Enyeama named among Ligue 1’s top African footballers of the week

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has been named as one of the top five African Players of the Week in the French Ligue 1.

According to the list ,published by France Football on Monday, Enyeama is the third of the lot.

His selection is as a result of his brilliant performance for Lille in their 0-0 away draw against Dijon on Saturday.

With the help of his two centre-backs, Marko Baša and Simon Kjær, Enyeama kept 11 consecutive clean sheets in Ligue 1 matches during the first half of the 2013 season.

Aside Sebastian Corchia, the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner is the second Ligue 1 player to have featured in all of Lille’s 21 league games this season.

He joined Lille in June 2011 and has now played 118 games for the team.

Enyeama became an idol of Lille and French football fans when he almost equalled the record of Gaetan Huard in the French League.

He came within 114 minutes of equalling Gaëtan Huard’s Ligue 1 goalkeeping record but on December 8, 2013, Enyeama finally conceded a goal after playing 1,062 minutes of Ligue 1 football in an away match against Bordeaux, during which he was beaten by Landry N’Guémo’s deflected strike in the 27th minute.

Other players on the list are Cheick Diabate of Metz and Mali, Francois Kamano of Bordeaux and Guinea, Prince Oniangué of Bastia and Congo, and Guingamp and Senegal’s Moustapha Diallo.