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AFCON 2015: Vote for the goal of the tournament and stand a chance to win a Nissan car

Goal of the Tournament gives fans across Africa the opportunity to vote on ‎Orange AFCON 2015’s best and most exciting goals. By voting, not only do ‎they stand to win a Nissan Qashqai at the end of the tournament.
Roel de-Vries, Corporate Vice President, Global Head of Marketing, ‎Communications & Brand Strategy – Nissan, explains, “The Goal of the ‎Tournament competition gives football fans the chance to interact with the ‎Orange AFCON tournament in a way that translates the excitement of the pitch ‎directly onto their computer screens and into their lives. This is all part of our Engineers of Excitement program, which aims to enhance the experience of football fans.”
Nissan has partnered with SuperSport to further enhance this experience. Football fans will be able to vote once a day for their favourite goals on Nissan’s Goal of the Tournament competition page on supersport.com -available on the web and via mobile.
Voting will open once the first
tournament goal is scored and remain open until the end of the final game. Goals will be added to the entry form within five to 15 minutes after being scored. In addition, fans will be able to view all goals again, with clips being loaded onto the webpage within 15 minutes after the end of each game.
Brandon Foot, Acting CEO of SuperSport, comments, “We want to be the go-to channel for football fans to be part of the 2015 Orange AFCON action. We have secured the pay TV rights to broadcast the games, but beyond that we are excited to give fans the opportunity to interact with the tournament in a real and fun way, even once each game ends.”
At the end of Orange AFCON 2015, CAF will select the best goal of the
tournament, and all fan votes cast for this goal will go into a draw, with the winning fan being randomly selected after the final match on 8 February 2015. The lucky winner will drive away in a brand new Nissan Qashqai.
The player who scores the winning goal in Goal of the Tournament will also be presented with a trophy at the final to celebrate their performance in the Orange AFCON tournament. Renowned British jeweler and luxury goods house, Asprey, famed for its sporting trophy design and manufacture, most notably for Wimbledon and the Barclay’s English Premier League, created the. one-of-a-kind trophy.
Nissan is the official automotive sponsor of Orange AFCON.‎
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Manchester City & Ivory Coast star, Yaya Touré Joins Nissan As New Global Ambassador

Nissan is proud to announce Yaya Touré, three-time African Footballer of the Year

and UEFA Champions League winner, as its newest global ambassador. The
Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder has agreed to a deal which will see him work alongside Nissan’s global UEFA Champions League and Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 partnerships.

Yaya joins Nissan’s star-studded team of UEFA Champions League ambassadors,
which includes the recently announced Barcelona and Spain midfielder, Andrés
Iniesta and PSG and Brazil defender, Thiago Silva. The UEFA Champions League ambassadors will work with the company as part of the Engineers of
Excitement program, which aims to enhance the experience of football fans
through a range of activities including the exclusive Goal of the Week competition. Touré will also star in a series of new television and print
advertisements for the UEFA Champions League due to premiere in February
2015.

Yaya Toure said, “I’m proud to be partnering with Nissan across its UEFA
Champions League and Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 sponsorships. I have
been fortunate enough to win lots of trophies in my career, but the Orange
Africa Cup of Nations has always been my target as an African, so I am
really looking forward to it and to working with Nissan to help bring the
excitement around both of these fantastic tournaments to fans around Africa and the rest of the world.”
As the face of Nissan’s advertising campaign in Africa, Yaya Touré will play
a key role around Nissan’s Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 sponsorship, further connecting football fans with the brand and helping increase excitement around its innovative range of products.

“Nissan is delighted that Yaya Touré has joined our team as a global ambassador,” said Roel de-Vries, Corporate Vice President, Global Head of Marketing, Communications and Brand – Nissan. “As one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Yaya Touré is the perfect ambassador for our brand as he possesses great all round skills combining pace, power and high
technical ability – features Nissan incorporates into its vehicles.”

As well as being named African Footballer of the Year on three occasions,
Yaya Touré has also won the UEFA Champions League with Barcelona and five league titles across four countries including England and Spain. With over
80 caps for Ivory Coast, Yaya Touré was recently named captain of the national team and will lead his country in qualification to reach his sixth Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 in January.

Takashi Hata, Senior Vice President, Africa, Middle East and India – Nissan
added, “As a three-time African Footballer of the Year, Yaya Touré is an
icon to millions of people across the continent. As Nissan looks to further
increase its market presence in the region, our partnership with Yaya Touré
will help bring Nissan closer to the fans around Africa’s biggest football
tournament and further strengthen our brand in a region to which we have
been committed for over four decades.”

Nissan is the official global automotive sponsor of the UEFA Super Cup and
UEFA Champions League, with a four season deal that will cover the period
2014/2015 to 2017/2018. Nissan is the official global automotive supplier to
the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015. The tournament is now in its 30th
year and kicks off in Morocco on January 17, 2015.

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