Emmanuel Adebayor was a football player.
The African Footballer of the Year award , presented to the best African footballer each year , has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) since 1992 . Emmanuel Adebayor . He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008 . The Togo national football team , nicknamed Les Eperviers ( The Sparrow Hawks ) , is controlled by the Fédération Togolaise de Football .