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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, and 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 |
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, and 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 |
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