The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the nominees for the 2013 African Player of the Year and the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa). Twenty-five (25) players made the cut for the flagship African Player of the Year category; of which two are Ghanaians – Black Stars Captain Asamoah Gyan and midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah as well as twenty-one (21) for the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa). The winners will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria. Ivorian Yaya Toure is the reigning African Player of the Year and Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt for the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa). The nominees are (in alphabetical order); 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
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:37:09 +0000
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