{"id":15613,"date":"2016-04-27T06:01:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=15613"},"modified":"2016-04-27T06:09:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:09:40","slug":"enyeama-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/enyeama-award","title":{"rendered":"Enyeama Earns A Nomination For Ligue 1&#8217;s Best Goalkeeper Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The 33-year-old Nigerian footballer was named in the top 10 list of goalies in Europe for the 2015-2016 season published by\u00a0the Swiss-based CIES Football Observatory. The former Super Eagles captain earned the impressive 6th position behind\u00a0Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich, Jan Oblak of Atletico Madrid, Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus, Kevin Trapp of PSG and Claudio Bravo of Barcelona. He is the only African goalkeeper to figure on the list.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15617\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/vincent_enyeama_-_hapoel_tel-aviv.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/vincent_enyeama_-_hapoel_tel-aviv.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/vincent_enyeama_-_hapoel_tel-aviv-600x405.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/vincent_enyeama_-_hapoel_tel-aviv-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/00\/Vincent_Enyeama_-_Hapoel_Tel-Aviv.JPG\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A close-to-perfect season<\/h2>\n<p>Enyeama kept 14 clean sheets for Lille this season. This stellar performance earned him a nomination\u00a0for the best goalkeeper award in the French Ligue 1 by\u00a0the Professional Union of French Players (UNFP). This is his\u00a0second nomination in three years. He will be competing with Lyon&#8217;s Anthony Lopes, Saint-Etienne&#8217;s Stephane Ruffier, and Marseille&#8217;s Steve Mandanda, who won last year&#8217;s award. When he received the nomination, Enyeama shared a picture on his Instagram account, thanking God, his close ones, and the Lille OSC organization.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15619\" style=\"width: 708px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-27-at-1-47-04-am.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"708\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-27-at-1-47-04-am.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-27-at-1-47-04-am-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-27-at-1-47-04-am-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BCK50PIzan7\/?taken-by=vinny2908&amp;hl=en\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/football-siblings\">SEE ALSO:\u00a010 Football Players Who Aren\u2019t As Famous As Their Brothers. 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