Fans urged to vote massively for Ayew to win BBC gong

Published on: 24 November 2011

GHANAsoccernet.com has launched a campaign to have midfielder Andre Dede Ayew grab this year's BBC Africa Footballer of the Year award.

The Ghana international is in contention with Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o, the Ivorian duo of Gervinho and Yaya Toure and Mali's Seydou Keita to succeed Asamoah Gyan who won it last year.

Ayew, 21, in the year under review helped Marseille clinch the French League Cup and Super Cup.

In fact it was his hat-trick that helped Marseille to rally from two goals down to beat champions Lille 5-4 in the Super Cup in July.

By the end of the season in May he had scored 11 goals for Marseille and so far this season he has netted four times for the French giants.

He was also instrumental in the Black Stars qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with an unbeaten record.

Dede's recent success comes off the heels of impressive performances for Ghana at the 2010 World Cup that went a long way to giving him an identity of his own.

That tournament came after another great display for the Black Stars at the 2010 Nations Cup and a year earlier at the 2009 Under 20 World Cup when he captained Ghana to Africa's first title at that level.

The award will be won by the nominee with maximum votes which ends on December 9 with the winner being revealed on 16th December during BBC's live broadcast of Sports Today.

Fans are therefore urged to vote massively for Ghana's only representative in the gunning via the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specialreports/bbc_african_footballer_of_the_year_2011.shtml?ocid=AFOY_BBCAfricanFootball

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