CAF President Issa Hayatou (R) and FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter (2L) watches Alice Emiola (L) hold the CAF certificate awarded to her son, Emmanuel Adebayor (C) after being crowned African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards ceremony in Lagos on February 10, 2008. Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor, beat final nominees Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt and Ghana's Michael Essien to be named African footballer of the year in a vote that involved the national team coaches of CAF's 54 member-nations. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI