CAF disclose the finest XI for the year 2009...

Africa’s best 11 players of 2009 were unveiled at the Glo-CAF awards on Thursday night in Accra, Ghana.

They will be presented with individual certificates at their respective base.

They are:

Goalkeeper – Muteba Kidiaba (T.P Mazembe and DR Congo)

Defenders – John Paintsil (Fulham and Ghana), Nadir Belhadj (Portsmouth and Algeria), Wael Gomaa (Al-Ahly and Egypt)

Midfielders – Alexander Song (Arsenal and Cameroon), Michael Essien (Chelsea and Ghana), Seydou Keita (Barcelona and Mali), Yaya Toure (Barcelona and Ivory Coast)

Attackers – Tresor Mputu Mabi (T.P. Mazembe and DR Congo), Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan and Cameroon), Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Ivory Coast)