Drogba best in Africa

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was on Thursday named African Footballer of the Year for 2009, the second time the Dote d'Ivoire international his won the award.

Drogba pushed Inter Milan and Cameroon skipper Samuel Eto'o into second place in the vote among national team coaches from Confederation of African Football (CAF) member-nations.

Drogba also won in 2006, again ahead of Eto'o, but was denied the continent's top individual prize in 2007 when he failed to attend the awards ceremony in Togo.