The Super Eagles custodian edged out Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier (Toulouse FC) and Cameroon international player Henri Bedimo (Olympique Lyonnais).
The 31-year-old was picked by a jury composed of French football journalists after each member selected three names from a list of 10 players previously drawn up by the RFI and France 24 sports departments.
After putting in some remarkable performances right throughout the season, Vincent Enyeama impressed football enthusiasts by keeping a clean sheet for 11 consecutive matches (1062 minutes) from late September and early December 2013.
Capped 82 times by the national team, he helped the Super Eagles to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and was named in the provisional World Cup squad for Brazil.
The Trophy for the Best African Ligue 1 player was renamed the Marc-Vivien Foé Award in 2011 in tribute to the Cameroonian player who died unexpectedly during a match in Lyon's Gerland stadium on June 26, 2003.
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