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CAF Rolls Out Shortlist for the 2013 African Player of the Year Prize

| On 17, Nov 2013

Mba Nominated for the African Player of the Year & the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa)

Mba Nominated for the African Player of the Year & the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa)

The Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Friday, released the lists of candidates for the 2013 African Player of the Year and African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) awards.

Twenty-five players have been shortlisted for the flagship African Player of the Year category while 21 players based in the continent slugs it out for the domestic category.

Sunday Mba, scorer of Nigeria’s winning goal in the 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) and Mohamed Aboutrika, who led Egyptian champions Al-Ahly to the 2013 Caf Champions League triumph, got double nominations each, both in line for the two awards.

Ivoirian Yaya Toure is the reigning AfricanPlayer of the Year and Aboutrika for the African player of the Year (Based in Africa).

The winners will be announced at a Glo-CAF Awards Gala billed for Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, January 9, 2014.

The Nominees:

African Player of the Year:

Name Country Club

Ahmed Musa, Nigeria, CSKA Moscow

Asamoah Gyan, Ghana, Al Ain

Dame N’Doye, Senegal, Locomotiv Moscow

Didier Drogba, Cote d’Ivoire, Galatasaray

Emmanuel Emenike, Nigeria, Fenerbahce

Islam Slimani, Algeria, Sporting Lisbon

John Mikel Obi, Nigeria, Chelsea

Jonathan Pitroipa, Burkina Faso, Stade Rennais

Kévin Constant, Guinea, AC Milan

Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghana, Juventus

Luís Carlos Almada Soares – (Platini), Cape Verde, AC Omonia

Mehdi Benattia, Morocco, AS Roma

Mohamed Aboutrika, Egypt, Al Ahly

Mohamed Salah, Egypt, Basel FC

Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroon, Marseille

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Gabon, Borussia Dortmund

Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça, Cape Verde, Lille

Saladin Said, Ethiopia, Wadi Degla FC

Seydou Keita, Mali, Dalian Aerbin F.C

Sofiane Feghouli, Algeria, Valencia

Sunday Mba, Nigeria, Warri Wolves

Victor Wanyama, Kenya, Southampton FC

Vincent Enyeama, Nigeria, Lille

Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’, Cote d’Ivoire, AS Roma

Yaya Toure, Cote d’Ivoire, Manchester City

African Player of the Year – Based in Africa:

Name Country Club

Adane Girma, Ethiopia, St George

Ahmed Fathi, Egypt, Al Ahly

Alexis Yougouda Kada, Cameroon, Coton Sport

Ali Machani, Tunisia, CAB

Bapidi Fils Jean Jules, Cameroon, Coton Sport

Daine Marcelle-Klate, South Africa, Orlando Pirates

Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Tunisia, CSS

Getaneh Kebede, Ethiopia, Bidvest Wits

Idrissa Kouyate, Cote d’Ivoire, CS Sfaxien

Iheb Msakni, Tunisia, Esperance

Luyanda Lennox Bacela, South Africa, Orlando Pirates

Mbwana Samatta, Tanzania, TP Mazembe

Moez Ben Cherifia, Tunisia, EST

Mohamed Aboutrika, Egypt, Ahly

Rainford Kalaba, Zambia, TP Mazembe

Senzo Meyiwa, South Africa, Orlando Pirates

Soumbeila Diakite, Mali, Stade Malien

Sunday Mba, Nigeria, Warri Wolves

Tresor Mputu, DR Congo, TP Mazembe

Waleed Soliman, Egypt, Al Ahly

Yannick N’djeng, Cameroon, EST

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