By Arinze Ude
Burkina Faso midfielder
Jonathan Pitroipa was voted 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations Player of the Tournament after his side lost the final 1-0 to Nigeria on Sunday.
Tunisian
Youssef Msakni took the Nissan Goal of the Tournament award for his curling effort against Algeria.
Despite scoring the same number of goals as Ghana’s Mubarak Wakaso, Nigerian
Emmanuel Emenike won the Pepsi Top Scorer prize because of his superior number of assists.
Victor Moses was awarded the Samsung Fair Play honour.
2013 AFCON team of the tournament is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Vincent Enyeama (NIG)
Defenders: Bakary Koné (BFA), Nando Maria Neves (CPV), Efe Ambrose (NIG)
Midfielders: Jonathan Pitroipa (BFA), Wakaso Mubarak (GHA), Seydou Keita (MLI), John Obi Mikel (NIG), Victor Moses (NIG)
Forwards: Asamoah Gyan (GHA), Emmanuel Emenike (NIG)
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This article was first published on 11th February 2013 and updated on February 12th, 2013 at 10:32 am
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