Mikel & Iheanacho Dropped As CAF Release 5-Man Shortlisted For African Footballer Of The Year Award

This is a very bad news to Nigeria and the NFA as a
whole. Nigeria no longer have representation in the run for the CAF African Player of the Year Award.
The country’s best shots, John Mikel Obi and Kelechi
Iheanacho are missing in the latest five-minute shortlist released by CAF on Tuesday having initially made the previous 30-man list that also had another
Nigerian, Ahmed Musa included.
It is almost two decades a Nigerian has been voted as the continent’s best and it is now certain to
extend into 2017. Below is the five-man shortlist for
the African Player of the Year:
1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borrusia
Dortmund)
2. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Leicester City)
3. Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
4. Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Roma)
5. Islam Slimani (Algeria & Leicester City)
For the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa),
the top five are;
1. Khama Billiat (Mamelodi Sundowns & Zimbabwe)
2. Keegan Dolly (Mamelodi Sundowns & South
Africa)
3. Rainford Kalaba (TP Mazembe & Zambia)
4. Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns & South
Africa)
5. Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns & Uganda)
As stated by CAF, for the final phase, votes from the
Head Coaches/Technical Directors of the 54
National Associations affiliated to CAF plus
Associate Members, Reunion Island and Zanzibar,
together with the other half of the 20-member Panel
of Experts (10 persons) will be counted towards the
determination of the eventual winners.
The 2016 Glo-CAF Awards Gala sponsored by
telecommunication giants, Globacom, will be held on
Thursday, 5 January 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria.

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