity to cast their votes for one of the eight monthly winners which in turn will determine the African Player of the Season.
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