Super Eagles trio of Alex Iwobi, Ahmed Musa and Odion Ighalo have been nominated for the CAF African Player Of The Year Award ahead of the forthcoming CAF Awards 2018 which is sponsor by Aiteo, one of Africa’s fastest-growing energy leaders.
Reigning Africa player of the Year Mohamed Salah, Liverpool’s pair of Saido Mane and Naby Keita were also included in the 34-man shortlist for the CAF Awards.
Other notable players nominated for the award are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Riyad Mahrez, Mehdi Benatia and Thomas Partey.
Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi also made the six man shortlist for the young player of the Year for the CAF Awards 2018.
For the women’s African player of the year, Asisat Oshoala, Desire Oparanozie, Francisca Ordega and Onome Ebi were nominated for the CAF Award 2018 edition.
Gernot Rohr was also nominated for the coach of the year.
The CAF Awards 2018 Gala to honour footballers and officials who distinguished themselves during the year under review, will be held on Tuesday, 8 January 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.
African Player Of The Year Nominees For CAF Awards 2018
- Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria & ES Setif)
- Ahmed Gomaa (Egypt & El Masry)
- Ahmed Musa (Nigeria & Al-Nassr )
- Alex Iwobi (Nigeria & Arsenal)
- Andre Onana (Cameroon & Ajax)
- Anis Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
- Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco & Hebei China Fortune)
- Ben Malango (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
- Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Fanev Andriatsima (Madagascar & Clermont Foot)
- Franck Kom (Cameroon & Esperance)
- Jacinto Muondo Dala ‘Gelson’ (Angola & Primeiro de Agosto)
- Hakim Ziyech (Morocco & Ajax)
- Idrissa Gueye (Senegal & Everton)
- Ismail Haddad (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
- Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele (DR Congo & AS Vita)
- Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)
- Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco & Raja Club Athletic)
- Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus)
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
- Moussa Marega (Mali & Porto)
- Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)
- Odion Ighalo (Nigeria & Changchun Yatai, Nigeria)
- Percy Tau (South Africa & Union Saint-Gilloise)
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)
- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
- Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
- Taha Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)
- Thomas Partey (Ghana & Atletico Madrid)
- Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia & Saint-Étienne)
- Walid Soliman (Egypt & Ahly)
- Wilfried Zaha (Cote d’Ivoire & Crystal Palace)
- Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & Porto)
- Youcef Belaili (Algeria & Esperance)
Women’s African Player of the Year Nominees
- Abdulai Mukarama (Ghana & Northern Ladies)
- Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dilian Quanjian)
- Bassira Toure (Mali & AS Mande)
- Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)
- Desire Oparanozia (Nigeria & Guingamp)
- Elizabeth Addo (Ghana & Seattle Reign)
- Francisca Ordega (Nigeria & Washington Spirit)
- Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene (Cameroon & CSKA Moskow)
- Gaelle Enganamouit (Cameroon & Avaldenes)
- Janine Van Wyk (South Africa & Houston Dash)
- Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk (Cameroon & Nancy-Lorraine)
- Onome Ebi (Nigeria & Hekan Huisanhang)
- Portia Boakye (Ghana & Djurgardens)
- Raissa Feudjio (Cameroon & Aland United)
- Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi & Jiangsu Suning)
Youth Player of the Year Nominees for CAF Awards 2018
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmunmd)
- Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria & Leicester City)
- Andre Onana (Cameroon & Aax)
- Ismaila Sarr (Senegal & Rennes)
- Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco & Raja Club Athletic)
- Franck Kessie (Cote d’Ivoire & AC Milan)
Men’s Coach of the Year Nominees
- Corentin Martins (Mauritania)
- Florent Ibenge (AS Vita & DR Congo)
- Juan Carlos Garrido (Raja Club Athletic)
- Moine Chaabani (Esperance)
- Nicolas Dupuis (Madagascar)
- Patrice Carteron (Al Ahly)
- Rachid Taoussi (ES Sétif)
- Herve Renard (Morocco)
- Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
- Gernot Rohr (Nigeria)
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