Emmanuel Adebayor has been voted Togo Footballer of the Year for the fourth consecutive year by local sports journalists, it was announced on Monday.

The Arsenal striker returned to the national team during October, and scored four goals against Swaziland to keep Togo in contention for a place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

Adebayor is a finalist for the 2008 African Footballer of the Year award with Chelsea's Didier Drogba of Côte d'Ivoire and the latter's club mate Michael Essien of Ghana and Egyptians Mohamed Aboutrika and Amr Zaki, who has scored ten goals for his on-loan Premier League club Wigan this season.