Moscow - Xinhua
Ivory Coast soccer striker Seydou Doumbia, 23, was named Russia\'s player of the year on Thursday. Doumbia, playing for CSKA Moscow, scored 24 goals in 32 matches of the Russian Premier League, which is currently on a winter break. He also collected five goals in the group stage of this year\'s UEFA Champions League. Doumbia got a record haul of 591 points in an annual poll of the country\'s football journalists. Dynamo Moscow\'s Ukrainian international striker Andrei Voronin finished second in the poll (505) with Russian striker Alexander Kerzhakov third (129).