African Footballer Of The Year Nominations

The 2013 African player of the year nominees has been released by the African football governing body - the Confederation of African Football (CAF). There are 25 names on the list of African player of the year and 21 names on the list of African player of the year (based in Africa).

The nominees will be announced during the Glo - CAF Awards Gala on the 9th of January, 2014, in Lagos Nigeria. Here are the nominees in alphabetical order.

 

Names                                Country & Club

Ahmed Musa                      Nigeria    (CSKA Moscow)
Asamoah Gyan                   Ghana      (Al Ain)
Dame N'Doye                     Senegal    (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Didier Drogba                     Ivory Coast  (Galatasaray)
Emmanuel Emenike            Nigeria    (Fenerbahce)
Islam Slimani                      Algeria     (Sporting Lisbon)
John Mikel Obi                   Nigeria     (Chelsea)
Jonathan Pitroipa                 Burkina Faso  (Stade Rennais)
Kevin Constant                    Guinea      (AC Milan)
Kwado Asamoah                 Ghana         (Juventus)
Luis Carlos Soares (Platini) Cape Verde  (AC Omonia)
Mehdi Benattia                    Morocco    (AS Roma)
Mohamed Salah                   Egypt        (Basel FC)
Mohamed Aboutrika            Egypt       (Al Ahly
Nicolas Nkoulou                  Cameroon   (Marseille)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang    Gabon  (Borussia Dortmund)
Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graca    Cape Verde  (Lille)
Saladin Said                               Ethiopia  (Wadi Degla FC)
Seydou Keita                          Mali     (Dalian Aerbin FC)
Sofiane Feghouli                    Algeria    (Valencia)
Sunday Mba                           Nigeria    (Warri Wolves)
Victor Wanyama                    Kenya      (Southampton)
Vincent Enyeama                   Nigeria     (Lille)
Yao Kouassi Gervais (Gervinho)  Ivory Coast  (AS Roma)
Yaya Toure                             Ivory Coast  (Man City)


     Africa Player Of The Year (Based in Africa)

Names                                     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                          Ivory Coast    (CS Sfaxien)
Iheb Msakni                               South Africa  (Orlando Pirates)
Mbwana Samatta                       Tanzania       (TP  Mazembe)
Moez Ben Cherifia                    Tunisia          (EST)
Mohamed Aboutrika                  Egypt            (Al Ahly) 
Rainford Kalaba                         Zambia         (TP Mazembe) 
Senzo Meyiwa                           S. Africa        (Orlando Pirates)
Soumbeila Diakite                     Mali               (Stade Malien)
Sunday Mba                              Nigeria           (Warri Wolves)
Tresor Mputu                             DRC              (TP Mazembe)
Waleed Soliman                        Egypt             (Al Ahly)
Yannick N'djeng                       Cameroon       (EST) 

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