Prize Kinshasa, May 3rd, 2021 (CPA).– Congolese international Gael Kakuta, member of RC Lens (French League 1) is among the three nominees for Vivien Foe Prize 2021, international media recently announced.
During the proclamation of the place of each of the three nominees on the podium and the award ceremony on May 17th, the Leopard Gael Kakuta will face two other competitors namely the Algerian striker from Montpellier, Andy Delort, and the spearhead of the attack on Olympique Lyonnais, the Zimbabwean Tino Kadewere.
The presence of these three competing players will mark the history of Marc-Vivien Foe Prize, a distinction created by Radio France Internationale (RFI) in 2009 to mark the memory of Cameroonian Marc-Vivien Foe, a distinction awarded in partnership with the television channel France 24 since 2011.
According to the statistics of the prize list, no Congolese, Zimbabwean or Algerian player has ever reached the podium following his performances in the French League 1 championship. The presence of these three nominees in the final is a first.
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According to the organizers, the name of the lucky winner will be revealed just after the matches of the penultimate day of League 1, on May 17th, to the succession of Nigerian Victor Osimhen, who has become a member of the Italian club Napoli.
In view of the talent and the exploits achieved by the Congolese from Lens, there is a lot of hope that the latter, who has toured several European teams, before returning to his training club, wins the pawn of his two competitors. In the meantime, the winners of the Marc-Vivien Foe Prize are as follows: 2009 Marouane Chamakh from Bordeaux (Morocco), 2010 Gervinho from Lille (Ivory Coast), 2011 Gervinho from Lille (Ivory Coast), 2012 Younès Belhanda from Montpellier (Tunisia), 2013 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from AS Saint Etienne (Gabon), 2014 Vincent Enyeama from Lille (Nigeria), 2015 André Ayew from Marseille (Ghana), 2016 Sofiane Boufal from Lille (Morocco), 2017 Jean Michaël Seri from OGC Nice (Ivory Coast), 2018 Karl Toko-Ekambi from Angers (Cameroon), 2019 Nicolas Pépé from Olympique Lyonnais (Côte d’Ivoire), 2020 Victor Osimhen from Olympique Lyonnais (Nigeria). ACP /